Washington Administrative Code › Title 314 - Liquor and Cannabis Board › Chapter 314-55 - Cannabis licenses, application process, requirements, and reporting › Section 314-55-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply for the purpose of this chapter
				in addition to the definitions provided in
				RCW
				69.50.101.
(1) "Applicant" or "cannabis license
			 applicant" means any person or business entity who is considered by the WSLCB
			 as a true party of interest in a cannabis license, as outlined in WAC
			 314-55-035.
			 However, for purposes of determining an application's priority under
			 RCW
			 69.50.331(1)(a), only the
			 person or business entity that is applying for the license will be considered
			 the applicant.
(2) "Batch" means a
			 quantity of cannabis-infused product containing material from one or more lots
			 of cannabis.
(3) "Business name" or
			 "trade name" means the name of a licensed business as used by the licensee on
			 signs and advertising.
(4)
			 "Characterizing flavor" means a noticeable taste, other than one of cannabis,
			 resulting from an additive or combination of additives including, but not
			 limited to, fruit, spice, herbs, alcohol, candy, or menthol, or that is
			 noticeable before or during consumption of the cannabis product.
(5) "Child care center" means an entity that
			 regularly provides child day care and early learning services for a group of
			 children for periods of less than 24 hours licensed by the Washington state
			 department of early learning under chapter 170-295 WAC.
(6) "Consultant" means an expert who provides
			 advice or services in a particular field, whether a fee is charged or not. A
			 consultant who is in receipt of, or has the right to receive, a percentage of
			 the gross or net profit from the licensed business during any full or partial
			 calendar or fiscal year is a true party of interest and subject to the
			 requirements of WAC
			 314-55-035.
			 A consultant who exercises any control over an applicant's or licensee's
			 business operations is also subject to the requirements of WAC
			 314-55-035(4).
(7) "Cooperative" means a group of more than
			 one, but no more than four qualified medical cannabis patients and/or
			 designated providers who share responsibility for growing and processing
			 cannabis only for the medical use of the members of the cooperative.
(8) "Domicile" means a person's true, fixed,
			 primary permanent home and place of habitation and the tax parcel on which it
			 is located. It is the place where the person intends to remain and to which the
			 person expects to return when the person leaves without intending to establish
			 a new domicile elsewhere.
(9)
			 "Elementary school" means a school with a physical location for early education
			 that provides the first four to eight years of basic education and recognized
			 by the Washington state superintendent of public instruction.
(10) "Employee" means any person performing
			 services on a licensed premises for the benefit of the licensee whether or not
			 such person is compensated by the licensee.
(11) "End product" means a cannabis product
			 that requires no further processing prior to retail sale.
(12) "Financier" means any person or entity,
			 other than a banking institution, that provides money as a gift or loans money
			 to the applicant/business and expects to be paid back the amount of the loan
			 with or without reasonable interest.
(13) "Game arcade" means an entertainment
			 venue featuring primarily video games, simulators, and/or other amusement
			 devices where persons under twenty-one years of age are not
			 restricted.
(14) "Harvest" means
			 the cannabis plant material derived from plants of the same strain that were
			 cultivated at the same licensed location and gathered at the same
			 time.
(15) "Immature plant or
			 clone" means a cannabis plant or clone that has no flowers, is less than 12
			 inches in height, and is less than 12 inches in diameter.
(16) "Intermediate product" means cannabis
			 flower lots or other material lots that have been converted by a cannabis
			 processor to a cannabis mix lot, cannabis concentrate or cannabis-infused
			 product that must be or are intended to be converted further to an end
			 product.
(17) "Library" means an
			 organized collection of resources made accessible to the public for reference
			 or borrowing supported with money derived from taxation.
(18) "Licensed premises" means all areas of a
			 premises where the licensee has leasehold rights as listed in the property
			 lease submitted to the board. Any vehicle assigned for the purposes of
			 transporting cannabis, useable cannabis, cannabis concentrates, or
			 cannabis-infused products shall be considered an extension of the licensed
			 premises.
(19) "Licensee" or
			 "cannabis licensee" means any person or entity that holds a cannabis license,
			 or any person or entity who is a true party of interest in a cannabis license,
			 as outlined in WAC
			 314-55-035.
(20) "Lot" means either of the following:
(a) The flowers from one or more cannabis
			 plants of the same strain. A single lot of flowers cannot weigh more than five
			 pounds; or
(b) The trim, leaves, or
			 other plant matter from one or more cannabis plants. A single lot of trim,
			 leaves, or other plant matter cannot weigh more than 15 pounds.