(1) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:
(a) The use of cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, or cannabis-infused products, identified by the department of health in rules adopted under RCW
69.50.375(4) in chapter 246-70 WAC as being a compliant cannabis product, by qualifying patients or designated providers who have been issued recognition cards and have obtained such products from a cannabis retailer with a medical cannabis endorsement.
(b) The use of products containing THC with a THC concentration of 0.3 percent or less by qualifying patients or designated providers who have been issued recognition cards and have obtained such products from a cannabis retailer with a medical cannabis endorsement.
(c)(i) Cannabis retailers with a medical cannabis endorsement with respect to:
(A) Cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, or cannabis-infused products; or
(B) Products containing THC with a THC concentration of 0.3 percent or less;
(ii) The exemption in this subsection (1)(c) applies only if such products are provided at no charge to a qualifying patient or designated provider who has been issued a recognition card. Each such retailer providing such products at no charge must maintain information establishing eligibility for this exemption in the form and manner required by the department.
(d) The use of cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, or cannabis-infused products, identified by the department of health under RCW
69.50.375 to have a low THC, high CBD ratio, and to be beneficial for medical use, purchased from cannabis retailers with a medical cannabis endorsement.
(e) Health care professionals with respect to the use of products containing THC with a THC concentration of 0.3 percent or less provided at no charge by the health care professionals under RCW
69.51A.280. Each health care professional providing such products at no charge must maintain information establishing eligibility for this exemption in the form and manner required by the department.
(f) The use of topical, noningestible products containing THC with a THC concentration of 0.3 percent or less by qualifying patients when purchased from or provided at no charge by a health care professional under RCW
69.51A.280.
(g) The use of:
(i) Cannabis, cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, cannabis-infused products, or products containing THC with a THC concentration of 0.3 percent or less, by a cooperative and its members, when produced by the cooperative; and
(ii) Any nonmonetary resources and labor by a cooperative when contributed by its members. However, nothing in this subsection (1)(g) may be construed to exempt the individual members of a cooperative from the tax imposed in RCW
82.12.020 on the use of any property or services purchased by the member and contributed to the cooperative.
(2) The definitions in RCW
82.08.9998 apply to this section.