House Bill 54 of the 2025 Legislative session codified two additional Medical Cannabis Pharmacy licenses will be awarded. The licenses issued will be for an Independent Medical Cannabis Pharmacy. The first license was awarded on December 4, 2025. The second license will be awarded prior to January 1, 2027.   

The parameters for the second license are as follows:

• The Licensing Board may not select an entity that owns a financial interest in a medical cannabis pharmacy or is owned by an entity that owns a financial interest in a medical cannabis pharmacy; that owns any interest in or operates a medical cannabis production establishment that is owned, partially or entirely, or operated by a medical cannabis production establishment.
• The Licensing Board shall select an entity in an area that is: designated as a medically underserved area as determined by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration and is located in a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class.

Applicants should utilize https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area/mua-find to identify medically underserved areas within the designated counties.  

Here is a link to the application hand out that has supplemental data to assist the applicant with the process.

 Here is a link to the Q&A on the application and process. Questions on the application or process should be submitted to cannabis@utah.gov with a subject of “Independent Medical Cannabis Pharmacy Application Inquiry”.