Washington Administrative Code › Title 314 - Liquor and Cannabis Board › Chapter 314-55 - Cannabis licenses, application process, requirements, and reporting › Section 314-55-521 - Category II

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Violations that create a direct or immediate threat to public
				health, safety, or both.
Category II
Violations That Create a Direct or Immediate Threat to
				Public Health, Safety, or Both
Violation Type
1st Violation
2nd Violation in a Two-year
						  Window
3rd Violation in a Two-year
						  Window
4th Violation in a Two-year
						  Window
Furnishing to persons under twenty-one years of
						  age, except as allowed in RCW 60.50.357.
RCW
						  69.50.354 WAC
						  314-55-079(1)
5-day suspension or $1,250 monetary option
10-day suspension or $7,500 monetary option
30-day suspension
License cancellation
Conduct violations:
Criminal conduct:
Permitting or engaging in criminal conduct, or
						  both.
Disorderly conduct, or apparent intoxication
						  of
a licensee or employee, or permitting on premises. Title 9 RCW Title
						  9A RCW WAC
						  314-55-110(4)(b)
5-day suspension or $1,250 monetary option
10-day suspension or $7,500 monetary option
30-day suspension
License cancellation
Operating an unapproved
						  CO2 or hydrocarbon extraction system.
WAC
						  314-55-104
$10,000 monetary fine
License cancellation
Intentional use of unauthorized pesticides, soil
						  amendments, fertilizers, other crop production aids.
RCW
						  69.50.342 WAC
						  314-55-084
Tier 1: $2,500
Tier 2: $5,000
Tier 3: $7,500 monetary fine and destruction of
						  affected cannabis
Tier 1: $7,500
Tier 2: $15,000
Tier 3: $22,500 monetary fine and destruction of
						  affected cannabis
License cancellation
Adulterated useable cannabis witicganic chemical
						  or other compound.
WAC
						  314-55-077(5)(b)
						  WAC
						  314-55-101
Tier 1: $2,500
Tier 2: $5,000
Tier 3: $7,500 monetary fine and destruction of
						  affected cannabis
Tier 1: $7,500
Tier 2: $15,000
Tier 3: $22,500 monetary fine and destruction of
						  affected cannabis
License cancellation
Transportation of cannabis without a
						  man
WAC
						  314-55-085(3)
						  WAC
						  314-55-096(1)
						  and (2)
WAC
						  314-55-105(2)
						  WAC
						  314-55-310(3)
Retail/transporter: $1,250 monetary fine
Producer/processor:
Tier 1: $1,250
Tier 2: $2,500
Tier 3: $5,000 monetary fine
Retail/transporter: 5-day suspension or $2,500 monetary
						  option
Producer/processor:
Tier 1: $2,500
Tier 2: $5,000
Tier 3: $10,000 monetary fine
License cancellation
Obstruction:
Misrepresentation of fact; not permitting physical
						  presence. WAC
						  314-55-185
10-day suspension or $7,500 monetary option
30-day suspension
License cancellation
Failure to use and maintain traceability, or
						  both:
Including, but not limited to, failure to maintain records for
						  flowering plant, finished product, any post-harvest product, any plant not on
						  approved floor-plan, or not tagged, reusing identifier. WAC
						  314-55-083(4)
$1,250 monetary fine
5-day suspension or $2,500 monetary fine
10-day suspension or $5,000 monetary fine
License cancellation
Pickup, unload, or delivery at an unauthorized
						  location.
WAC
						  314-55-085(5)(f)
						  WAC
						  314-55-310
Retail/transportation: 30-day suspension
Producer/processor:
Tier 1: $10,000
Tier 2: $20,000
Tier 3: $30,000 monetary fine
Retail/transporter: 60-day suspension
Producer/processor:
Tier 1: $20,000
Tier 2: $40,000
Tier 3: $60,000 monetary fine
License cancellation