Renewal -- Notice of available license

(1) (a) The department shall renew a license issued under this part every year if, at the time of renewal: (i) the licensee meets the requirements of Section 4-41a-1001; (ii) the licensee pays the department a license renewal fee in an amount that, subject to Subsection 4-41a-1004(5), the department sets in accordance with Section 63J-1-504; and (iii) if the medical cannabis pharmacy changes the operating plan described in Section 4-41a-1004 that the department approved under Subsection 4-41a-1001(2)(b)(iv), the department approves the new operating plan. (b) A license fee for a medical cannabis pharmacy located in a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class shall be 50% less than what is charged for other medical cannabis pharmacies. (2) (a) If a licensed medical cannabis pharmacy abandons the medical cannabis pharmacy's license, the department shall publish notice of an available license, for the geographic area in which the medical cannabis pharmacy license is available, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least seven days. (b) The department may establish criteria, in collaboration with the Division of Professional Licensing and the Board of Pharmacy and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to identify the medical cannabis pharmacy actions that constitute abandonment of a medical cannabis pharmacy license. (3) If the department has not completed the necessary processes to make a determination on a license renewal under Subsections (1)(a) and (c) before the expiration of a license, the department may issue a conditional medical cannabis pharmacy license to a licensed medical cannabis pharmacy that has applied for license renewal under this section and paid the fee described in Subsection (1)(b).