Current through Bulletin 2024-23, December 1, 2024
Section R652-150-600 - Reservation of Economic Interest1. The right of a person to engage in an act of bioprospecting is subject to the State's reservation of any right the State may have to an economic benefit derived from: (a) the act of bioprospecting;(b) a microorganism, plant, or fungus removed from a natural environment in the state; or(c) information concerning a microorganism's, plant's, or fungus' physical or genetic properties removed from a natural environment in the state.2. A person may not engage in an act of bioprospecting in this state if the person, as part of the registration required under Section 65A-14-201, does not agree in writing to negotiate in good faith with the State if the State asserts an economic interest described in R652-150-600 -1.3. Registrants shall record GPS coordinates of the sites where samples are gathered and provide those coordinates to the Division and include those coordinates in any publications resulting from the bioprospecting.Utah Admin. Code R652-150-600