Controlled Substance Precursor

Because Methamphetamine is such a problem, the Utah Legislature has determined that the precursor chemicals used to produce methamphetamine should be regulated. As a result, the Utah Controlled Substance Precursor Act was enacted. The purpose of the Utah Controlled Substance Precursor Act (Title 58-37c) is to "provide for the licensure of regulated distributors and regulated purchasers engaged in regulated transactions of threshold amounts of controlled substance precursor chemicals."

A regulated distributor is "any person within the state of Utah who provides, sells, furnishes, transfers, or otherwise supplies a listed controlled substance precursor chemical in a regulated transaction." A regulated purchaser is "any person within the state who receives a listed controlled substance precursor chemical in a regulated transaction."

A regulated transaction is "any actual, constructive or attempted transfer, distribution, delivery, or furnishing by a person within the state to a person within or outside of the state, of a threshold amount of a listed precursor chemical; or purchase or acquisition by any means by a person within the state to a person within or outside of the state, of a threshold amount of a listed precursor chemical."