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. | 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. | 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. | $10,000 monetary fine | License cancellation | | |
Intentional use of unauthorized pesticides, soil amendments, fertilizers, other crop production aids. | Tier 1: $2,500 Tier 2: $5,000 Tier 3: $7,500 monetary fine and destruction of affected marijuana | Tier 1: $7,500 Tier 2: $15,000 Tier 3: $22,500 monetary fine and destruction of affected marijuana | License cancellation | |
Adulterated usable marijuana with organic or nonorganic chemical or other compound. | Tier 1: $2,500 Tier 2: $5,000 Tier 3: $7,500 monetary fine and destruction of affected marijuana | Tier 1: $7,500 Tier 2: $15,000 Tier 3: $22,500 monetary fine and destruction of affected marijuana | License cancellation | |
Transportation of marijuana without a manifest. | 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. | 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. | $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. | 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 | |
[Statutory Authority: RCW
69.50.342,
69.50.345, and 2019 c 394. WSR 20-03-177, § 314-55-521, filed 1/22/20, effective 2/22/20.]