PDFWAC 314-55-521

Category II.

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.
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.
$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 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 with organic or nonorganic chemical or other compound.
WAC 314-55-077 (5)(b)
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 manifest.
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.
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)
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 and 2022 c 16 § 168. WSR 22-14-111, § 314-55-521, filed 7/6/22, effective 8/6/22. 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.]