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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.470 - Medication disposal, no penalty for compliance.

RCW 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 § 23.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.475 - Cannabis retail outlets—Sale to persons under the age of twenty-one—Penalty.

RCW 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 be prosecuted under RCW 69.50.401 or 69.50.406 or any other applicable provision, if the employee sells cannabis products to a person the employee knows is under the age of twenty-one and not otherwise authorized to purchase cannabis products under this chapter, or if the employee sells or otherwise provides cannabis products to a person under the age of twenty-one outside of the course of his or her employment.
[ 2022 c 16 § 97; 2019 c 379 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.500 - Powers of enforcement personnel.

RCW 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 specifically delegated, and to cooperate with all agencies charged with the enforcement of the laws of the United States, of this state, and all other states, relating to controlled substances as defined in this chapter.
(b) [(2)] Employees of the department of health, who are so designated by the *board as enforcement officers are declared to be peace officers and shall be vested with police powers to enforce the drug laws of this state, including this chapter.
[ 2013 c 3 § 24 (Initiative Measure No. 502, approved November 6, 2012); 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 437; 1971 ex.s. c 308 § 69.50.500.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: *(1) Chapter 19, Laws of 2013 changed "state board of pharmacy" to "pharmacy quality assurance commission."
**(2) The "state liquor control board" was renamed the "state liquor and cannabis board" by 2015 c 70 § 3.
Intent—2013 c 3 (Initiative Measure No. 502): See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.501 - Administrative inspections.

RCW 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
(b) places including factories, warehouses, establishments, and conveyances in which persons registered or exempted from registration requirements under this chapter are permitted to hold, manufacture, compound, process, sell, deliver, or otherwise dispose of any controlled substance.
(2) When authorized by an administrative inspection warrant issued pursuant to RCW 69.50.502 an officer or employee designated by the commission, upon presenting the warrant and appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, may enter controlled premises for the purpose of conducting an administrative inspection.
(3) When authorized by an administrative inspection warrant, an officer or employee designated by the commission may:
(a) inspect and copy records required by this chapter to be kept;
(b) inspect, within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, controlled premises and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished material, containers and labeling found therein, and, except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, all other things therein, including records, files, papers, processes, controls, and facilities bearing on violation of this chapter; and
(c) inventory any stock of any controlled substance therein and obtain samples thereof.
(4) This section does not prevent the inspection without a warrant of books and records pursuant to an administrative subpoena issued in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, nor does it prevent entries and administrative inspections, including seizures of property, without a warrant:
(a) if the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the controlled premises consents;
(b) in situations presenting imminent danger to health or safety;
(c) in situations involving inspection of conveyances if there is reasonable cause to believe that the mobility of the conveyance makes it impracticable to obtain a warrant;
(d) in any other exceptional or emergency circumstance where time or opportunity to apply for a warrant is lacking; or,
(e) in all other situations in which a warrant is not constitutionally required.
(5) An inspection authorized by this section shall not extend to financial data, sales data, other than shipment data, or pricing data unless the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the controlled premises consents in writing.
[ 2013 c 19 § 108; 1971 ex.s. c 308 § 69.50.501.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.503 - Injunctions.

RCW 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 § 69.50.503.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.504 - Cooperative arrangements.

RCW 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 § 109; 1971 ex.s. c 308 § 69.50.504.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.506 - Burden of proof; liabilities.

RCW 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 the absence of proof that a person is the duly authorized holder of an appropriate registration or order form issued under this chapter, he or she is presumed not to be the holder of the registration or form. The burden of proof is upon him or her to rebut the presumption.
(c) [(3)] No liability is imposed by this chapter upon any authorized state, county, or municipal officer, engaged in the lawful performance of his or her duties.
[ 2012 c 117 § 370; 1971 ex.s. c 308 § 69.50.506.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.507 - Judicial review.

RCW 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 review to be in conformity with the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 2013 c 19 § 110; 2012 c 117 § 371; 1971 ex.s. c 308 § 69.50.507.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.509 - Search and seizure of controlled substances.

RCW 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, produced, knowingly possessed, given away, furnished or otherwise disposed of or kept in violation of the provisions of this chapter, such judge shall, with or without the approval of the prosecuting attorney, issue a warrant directed to any law enforcement officer of the state, commanding him or her to search the premises designated and described in such complaint and warrant, and to seize all controlled substances there found, together with the vessels in which they are contained, and all implements, furniture and fixtures used or kept for the illegal manufacture, sale, barter, exchange, administering, dispensing, delivering, distributing, producing, possessing, giving away, furnishing or otherwise disposing of such controlled substances, and to safely keep the same, and to make a return of said warrant within three days, showing all acts and things done thereunder, with a particular statement of all articles seized and the name of the person or persons in whose possession the same were found, if any, and if no person be found in the possession of said articles, the returns shall so state. The provisions of RCW 10.31.030 as now or hereafter amended shall apply to actions taken pursuant to this chapter.
[ 2023 sp.s. c 1 § 5; 1987 c 202 § 228; 1971 ex.s. c 308 § 69.50.509.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2023 sp.s. c 1 §§ 1-5, 7-11, and 41: See note following RCW 69.50.4011.
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.510 - Search and seizure at rental premises—Notification of landlord.

RCW 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 in the property tax records and at any other address known by the law enforcement agency, of the seizure and the location of the seizure.
[ 1988 c 150 § 9.]
NOTES:
Legislative findings—Severability—1988 c 150: See notes following RCW 59.18.130.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.511 - Cleanup of hazardous substances at illegal drug manufacturing facility—Rules.

RCW 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 identify, clean up, store, and dispose of suspected hazardous substances, except for those random and representative samples obtained for evidentiary purposes. Whenever possible, a destruct order covering hazardous substances which may be described in general terms shall be obtained concurrently with a search warrant. Materials that have been photographed, fingerprinted, and subsampled by police shall be destroyed as soon as practical. The department of ecology shall make every effort to recover costs from the parties responsible for the suspected hazardous substance. All recoveries shall be deposited in the account or fund from which contractor payments are made.
The department of ecology may adopt rules to carry out its responsibilities under this section. The department of ecology shall consult with law enforcement agencies prior to adopting any rule or policy relating to this section.
[ 2021 c 65 § 65; 2007 c 104 § 17; 1990 c 213 § 13; 1989 c 271 § 228.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2021 c 65: See note following RCW 53.54.030.
Application—Construction—2007 c 104: See RCW 64.70.015.
Severability—1989 c 271: See note following RCW 9.94A.510.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.515 - Pharmacies—Cannabis—Notification and disposal.

RCW 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.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "properly dispose" means ensuring that the product is destroyed or rendered incapable of use by another person.
[ 2022 c 16 § 99; 2013 c 133 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.525 - Diversion prevention and control—Report.

RCW 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 trends of actual distribution, diversion, and abuse of controlled substances.
(c) [(3)] The department shall enter into written agreements with local, state, and federal agencies for the purpose of improving identification of sources of diversion and to improve enforcement of and compliance with this chapter and other laws and regulations pertaining to unlawful conduct involving controlled substances. An agreement must specify the roles and responsibilities of each agency that has information or authority to identify, prevent, and control drug diversion and drug abuse. The department shall convene periodic meetings to coordinate a state diversion prevention and control program. The department shall arrange for cooperation and exchange of information among agencies and with neighboring states and the federal government.
[ 1998 c 245 § 109; 1993 c 187 § 20.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.530 - Dedicated cannabis account.

RCW 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, useable cannabis, cannabis concentrates, and cannabis-infused products under RCW 69.50.535, and the license fees, penalties, and forfeitures derived under this chapter from cannabis producer, cannabis processor, cannabis researcher, and cannabis retailer licenses, must be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account may only be spent after appropriation.
[ 2023 c 470 § 1014. Prior: 2022 c 169 § 1; 2022 c 16 § 100; 2018 c 299 § 909; 2016 sp.s. c 36 § 942; 2015 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 1101; 2013 c 3 § 26 (Initiative Measure No. 502, approved November 6, 2012).]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2023 c 470: See note following RCW 10.99.030.
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Effective date—2018 c 299: See note following RCW 43.41.433.
Effective date—2016 sp.s. c 36: See note following RCW 18.20.430.
Findings—Intent—Effective dates—2015 2nd sp.s. c 4: See notes following RCW 69.50.334.
Intent—2013 c 3 (Initiative Measure No. 502): See note following RCW 69.50.101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.550 - Cost-benefit evaluations.

RCW 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 September 1, 2017. Subsequent reports shall be due September 1, 2022, and September 1, 2032.
(2) The evaluation of the implementation of chapter 3, Laws of 2013 shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, consideration of the following factors:
(a) Public health, to include but not be limited to:
(i) Health costs associated with cannabis use;
(ii) Health costs associated with criminal prohibition of cannabis, including lack of product safety or quality control regulations and the relegation of cannabis to the same illegal market as potentially more dangerous substances; and
(iii) The impact of increased investment in the research, evaluation, education, prevention and intervention programs, practices, and campaigns identified in RCW 69.50.363 on rates of cannabis-related maladaptive substance use and diagnosis of cannabis-related substance use disorder, substance abuse, or substance dependence, as these terms are defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders;
(b) Public safety, to include but not be limited to:
(i) Public safety issues relating to cannabis use; and
(ii) Public safety issues relating to criminal prohibition of cannabis;
(c) Youth and adult rates of the following:
(i) Cannabis use;
(ii) Maladaptive use of cannabis; and
(iii) Diagnosis of cannabis-related substance use disorder, substance abuse, or substance dependence, including primary, secondary, and tertiary choices of substance;
(d) Economic impacts in the private and public sectors, including but not limited to:
(i) Jobs creation;
(ii) Workplace safety;
(iii) Revenues; and
(iv) Taxes generated for state and local budgets;
(e) Criminal justice impacts, to include but not be limited to:
(i) Use of public resources like law enforcement officers and equipment, prosecuting attorneys and public defenders, judges and court staff, the Washington state patrol crime lab and identification and criminal history section, jails and prisons, and misdemeanant and felon supervision officers to enforce state criminal laws regarding cannabis; and
(ii) Short and long-term consequences of involvement in the criminal justice system for persons accused of crimes relating to cannabis, their families, and their communities; and
(f) State and local agency administrative costs and revenues.
[ 2022 c 16 § 103; 2013 c 3 § 30 (Initiative Measure No. 502, approved November 6, 2012).]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Intent—2013 c 3 (Initiative Measure No. 502): See note following RCW 69.50.101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.555 - Taxes, fees, assessments, charges—Commercial activities covered by cannabis agreement between state and tribe.

RCW 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.
[ 2022 c 16 § 104; 2015 c 207 § 3.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Intent—Finding—2015 c 207: See note following RCW 43.06.490.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.560 - Controlled purchase programs—Persons under age twenty-one—Violation—Criminal penalty—Exceptions.

RCW 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 ages of eighteen and twenty-one who do not hold valid recognition cards; or
(c) A cooperative organized under RCW 69.51A.250 is permitting a person under the age of twenty-one to participate.
(2) Every person under the age of twenty-one years who purchases or attempts to purchase cannabis is guilty of a violation of this section. This section does not apply to:
(a) Persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who hold valid recognition cards and purchase cannabis at a cannabis retail outlet holding a medical cannabis endorsement;
(b) Persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years who are participating in a controlled purchase program authorized by the board under rules adopted by the board. Violations occurring under a private, controlled purchase program authorized by the board may not be used for criminal or administrative prosecution.
(3) A cannabis retailer who conducts an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section shall provide his or her employees a written description of the employer's in-house controlled purchase program. The written description must include notice of actions an employer may take as a consequence of an employee's failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of cannabis during an in-house controlled purchase program.
(4) An in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section shall be for the purposes of employee training and employer self-compliance checks. A cannabis retailer may not terminate an employee solely for a first-time failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of cannabis during an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section.
(5) Every person between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who is convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided by RCW 9A.20.021.
[ 2022 c 16 § 105; 2015 c 70 § 33.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Effective date—2015 c 70 §§ 21, 22, 32, and 33: See note following RCW 69.51A.230.
Short title—Findings—Intent—References to Washington state liquor control board—Draft legislation—2015 c 70: See notes following RCW 66.08.012.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.561 - Advice and consultation services—Licensed cannabis businesses.

RCW 69.50.561
Advice and consultation services—Licensed cannabis businesses.
(1) The board may grant a licensee's application for advice and consultation as provided in RCW 69.50.342(3) and visit the licensee's licensed premises in order to provide such advice and consultation. Advice and consultation services are limited to the matters specified in the request affecting the interpretation and applicability of the standards in this chapter to the conditions, structures, machines, equipment, apparatus, devices, materials, methods, means, and practices in the licensee's licensed premises. The board may provide for an alternative means of affording consultation and advice other than on-site consultation.
(2) The board must make recommendations on eliminating areas of concern disclosed within the scope of the on-site consultation. A visit to a licensee's licensed premises may not be considered an inspection or investigation under this chapter. During the visit, the board may not issue notices or citations and may not assess civil penalties. However, if the on-site visit discloses a violation with a direct or immediate relationship to public safety and the violation is not corrected, the board may investigate.
(3) This section does not provide immunity to a licensee who has applied for consultative services from inspections or investigations conducted under this chapter or from any inspection conducted as a result of a complaint before, during, or after the provision of consultative services.
(4) This section does not require an inspection of a licensee's licensed premises that has been visited for consultative purposes. However, if the premises are inspected after a visit, the board may consider any information obtained during the consultation visit in determining the nature of an alleged violation and the amount of penalties to be assessed, if any.
(5) Rules adopted under RCW 69.50.562 must provide that violations with a direct or immediate relationship to public safety discovered during the consultation visit must be corrected within a specified period of time and an inspection must be conducted at the end of that time period.
(6) All licensees requesting consultative services must be advised of this section and the rules adopted by the board relating to the voluntary compliance program. Valuable formulae or financial or proprietary commercial information records received during a consultative visit or while providing consultative services in accordance with this section are not subject to inspection pursuant to chapter 42.56 RCW.
(7) The board may adopt rules on the frequency, manner, and method of providing consultative services to licensees. Rules may include scheduling of consultative services and prioritizing requests for the services while maintaining the enforcement requirements of this chapter.
[ 2019 c 394 § 5.]
NOTES:
Findings—2019 c 394: See note following RCW 69.50.563.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.563 - Licensed cannabis businesses—Civil penalty—Rules.

RCW 69.50.563
Licensed cannabis businesses—Civil penalty—Rules.
(1) The board may issue a civil penalty without first issuing a notice of correction if:
(a) The licensee has previously been subject to an enforcement action for the same or similar type of violation of the same statute or rule or has been given previous notice of the same or similar type of violation of the same statute or rule;
(b) Compliance is not achieved by the date established by the board in a previously issued notice of correction and if the board has responded to a request for review of the date by reaffirming the original date or establishing a new date; or
(c) The board can prove by a preponderance of the evidence:
(i) Diversion of cannabis product to the illicit market or sales across state lines;
(ii) Furnishing of cannabis product to minors;
(iii) Diversion of revenue to criminal enterprises, gangs, cartels, or parties not qualified to hold a cannabis license based on criminal history requirements;
(iv) The commission of noncannabis-related crimes; or
(v) Knowingly making a misrepresentation of fact to the board, an officer of the board, or an employee of the board related to conduct or an action that is, or is alleged to be, any of the violations identified in (c)(i) through (iv) of this subsection (1).
(2) The board may adopt rules to implement this section and RCW 43.05.160.
[ 2022 c 16 § 107; 2019 c 394 § 3.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Findings—2019 c 394: "The legislature finds that:
(1) In the years since the creation of a legal and regulated marketplace for adult use of cannabis, the industry, stakeholders, and state agencies have collaborated to develop a safe, fully regulated marketplace.
(2) As the regulated marketplace has been developing, Washington residents with a strong entrepreneurial spirit have taken great financial and personal risk to become licensed and part of this nascent industry.
(3) It should not be surprising that mistakes have been made both by licensees and regulators, and that both have learned from these mistakes leading to a stronger, safer industry.
(4) While a strong focus on enforcement is an important component of the regulated marketplace, a strong focus on compliance and education is also critically necessary to assist licensees who strive for compliance and in order to allow the board to focus its enforcement priorities on those violations that directly harm public health and safety.
(5) The risk taking entrepreneurs who are trying to comply with board regulations should not face punitive consequences for mistakes made during this initial phase of the industry that did not pose a direct threat to public health and safety." [ 2019 c 394 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.564 - Licensed cannabis businesses—Settlement agreement.

RCW 69.50.564
Licensed cannabis businesses—Settlement agreement.
(1) This section applies to the board's issuance of administrative violations to licensed cannabis producers, processors, retailers, transporters, and researchers, when a settlement conference is held between a hearing officer or designee of the board and the cannabis licensee that received a notice of an alleged administrative violation or violations.
(2) If a settlement agreement is entered between a cannabis licensee and a hearing officer or designee of the board at or after a settlement conference, the terms of the settlement agreement must be given substantial weight by the board.
(3) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Settlement agreement" means the agreement or compromise between a licensed cannabis producer, processor, retailer, researcher, transporter, or researcher and the hearing officer or designee of the board with authority to participate in the settlement conference, that:
(i) Includes the terms of the agreement or compromise regarding an alleged violation or violations by the licensee of this chapter, chapter 69.51A RCW, or rules adopted under either chapter, and any related penalty or licensing restriction; and
(ii) Is in writing and signed by the licensee and the hearing officer or designee of the board.
(b) "Settlement conference" means a meeting or discussion between a licensed cannabis producer, processor, retailer, researcher, transporter, researcher, or authorized representative of any of the preceding licensees, and a hearing officer or designee of the board, held for purposes such as discussing the circumstances surrounding an alleged violation of law or rules by the licensee, the recommended penalty, and any aggravating or mitigating factors, and that is intended to resolve the alleged violation before an administrative hearing or judicial proceeding is initiated.
[ 2022 c 16 § 108; 2019 c 394 § 8.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Findings—2019 c 394: See note following RCW 69.50.563.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.575 - Cannabis health and beauty aids.

RCW 69.50.575
Cannabis health and beauty aids.
(1) Cannabis health and beauty aids are not subject to the regulations and penalties of this chapter that apply to cannabis, cannabis concentrates, or cannabis-infused products.
(2) For purposes of this section, "cannabis health and beauty aid" means a product containing parts of the cannabis plant and which:
(a) Is intended for use only as a topical application to provide therapeutic benefit or to enhance appearance;
(b) Contains a THC concentration of not more than 0.3 percent;
(c) Does not cross the blood-brain barrier; and
(d) Is not intended for ingestion by humans or animals.
[ 2022 c 16 § 110; 2015 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 701.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Findings—Intent—Effective dates—2015 2nd sp.s. c 4: See notes following RCW 69.50.334.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.580 - Applicants for cannabis producer's, processor's, researcher's, or retailer's licenses—Signage—Public notice requirements.

RCW 69.50.580
Applicants for cannabis producer's, processor's, researcher's, or retailer's licenses—Signage—Public notice requirements.
(1) Applicants for a cannabis producer's, cannabis processor's, cannabis researcher's or cannabis retailer's license under this chapter must display a sign provided by the board on the outside of the premises to be licensed notifying the public that the premises are subject to an application for such license. The sign must:
(a) Contain text with content sufficient to notify the public of the nature of the pending license application, the date of the application, the name of the applicant, and contact information for the board;
(b) Be conspicuously displayed on, or immediately adjacent to, the premises subject to the application and in the location that is most likely to be seen by the public;
(c) Be of a size sufficient to ensure that it will be readily seen by the public; and
(d) Be posted within seven business days of the submission of the application to the board.
(2) The board must adopt such rules as are necessary for the implementation of this section, including rules pertaining to the size of the sign and the text thereon, the textual content of the sign, the fee for providing the sign, and any other requirements necessary to ensure that the sign provides adequate notice to the public.
(3)(a) A city, town, or county may adopt an ordinance requiring individual notice by an applicant for a cannabis producer's, cannabis processor's, cannabis researcher's, or cannabis retailer's license under this chapter, sixty days prior to issuance of the license, to any elementary or secondary school, playground, recreation center or facility, child care center, church, public park, public transit center, library, or any game arcade admission to which is not restricted to persons aged twenty-one years or older, that is within one thousand feet of the perimeter of the grounds of the establishment seeking licensure. The notice must provide the contact information for the board where any of the owners or operators of these entities may submit comments or concerns about the proposed business location.
(b) For the purposes of this subsection, "church" means a building erected for and used exclusively for religious worship and schooling or other activity in connection therewith.
[ 2022 c 16 § 111; 2015 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 801.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Findings—Intent—Effective dates—2015 2nd sp.s. c 4: See notes following RCW 69.50.334.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.587 - Cannabis science task force reports—Board rules.

RCW 69.50.587
Cannabis science task force reports—Board rules.
The liquor and cannabis board may adopt rules that address the findings and recommendations in the task force reports provided under *RCW 43.21A.735.
[ 2019 c 277 § 4.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 43.21A.735 expired December 31, 2022.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.601 - Pending proceedings.

RCW 69.50.601
Pending proceedings.
(a) [(1)] Prosecution for any violation of law occurring prior to May 21, 1971 is not affected or abated by this chapter. If the offense being prosecuted is similar to one set out in Article IV of this chapter, then the penalties under Article IV apply if they are less than those under prior law.
(b) [(2)] Civil seizures or forfeitures and injunctive proceedings commenced prior to May 21, 1971 are not affected by this chapter.
(c) [(3)] All administrative proceedings pending under prior laws which are superseded by this chapter shall be continued and brought to a final determination in accord with the laws and rules in effect prior to May 21, 1971. Any substance controlled under prior law which is not listed within Schedules I through V, is automatically controlled without further proceedings and shall be listed in the appropriate schedule.
(d) [(4)] The commission shall initially permit persons to register who own or operate any establishment engaged in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substance prior to May 21, 1971 and who are registered or licensed by the state.
(e) [(5)] This chapter applies to violations of law, seizures and forfeiture, injunctive proceedings, administrative proceedings and investigations which occur following May 21, 1971.
[ 2013 c 19 § 112; 1971 ex.s. c 308 § 69.50.601.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.602 - Continuation of rules.

RCW 69.50.602
Continuation of rules.
Any orders and rules promulgated under any law affected by this chapter and in effect on May 21, 1971 and not in conflict with it continue in effect until modified, superseded or repealed.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 308 § 69.50.602.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.603 - Uniformity of interpretation.

RCW 69.50.603
Uniformity of interpretation.
This chapter shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among those states which enact it.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 308 § 69.50.603.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.604 - Short title.

RCW 69.50.604
Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 308 § 69.50.604.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.611 - State preemption.

RCW 69.50.611
State preemption.
The state of Washington fully occupies and preempts the entire field of setting penalties for violations of the controlled substances act. Cities, towns, and counties or other municipalities may enact only those laws and ordinances relating to controlled substances that are consistent with this chapter. Such local ordinances shall have the same penalties as provided for by state law. Local laws and ordinances that are inconsistent with the requirements of state law shall not be enacted and are preempted and repealed, regardless of the nature of the code, charter, or home rule status of the city, town, county, or municipality.
[ 1989 c 271 § 601.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.612 - State preemption—Drug paraphernalia.

RCW 69.50.612
State preemption—Drug paraphernalia.
(1) The state of Washington hereby fully occupies and preempts the entire field of drug paraphernalia regulation within the boundaries of the state including regulation of the use, selling, giving, delivery, and possession of drug paraphernalia, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. Cities, towns, and counties or other municipalities may enact only those laws and ordinances relating to drug paraphernalia that are specifically authorized by state law and are consistent with this chapter. Such local ordinances must have the same penalty as provided for by state law. Local laws and ordinances that are inconsistent with, more restrictive than, or exceed the requirements of state law may not be enacted and are preempted and repealed, regardless of the nature of the code, charter, or home rule status of such city, town, county, or municipality.
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit cities or counties from enacting laws or ordinances relating to the establishment or regulation of harm reduction services concerning drug paraphernalia.
[ 2023 sp.s. c 1 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2023 sp.s. c 1 §§ 1-5, 7-11, and 41: See note following RCW 69.50.4011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.700 - Expedited rule making.

RCW 69.50.700
Expedited rule making.
The board must use expedited rule making under RCW 34.05.353 to replace the term "marijuana" with the term "cannabis" throughout Title 314 WAC.
[ 2022 c 16 § 168.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.50 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act. › 69.50.710 - Federal law—"Marijuana" to refer to "cannabis."

RCW 69.50.710
Federal law—"Marijuana" to refer to "cannabis."
The term "marijuana" as used under federal law generally refers to the term "cannabis" used throughout the Revised Code of Washington.
[ 2022 c 16 § 169.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.51 - Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act. › 69.51.010 - Short title.

RCW 69.51.010
Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act.
[ 1979 c 136 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.51 - Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act. › 69.51.020 - Legislative purpose.

RCW 69.51.020
Legislative purpose.
The legislature finds that recent research has shown that the use of cannabis may alleviate the nausea and ill effects of cancer chemotherapy and radiology, and, additionally, may alleviate the ill effects of glaucoma. The legislature further finds that there is a need for further research and experimentation regarding the use of cannabis under strictly controlled circumstances. It is for this purpose that the controlled substances therapeutic research act is hereby enacted.
[ 2022 c 16 § 112; 1979 c 136 § 2.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.51 - Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act. › 69.51.030 - Definitions.

RCW 69.51.030
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Cannabis" means all parts of the plant of the genus Cannabis L., whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin;
(2) "Commission" means the pharmacy quality assurance commission;
(3) "Department" means the department of health; and
(4) "Practitioner" means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 18.71 or 18.57 RCW.
[ 2022 c 16 § 113; 2013 c 19 § 113; 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 438; 1979 c 136 § 3.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.51 - Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act. › 69.51.040 - Controlled substances therapeutic research program.

RCW 69.51.040
Controlled substances therapeutic research program.
(1) There is established in the commission the controlled substances therapeutic research program. The program shall be administered by the department. The commission shall promulgate rules necessary for the proper administration of the Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act. In such promulgation, the commission shall take into consideration those pertinent rules promulgated by the United States drug enforcement agency, the food and drug administration, and the national institute on drug abuse.
(2) Except as provided in RCW 69.51.050(4), the controlled substances therapeutic research program shall be limited to cancer chemotherapy and radiology patients and glaucoma patients, who are certified to the patient qualification review committee by a practitioner as being involved in a life-threatening or sense-threatening situation. No patient may be admitted to the controlled substances therapeutic research program without full disclosure by the practitioner of the experimental nature of this program and of the possible risks and side effects of the proposed treatment in accordance with the informed consent provisions of chapter 7.70 RCW.
(3) The commission shall provide by rule for a program of registration with the department of bona fide controlled substance therapeutic research projects.
[ 2013 c 19 § 114; 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 439; 1979 c 136 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons › Chapter 69.51 - Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act. › 69.51.050 - Patient qualification review committee.

RCW 69.51.050
Patient qualification review committee.
(1) The commission shall appoint a patient qualification review committee to serve at its pleasure. The patient qualification review committee shall be comprised of:
(a) A physician licensed to practice medicine in Washington state and specializing in the practice of ophthalmology;
(b) A physician licensed to practice medicine in Washington state and specializing in the subspecialty of medical oncology;
(c) A physician licensed to practice medicine in Washington state and specializing in the practice of psychiatry; and
(d) A physician licensed to practice medicine in Washington state and specializing in the practice of radiology.
Members of the committee shall be compensated at the rate of fifty dollars per day for each day spent in the performance of their official duties, and shall receive reimbursement for their travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
(2) The patient qualification review committee shall review all applicants for the controlled substance therapeutic research program and their licensed practitioners and certify their participation in the program.
(3) The patient qualification review committee and the commission shall insure that the privacy of individuals who participate in the controlled substance therapeutic research program is protected by withholding from all persons not connected with the conduct of the research the names and other identifying characteristics of such individuals. Persons authorized to engage in research under the controlled substance therapeutic research program may not be compelled in any civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceeding to identify the individuals who are the subjects of research for which the authorization was granted, except to the extent necessary to permit the commission to determine whether the research is being conducted in accordance with the authorization.
(4) The patient qualification review committee may include other disease groups for participation in the controlled substances therapeutic research program after pertinent medical data have been presented by a practitioner to both the committee and the commission, and after approval for such participation has been granted pursuant to pertinent rules promulgated by the United States drug enforcement agency, the food and drug administration, and the national institute on drug abuse.
[ 2013 c 19 § 115; 1979 c 136 § 5.]