Medical Cannabis Production and Pharmacy Licensing Board
Meeting Agendas and Minutes Information can be found on the Utah Public Notice Website.
Search Categories: Government: State Entity: Department of Agriculture and Food Body: Medical Cannabis Production and Pharmacy Licensing Board.
General Information
As outlined in 4-41a the board consists of seven members: seven voting members whom the commissioner appoints and the commissioner themselves (or designee) as a non-voting member, except to cast a deciding vote in the event of a tie.
The seven voting members include:
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- One member of the public
- One member with knowledge and experience in the pharmaceutical or nutraceutical manufacturing industry
- One member representing law enforcement
- One member whom an organization representing medical cannabis patients recommends
- A chemist who has experience with cannabis and who is associated with a research university
- A pharmacist who is not associated with the medical cannabis industry
- an accountant
Board Authority and Duties
The board shall meet to review cannabis production establishment license applications and review each license application for compliance with:
- 4-41a
- Department rules
- Conduct a public hearing to consider the license application
Approve the department's license application forms and checklists
Make a determination on each license application.
The board shall hold a public hearing to review a cannabis production establishment's license if the establishment:
- Changes ownership by an interest of 20% or more
- Changes or adds a location
- Upgrades to a different licensing tier under department rule
- Changes extraction or formulation standard operating procedures
- Adds an industrial hemp processing or cultivation license to the same location as the cannabis production establishment's processing facility
- As necessary based on the recommendation of the department.
The board meets annually in December to consider cannabis cultivation production establishment license renewal applications and throughout the year for cannabis processing & lab production establishment license renewal applications.
2024 Medical Cannabis Production and Pharmacy Licensing Board Meeting Dates and Deadlines
- February 7th- Documentation Deadline: January 17th
- April 17th- Documentation Deadline: March 20th
- June 12th- Documentation Deadline: May 15th
- August 14th- Documentation Deadline: July 17th
- October 9th- Documentation Deadline: September 11th
- December 4th- Documentation Deadline: November 6th
Current Board Members
- Miles Maynes- Member of the Public
- Edward Walker- Chemist at Weber State
- Joshua Daniels- Patient Representative
- Andrew Gubler- Pharmaceutical Representative
- Jason Williams- Law Enforcement Representative
Board Members were appointed by Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Commissioner Craig W Buttars, and all members underwent Ethics, GRAMA, and Public Meetings Act training.
To subscribe to receive notifications on meetings of the Medical Cannabis Production and Pharmacy Licensing Board:
- Click on the link above (Utah Public Notice Website)
- Click on the "Search" function
- "Entity Name"- type in Department of Agriculture and Food
- "Public Body Name"- type in Cannabis Production Establishment Licensing Board
- Select "Submit"
- There will be a list of past notices under "Notice Title", click on one of them then scroll to
- the bottom of the page.
- In the section "Subscribe by Email" fill out the information and click "subscribe", you are
- then put on the list to be notified of future alerts.
The Cannabis Department is a State Agency and can be found under the Department of Agriculture and Food.
