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69.50.214 | Controlled substance analog. | A controlled substance analog, to the extent intended for human consumption, shall be treated, for the purposes of this chapter, as a substance included in Schedule I. Within thirty days after the initiation of prosecution with respect to a controlled substance analog by indictment or information, the prosecuting attor... |
69.50.301 | Rules—Fees. | The commission may adopt rules and the department may charge reasonable fees, relating to the registration and control of the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of controlled substances within this state.
[ 2013 c 19 s 97 ; 1993 c 187 s 15 ; 1991 c 229 s 9 ; 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 431 ; 1971 ex.s. c 308 s 69.50.30... |
69.50.302 | Registration requirements. | (1) Every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses any controlled substance within this state or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substance within this state, shall obtain annually a registration issued by the commission in accordance with the commission... |
69.50.303 | Registration. | (1) The commission shall register an applicant to manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with controlled substances included in RCW 69.50.204 , 69.50.206 , 69.50.208 , 69.50.210 , and 69.50.212 unless the commission determines that the issuance of that registration would be inconsistent with the public ... |
69.50.304 | Denial and discipline of registration—Seizure or placement under seal of controlled substances. | (1) This chapter and chapter 18.64 RCW govern the denial of registrations and the discipline of registrations issued under RCW 69.50.303 . The uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW, governs unlicensed practice of persons required to obtain a registration under this chapter. (2) In addition to any other grounds, ... |
69.50.306 | Records of registrants. | Persons registered, or exempted from registration under RCW 69.50.302 (d) [(4)], to manufacture, distribute, dispense, or administer controlled substances under this chapter shall keep records and maintain inventories in conformance with the recordkeeping and inventory requirements of federal law and with any additiona... |
69.50.308 | Prescriptions. | (a) [(1)] A controlled substance may be dispensed only as provided in this section. Prescriptions electronically communicated must also meet the requirements under RCW 69.50.312 . (b) [(2)] Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner authorized to prescribe or administer a controlled substance, other than a pharma... |
69.50.309 | Containers. | A person to whom or for whose use any controlled substance has been prescribed, sold, or dispensed by a practitioner, and the owner of any animal for which such controlled substance has been prescribed, sold, or dispensed may lawfully possess it only in the container in which it was delivered to him or her by the perso... |
69.50.310 | Sodium pentobarbital—Registration of humane societies and animal control agencies for use in animal control. | On and after September 21, 1977, a humane society and animal control agency may apply to the commission for registration pursuant to the applicable provisions of this chapter for the sole purpose of being authorized to purchase, possess, and administer sodium pentobarbital to euthanize injured, sick, homeless, or unwan... |
69.50.311 | Triplicate prescription form program—Compliance by health care practitioners. | Any licensed health care practitioner with prescription or dispensing authority shall, as a condition of licensure and as directed by the practitioner's disciplinary board, consent to the requirement, if imposed, of complying with a triplicate prescription form program as may be established by rule by the department of... |
69.50.312 | Electronic communication of prescription information—Exceptions—Waiver—Penalty—Commission may adopt rules. | (1) Information concerning a prescription for a controlled substance included in Schedules II through V, or information concerning a refill authorization for a controlled substance included in Schedules III through V, must be electronically communicated to a pharmacy of the patient's choice pursuant to the provisions o... |
69.50.315 | Medical assistance—Drug-related overdose—Prosecution for possession. | (1) A person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for someone experiencing a drug-related overdose shall not be charged or prosecuted for possession of a controlled substance pursuant to RCW 69.50.4013 , or penalized under RCW 69.50.4014 , if the evidence for the charge of possession of a controlled substa... |
69.50.317 | Opioid drugs—Communication with patient. | (1) Any practitioner who writes the first prescription for an opioid during the course of treatment to any patient must, under professional rules, discuss the following with the patient: (a) The risks of opioids, including risk of dependence and overdose; (b) Pain management alternatives to opioids, including nonopioid... |
69.50.320 | Registration of department of fish and wildlife for use in chemical capture programs—Rules. | The department of fish and wildlife may apply to the commission for registration pursuant to the applicable provisions of this chapter to purchase, possess, and administer controlled substances for use in chemical capture programs. The department of fish and wildlife must not permit a person to administer controlled su... |
69.50.325 | Cannabis producer's license, cannabis processor's license, cannabis retailer's license.(Effective until January 1, 2026.) | (1) There shall be a cannabis producer's license regulated by the board and subject to annual renewal. The licensee is authorized to produce: (a) Cannabis for sale at wholesale to cannabis processors and other cannabis producers; (b) immature plants or clones and seeds for sale to cooperatives as described under RCW 69... |
69.50.3251 | Cannabis manufacture, sale, distribution prohibited without a license—Tribal agreements—Synthetic cannabinoids prohibited. | (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or as permitted under an agreement between the state and a tribe entered into under RCW 43.06.490 , no person may manufacture, sell, or distribute cannabis, cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, or cannabis-infused products, or any cannabis products without a valid li... |
69.50.3255 | Cannabis producers and processors—Cannabis waste. | (1) A licensed cannabis producer and a licensed cannabis processor may sell cannabis waste to a person not licensed under this chapter if: (a) The cannabis waste would not be designated as dangerous or hazardous waste under: (i) Chapter 70A.300 RCW and rules adopted under that chapter; and (ii) Cannabis waste disposal ... |
69.50.326 | Cannabis producers, processors—Use of additives to enhance CBD concentration of authorized products—Rules. | (1) Licensed cannabis producers and licensed cannabis processors may use a CBD product as an additive for the purpose of enhancing the cannabidiol concentration of any product authorized for production, processing, and sale under this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, such CBD pro... |
69.50.327 | Cannabis processors—Incorporation of characterizing flavor in vapor products. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, cannabis processors may incorporate in cannabis vapor products a characterizing flavor if the characterizing flavor is derived from botanical terpenes naturally occurring in the cannabis plant, regardless of source, and if the characterizing flavor mimics the te... |
69.50.3271 | Products combining cannabis and alcohol prohibited. | It is unlawful to manufacture, import, offer, or sell in this state a consumable product that contains cannabis or any form of tetrahydrocannabinol in combination with beer, wine, spirits, or any other type of liquor in the same product.
[ 2023 c 217 s 1 .] |
69.50.328 | Cannabis producers, processors—No direct or indirect financial interest in licensed cannabis retailers. | Neither a licensed cannabis producer nor a licensed cannabis processor shall have a direct or indirect financial interest in a licensed cannabis retailer.
[ 2022 c 16 s 57 ; 2013 c 3 s 5 (Initiative Measure No. 502, approved November 6, 2012).]
Intent — Finding — 2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101 .
Intent — 2... |
69.50.331 | Application for license—Renewal fee reimbursement, social equity plan. | (1) For the purpose of considering any application for a license to produce, process, research, transport, or deliver cannabis, useable cannabis, cannabis concentrates, or cannabis-infused products subject to the regulations established under RCW 69.50.385 , or sell cannabis, or for the renewal of a license to produce,... |
69.50.334 | Denial of application—Opportunity for hearing. | (1) The action, order, or decision of the board as to any denial of an application for the reissuance of a license to produce, process, or sell cannabis, or as to any revocation, suspension, or modification of any license to produce, process, or sell cannabis, or as to the administrative review of a notice of unpaid tr... |
69.50.335 | Cannabis retailer, processor, producer licenses—Issue, reissue of licenses—Social equity applicants—Rules—Definitions. | (1)(a) Beginning December 1, 2020, and until July 1, 2032, cannabis retailer licenses, cannabis processor licenses, and cannabis producer licenses that have been subject to forfeiture, revocation, or cancellation by the board, or cannabis retailer licenses that were not previously issued by the board but could have bee... |
69.50.339 | Transfer of license to produce, process, or sell cannabis—Reporting of proposed sales of outstanding or issued stock of a corporation. | (1) If the board approves, a license to produce, process, or sell cannabis may be transferred, without charge, to the surviving spouse or domestic partner of a deceased licensee if the license was issued in the names of one or both of the parties. For the purpose of considering the qualifications of the surviving party... |
69.50.342 | State liquor and cannabis board—Rules. | (1) For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of chapter 3, Laws of 2013 according to their true intent or of supplying any deficiency therein, the board may adopt rules not inconsistent with the spirit of chapter 3, Laws of 2013 as are deemed necessary or advisable. Without limiting the generality of the ... |
69.50.345 | State liquor and cannabis board—Rules—Procedures and criteria. | The board, subject to the provisions of this chapter, must adopt rules that establish the procedures and criteria necessary to implement the following: (1) Licensing of cannabis producers, cannabis processors, and cannabis retailers, including prescribing forms and establishing application, reinstatement, and renewal f... |
69.50.346 | Labels on retail products. | (1) The label on a cannabis product package, including cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, or cannabis-infused products, sold at retail must include: (a) The business or trade name and Washington state unified business identifier number of the cannabis producer and processor; (b) The lot numbers of the product; (c... |
69.50.348 | Representative samples of cannabis, useable cannabis, or cannabis-infused products—Product testing—Fees. | (1) On a schedule determined by the board, every licensed cannabis producer and processor must submit representative samples of cannabis, useable cannabis, or cannabis-infused products produced or processed by the licensee to an independent, third-party testing laboratory meeting the accreditation requirements establis... |
69.50.351 | Board members and employees—Conflict of interest. | Except as provided by chapter 42.52 RCW, no member of the board and no employee of the board shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, in the producing, processing, or sale of cannabis, useable cannabis, or cannabis-infused products, or derive any profit or remuneration from the sale of cannabis, useable cannabi... |
69.50.354 | Retail outlet licenses. | There may be licensed, in no greater number in each of the counties of the state than as the board shall deem advisable, retail outlets established for the purpose of making cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, and cannabis-infused products available for sale to adults aged twenty-one and over. Retail sale of canna... |
69.50.357 | Retail outlets—Rules. | (1)(a) Retail outlets may not sell products or services other than cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, cannabis-infused products, or paraphernalia intended for the storage or use of cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, or cannabis-infused products. (b)(i) Retail outlets may receive lockable boxes, intended for... |
69.50.360 | Cannabis retailers, employees of retail outlets—Certain acts not criminal or civil offenses. | The following acts, when performed by a validly licensed cannabis retailer or employee of a validly licensed retail outlet in compliance with rules adopted by the board to implement and enforce chapter 3, Laws of 2013, do not constitute criminal or civil offenses under Washington state law: (1) Purchase and receipt of ... |
69.50.363 | Cannabis processors, employees—Certain acts not criminal or civil offenses. | The following acts, when performed by a validly licensed cannabis processor or employee of a validly licensed cannabis processor in compliance with rules adopted by the board to implement and enforce chapter 3, Laws of 2013, do not constitute criminal or civil offenses under Washington state law: (1) Purchase and recei... |
69.50.366 | Cannabis producers, employees—Certain acts not criminal or civil offenses. | The following acts, when performed by a validly licensed cannabis producer or employee of a validly licensed cannabis producer in compliance with rules adopted by the board to implement and enforce this chapter, do not constitute criminal or civil offenses under Washington state law: (1) Production or possession of qua... |
69.50.369 | Cannabis producers, processors, researchers, retailers—Advertisements—Rules—Penalty.(Effective until January 1, 2026.) | (1) No licensed cannabis producer, processor, researcher, or retailer may place or maintain, or cause to be placed or maintained, any sign or other advertisement for a cannabis business or cannabis product, including useable cannabis, cannabis concentrates, or cannabis-infused product, in any form or through any medium... |
69.50.372 | Cannabis research license. | (1) A cannabis research license is established that permits a licensee to produce, process, and possess cannabis for the following limited research purposes: (a) To test chemical potency and composition levels; (b) To conduct clinical investigations of cannabis-derived drug products; (c) To conduct research on the effi... |
69.50.375 | Cannabis retailers—Medical cannabis endorsement. | (1) A medical cannabis endorsement to a cannabis retail license is hereby established to permit a cannabis retailer to sell cannabis for medical use to qualifying patients and designated providers. This endorsement also permits such retailers to provide cannabis at no charge, at their discretion, to qualifying patients... |
69.50.378 | Cannabis retailer holding medical cannabis endorsement—THC concentration in products. | A cannabis retailer or a cannabis retailer holding a medical cannabis endorsement may sell products with a THC concentration of 0.3 percent or less. Cannabis retailers holding a medical cannabis endorsement may also provide these products at no charge to qualifying patients or designated providers.
[ 2022 c 16 s 78 ; 2... |
69.50.380 | Cannabis producers, processors, retailers prohibited from making certain sales of cannabis, cannabis products. | (1) Cannabis producers, processors, and retailers are prohibited from making sales of any cannabis or cannabis product, if the sale of the cannabis or cannabis product is conditioned upon the buyer's purchase of any service or noncannabis product. This subsection applies whether the buyer purchases such service or nonc... |
69.50.382 | Common carriers—Transportation or delivery of cannabis, useable cannabis, cannabis concentrates, immature plants or clones, cannabis seeds, and cannabis-infused products—Employees prohibited from carrying or using firearm during such services—Exceptions—Use of state ferry routes. | (1) A licensed cannabis producer, cannabis processor, cannabis researcher, or cannabis retailer, or their employees, in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and the administrative rules adopted thereunder, may use the services of a common carrier subject to regulation under chapters 81.28 and 81.29 RCW and ... |
69.50.385 | Common carriers—Licensing—State liquor and cannabis board to adopt rules. | (1) The board must adopt rules providing for an annual licensing procedure of a common carrier who seeks to transport or deliver cannabis, useable cannabis, cannabis concentrates, and cannabis-infused products within the state. (2) The rules for licensing must: (a) Establish criteria for considering the approval or den... |
69.50.390 | Licensed retailers prohibited from operating vending machines, drive-through purchase facilities for the sale of cannabis products. | (1) A retailer licensed under this chapter is prohibited from operating a vending machine, as defined in RCW 82.08.080 (3) for the sale of cannabis products at retail or a drive-through purchase facility where cannabis products are sold at retail and dispensed through a window or door to a purchaser who is either in or... |
69.50.395 | Licensed cannabis businesses, agreements—Disclosure to state liquor and cannabis board. | (1) A licensed cannabis business may enter into an agreement with any person, business, or other entity for: (a) Any goods or services that are registered as a trademark under federal law, under chapter 19.77 RCW, or under any other state or international trademark law; (b) Any unregistered trademark, trade name, or tr... |
69.50.401 | Prohibited acts: A—Penalties. | (1) Except as authorized by this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to manufacture, deliver, or possess with intent to manufacture or deliver, a controlled substance. (2) Any person who violates this section with respect to: (a) A controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II which is a narcotic drug or fluni... |
69.50.4011 | Counterfeit substances—Penalties—Referral to assessment and services. | (1) Except as authorized by this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to: (a) Create or deliver a counterfeit substance; (b) Knowingly possess a counterfeit substance; or (c) Knowingly use a counterfeit substance in a public place. (2) Any person who violates subsection (1)(a) of this section with respect to: (a) A c... |
69.50.4012 | Delivery of substance in lieu of controlled substance—Penalty. | (1) It is unlawful, except as authorized in this chapter and chapter 69.41 RCW, for any person to offer, arrange, or negotiate for the sale, gift, delivery, dispensing, distribution, or administration of a controlled substance to any person and then sell, give, deliver, dispense, distribute, or administer to that perso... |
69.50.4013 | Possession, use of controlled substance—Penalty—Referral to assessment and services—Possession of useable cannabis, cannabis concentrates, or cannabis-infused products—Delivery. | (1) Except as otherwise authorized by this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to: (a) Knowingly possess a controlled substance unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription or order of a practitioner while acting in the course of his or her professional practice; or (b) Knowi... |
69.50.4014 | Possession of forty grams or less of cannabis—Penalty—Referral to assessment and services. | (1) Except as provided in RCW 69.50.401 (2)(c) or as otherwise authorized by this chapter, any person found guilty of knowing possession of 40 grams or less of cannabis is guilty of a misdemeanor. The prosecutor is encouraged to divert cases under this section for assessment, treatment, or other services. (2) In lieu o... |
69.50.4015 | Involving a person under eighteen in unlawful controlled substance transaction—Penalty. | (1) It is unlawful to compensate, threaten, solicit, or in any other manner involve a person under the age of eighteen years in a transaction unlawfully to manufacture, sell, or deliver a controlled substance. (2) A violation of this section is a class C felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.
[ 2003 c 53 s 3... |
69.50.4016 | Provisions not applicable to offenses under RCW69.50.410. | RCW 69.50.401 through 69.50.4015 shall not apply to offenses defined and punishable under the provisions of RCW 69.50.410 .
[ 2003 c 53 s 337 .]
Intent — Effective date — 2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180 . |
69.50.410 | Prohibited acts: D—Penalties. | (1) Except as authorized by this chapter it is a class C felony for any person to sell for profit any controlled substance or counterfeit substance classified in Schedule I, RCW 69.50.204 , except leaves and flowering tops of cannabis. For the purposes of this section only, the following words and phrases shall have th... |
69.50.4017 | Alternatives to prosecution—Pretrial diversion. | (1) Nothing in this section prevents the defendant, with the consent of the prosecuting attorney as required by RCW 2.30.030 , from seeking to resolve charges under RCW 69.50.4011 (1) (b) or (c), 69.50.4013 , 69.50.4014 , or 69.41.030 (2) (b) or (c) through available therapeutic courts or other alternatives to prosecut... |
69.50.4018 | Sentencing considerations. | When sentencing an individual for a violation of RCW 69.50.4011 (1) (b) or (c), 69.50.4013 , 69.50.4014 , or 69.41.030 (2) (b) or (c), the court is encouraged to utilize any other resolution of the charges or terms of supervision that suit the circumstances of the defendant's situation and advance stabilization, recove... |
69.50.402 | Prohibited acts: B—Penalties. | (1) It is unlawful for any person: (a) Who is subject to Article III to distribute or dispense a controlled substance in violation of RCW 69.50.308 ; (b) Who is a registrant, to manufacture a controlled substance not authorized by his or her registration, or to distribute or dispense a controlled substance not authoriz... |
69.50.403 | Prohibited acts: C—Penalties. | (1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally: (a) To distribute as a registrant a controlled substance classified in Schedules I or II, except pursuant to an order form as required by *RCW 69.50.307 ; (b) To use in the course of the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of a controlled substance, or ... |
69.50.404 | Penalties under other laws. | Any penalty imposed for violation of this chapter is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any civil or administrative penalty or sanction otherwise authorized by law.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 308 s 69.50.404 .] |
69.50.405 | Bar to prosecution. | If a violation of this chapter is a violation of a federal law or the law of another state, a conviction or acquittal under federal law or the law of another state for the same act is a bar to prosecution in this state.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 308 s 69.50.405 .] |
69.50.406 | Distribution to persons under age eighteen. | (1) Any person eighteen years of age or over who violates RCW 69.50.401 by distributing a controlled substance listed in Schedules I or II which is a narcotic drug or methamphetamine, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, or flunitrazepam, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, listed in Sche... |
69.50.407 | Conspiracy. | Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense defined in this chapter is punishable by imprisonment or fine or both which may not exceed the maximum punishment prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 308 s 69.50.407 .] |
69.50.408 | Second or subsequent offenses. | (1) Any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this chapter may be imprisoned for a term up to twice the term otherwise authorized, fined an amount up to twice that otherwise authorized, or both. (2) For purposes of this section, an offense is considered a second or subsequent offense, if, prior to hi... |
69.50.412 | Prohibited acts: E—Penalties. | (1) It is unlawful for any person to use drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, or prepare a controlled substance other than cannabis. Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2) It is unlawful for any person to del... |
69.50.4121 | Drug paraphernalia—Selling—Penalty. | (1) Every person who sells or permits to be sold to any person any drug paraphernalia in any form commits a class I civil infraction under chapter 7.80 RCW. For purposes of this subsection, "drug paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for us... |
69.50.413 | Health care practitioners—Suspension of license for violation of chapter. | The license of any licensed health care practitioner shall be suspended for any violation of this chapter. The suspension shall run concurrently with, and not less than, the term of the sentence for the violation.
[ 1984 c 153 s 21 .] |
69.50.414 | Sale or transfer of controlled substance to minor—Cause of action by parent—Damages. | The parent or legal guardian of any minor to whom a controlled substance, as defined in RCW 69.50.101 , is sold or transferred, shall have a cause of action against the person who sold or transferred the controlled substance for all damages to the minor or his or her parent or legal guardian caused by such sale or tran... |
69.50.415 | Controlled substances homicide—Penalty. | (1) A person who unlawfully delivers a controlled substance in violation of RCW 69.50.401 (2) (a), (b), or (c) which controlled substance is subsequently used by the person to whom it was delivered, resulting in the death of the user, is guilty of controlled substances homicide. (2) Controlled substances homicide is a ... |
69.50.416 | Counterfeit substances prohibited—Penalties. | (1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to manufacture, deliver, or possess with intent to manufacture or deliver, a controlled substance which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, number, or device, or a... |
69.50.418 | Tableting and encapsulating machines prohibited—Penalties. | (1) It is unlawful for any person to possess, purchase, deliver, sell, or possess with intent to sell a tableting machine or encapsulating machine knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, or otherwise introduce i... |
69.50.420 | Violations—Juvenile driving privileges. | (1) If a juvenile thirteen years of age or older and under the age of twenty-one is found by a court to have committed any offense that is a violation of this chapter, the court shall notify the department of licensing within twenty-four hours after entry of the judgment, unless the offense is the juvenile's first offe... |
69.50.430 | Additional fine for certain felony violations. | (1) Every adult offender convicted of a felony violation of RCW 69.50.401 through 69.50.4013 , 69.50.4015 , 69.50.402 , 69.50.403 , 69.50.406 , 69.50.407 , 69.50.410 , or 69.50.415 must be fined one thousand dollars in addition to any other fine or penalty imposed. Unless the court finds the adult offender to be indige... |
69.50.435 | Violations committed in or on certain public places or facilities—Additional penalty—Defenses—Construction—Definitions. | (1) Any person who violates RCW 69.50.401 by manufacturing, selling, delivering, or possessing with the intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver a controlled substance listed under RCW 69.50.401 or who violates RCW 69.50.410 by selling for profit any controlled substance or counterfeit substance classified in schedule I... |
69.50.438 | Cathinone or methcathinone—Additional fine. | In addition to any other civil or criminal penalty, every person who violates or causes another to violate RCW 69.50.401 by distributing, dispensing, manufacturing, displaying for sale, offering for sale, attempting to sell, or selling to a purchaser any product that contains any amount of any cathinone or methcathinon... |
69.50.440 | Possession with intent to manufacture—Penalty. | (1) It is unlawful for any person to possess ephedrine or any of its salts or isomers or salts of isomers, pseudoephedrine or any of its salts or isomers or salts of isomers, pressurized ammonia gas, or pressurized ammonia gas solution with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, including its salts, isomers, and salts ... |
69.50.445 | Opening package of or consuming cannabis, useable cannabis, cannabis-infused products, or cannabis concentrates in view of general public or public place—Penalty. | (1) It is unlawful to open a package containing cannabis, useable cannabis, cannabis-infused products, or cannabis concentrates, or consume cannabis, useable cannabis, cannabis-infused products, or cannabis concentrates, in view of the general public or in a public place. (2) For the purposes of this section, "public p... |
69.50.450 | Butane or other explosive gases. | (1) Nothing in this chapter permits anyone other than a validly licensed cannabis processor to use butane or other explosive gases to extract or separate resin from cannabis or to produce or process any form of cannabis concentrates or cannabis-infused products that include cannabis concentrates not purchased from a va... |
69.50.455 | Synthetic cannabinoids—Unfair or deceptive practice under RCW19.86.020. | (1) It is an unfair or deceptive practice under RCW 19.86.020 for any person or entity to distribute, dispense, manufacture, display for sale, offer for sale, attempt to sell, or sell to a purchaser any product that contains any amount of any synthetic cannabinoid. The legislature finds that practices covered by this s... |
69.50.460 | Cathinone or methcathinone—Unfair or deceptive practice under RCW19.86.020. | It is an unfair or deceptive practice under RCW 19.86.020 for any person or entity to distribute, dispense, manufacture, display for sale, offer for sale, attempt to sell, or sell to a purchaser any product that contains any amount of any cathinone or methcathinone as identified in RCW 69.50.204 (e) (3) and (5) [(5) (c... |
69.50.465 | Conducting or maintaining cannabis club—Penalty. | (1) It is unlawful for any person to conduct or maintain a cannabis club by himself or herself or by associating with others, or in any manner aid, assist, or abet in conducting or maintaining a cannabis club. (2) It is unlawful for any person to conduct or maintain a public place where cannabis is held or stored, exce... |
69.50.470 | Medication disposal, no penalty for compliance. | It is not a violation of this chapter to possess or deliver a controlled substance in compliance with chapter 69.48 RCW.
[ 2018 c 196 s 23 .] |
69.50.475 | Cannabis retail outlets—Sale to persons under the age of twenty-one—Penalty. | (1) Except as otherwise authorized in this chapter and as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an employee of a retail outlet who sells cannabis products to a person under the age of twenty-one years in the course of his or her employment is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (2) An employee of a retail outlet may b... |
69.50.500 | Powers of enforcement personnel. | (a) [(1)] It is hereby made the duty of the *state board of pharmacy, the department, the **state liquor control board, and their officers, agents, inspectors and representatives, and all law enforcement officers within the state, and of all prosecuting attorneys, to enforce all provisions of this chapter, except those... |
69.50.501 | Administrative inspections. | The commission may make administrative inspections of controlled premises in accordance with the following provisions: (1) For purposes of this section only, "controlled premises" means: (a) places where persons registered or exempted from registration requirements under this chapter are required to keep records; and (... |
69.50.502 | Warrants for administrative inspections. | Issuance and execution of administrative inspection warrants shall be as follows: (1) A judge of a superior court, or a judge of a district court within his or her jurisdiction, and upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, may issue warrants for the purpose of conducting administrative inspections author... |
69.50.503 | Injunctions. | (a) [(1)] The superior courts of this state have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this chapter. (b) [(2)] The defendant may demand trial by jury for an alleged violation of an injunction or restraining order under this section.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 308 s 69.50.503 .] |
69.50.504 | Cooperative arrangements. | The commission shall cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging its responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances.
[ 2013 c 19 s 109 ; 1971 ex.s. c 308 s 69.50.504 .] |
69.50.505 | Seizure and forfeiture.(Effective until January 1, 2026.) | (1) The following are subject to seizure and forfeiture and no property right exists in them: (a) All controlled substances which have been manufactured, distributed, dispensed, acquired, or possessed in violation of this chapter or chapter 69.41 or 69.52 RCW, and all hazardous chemicals, as defined in RCW 64.44.010 , ... |
69.50.506 | Burden of proof; liabilities. | (a) [(1)] It is not necessary for the state to negate any exemption or exception in this chapter in any complaint, information, indictment, or other pleading or in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding under this chapter. The burden of proof of any exemption or exception is upon the person claiming it. (b) [(2)] In t... |
69.50.507 | Judicial review. | All final determinations, findings, and conclusions of the commission under this chapter are final and conclusive decisions of the matters involved. Any person aggrieved by the decision may obtain review of the decision in the superior court wherein he or she resides or in the superior court of Thurston county, such re... |
69.50.508 | Education and research. | (a) [(1)] The commission may carry out educational programs designed to prevent and deter misuse and abuse of controlled substances. In connection with these programs it may: (1) [(a)] promote better recognition of the problems of misuse and abuse of controlled substances within the regulated industry and among interes... |
69.50.509 | Search and seizure of controlled substances. | If, upon the sworn complaint of any person, it shall be made to appear to any judge of the superior court, district court, or municipal court that there is probable cause to believe that any controlled substance is being used, manufactured, sold, bartered, exchanged, administered, dispensed, delivered, distributed, pro... |
69.50.510 | Search and seizure at rental premises—Notification of landlord. | Whenever a controlled substance which is manufactured, distributed, dispensed, or acquired in violation of this chapter is seized at rental premises, the law enforcement agency shall make a reasonable attempt to discover the identity of the landlord and shall notify the landlord in writing, at the last address listed i... |
69.50.511 | Cleanup of hazardous substances at illegal drug manufacturing facility—Rules. | Law enforcement agencies who during the official investigation or enforcement of any illegal drug manufacturing facility come in contact with or are aware of any substances suspected of being hazardous as defined in RCW 70A.305.020 , shall notify the department of ecology for the purpose of securing a contractor to ide... |
69.50.515 | Pharmacies—Cannabis—Notification and disposal. | (1) Upon finding one ounce or less of cannabis inadvertently left at a retail store holding a pharmacy license, the store manager or employee must promptly notify the local law enforcement agency. After notification to the local law enforcement agency, the store manager or employee must properly dispose of the cannabis... |
69.50.525 | Diversion prevention and control—Report. | (a) [(1)] As used in this section, "diversion" means the transfer of any controlled substance from a licit to an illicit channel of distribution or use. (b) [(2)] The department shall regularly prepare and make available to other state regulatory, licensing, and law enforcement agencies a report on the patterns and tre... |
69.50.530 | Dedicated cannabis account. | The dedicated cannabis account is created in the state treasury. All moneys received by the board, or any employee thereof, from cannabis-related activities must be deposited in the account. Unless otherwise provided in chapter 4, Laws of 2015 2nd sp. sess., all cannabis excise taxes collected from sales of cannabis, u... |
69.50.535 | Cannabis excise tax—Medical exemption—State liquor and cannabis board to review tax level—Reports—State and federal antitrust laws. | (1)(a) There is levied and collected a cannabis excise tax equal to thirty-seven percent of the selling price on each retail sale in this state of cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, and cannabis-infused products. This tax is separate and in addition to general state and local sales and use taxes that apply to ret... |
69.50.540 | Appropriations. | (1) For the purposes of this subsection (1), the legislature must appropriate the amounts provided in this subsection: (a) $12,500,000 annually to the board for administration of this chapter as appropriated in the omnibus appropriations act; (b) $11,000,000 annually to the department of health for the following: (i) C... |
69.50.550 | Cost-benefit evaluations. | (1) The Washington state institute for public policy shall conduct cost-benefit evaluations of the implementation of chapter 3, Laws of 2013. A preliminary report, and recommendations to appropriate committees of the legislature, shall be made by September 1, 2015, and the first final report with recommendations by Sep... |
69.50.555 | Taxes, fees, assessments, charges—Commercial activities covered by cannabis agreement between state and tribe. | The taxes, fees, assessments, and other charges imposed by this chapter do not apply to commercial activities related to the production, processing, sale, and possession of cannabis, useable cannabis, cannabis concentrates, and cannabis-infused products covered by an agreement entered into under RCW 43.06.490 .
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69.50.560 | Controlled purchase programs—Persons under age twenty-one—Violation—Criminal penalty—Exceptions. | (1) The board may conduct controlled purchase programs to determine whether: (a) A cannabis retailer is unlawfully selling cannabis to persons under the age of twenty-one; (b) A cannabis retailer holding a medical cannabis endorsement is selling to persons under the age of eighteen or selling to persons between the age... |
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