H-0255.3
HOUSE BILL 1765
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State of Washington | 64th Legislature | 2015 Regular Session |
By Representative Klippert
Read first time 01/28/15. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Gaming.
AN ACT Relating to marijuana; amending RCW
69.50.101, 46.20.308, and 69.50.4013; repealing RCW
46.04.586, 69.50.325, 69.50.328, 69.50.331, 69.50.334, 69.50.339, 69.50.342, 69.50.345, 69.50.348, 69.50.351, 69.50.354, 69.50.357, 69.50.360, 69.50.363, 69.50.366, 69.50.369, 69.50.445, 69.50.530, 69.50.535, 69.50.540, 69.50.545, 69.50.550, 69.51A.005, 69.51A.010, 69.51A.020, 69.51A.025, 69.51A.030, 69.51A.040, 69.51A.043, 69.51A.045, 69.51A.047, 69.51A.050, 69.51A.055, 69.51A.060, 69.51A.070, 69.51A.085, 69.51A.090, 69.51A.100, 69.51A.110, 69.51A.120, 69.51A.130, 69.51A.140, 69.51A.200, 69.51A.900, 69.51A.901, 69.51A.902, and 69.51A.903; repealing 2013 c 3 ss 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37; and repealing 2013 c 3 ss 1 and 41 (uncodified).
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 69.50.101 and 2014 c 192 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, definitions of terms shall be as indicated where used in this chapter:
(a) "Administer" means to apply a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, directly to the body of a patient or research subject by:
(1) a practitioner authorized to prescribe (or, by the practitioner's authorized agent); or
(2) the patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner.
(b) "Agent" means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser. It does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseperson, or employee of the carrier or warehouseperson.
(c) "Commission" means the pharmacy quality assurance commission.
(d) "Controlled substance" means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor included in Schedules I through V as set forth in federal or state laws, or federal or commission rules.
(e)(1) "Controlled substance analog" means a substance the chemical structure of which is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II and:
(i) that has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially similar to the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance included in Schedule I or II; or
(ii) with respect to a particular individual, that the individual represents or intends to have a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially similar to the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance included in Schedule I or II.
(2) The term does not include:
(i) a controlled substance;
(ii) a substance for which there is an approved new drug application;
(iii) a substance with respect to which an exemption is in effect for investigational use by a particular person under Section 505 of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 355, to the extent conduct with respect to the substance is pursuant to the exemption; or
(iv) any substance to the extent not intended for human consumption before an exemption takes effect with respect to the substance.
(f) "Deliver" or "delivery," means the actual or constructive transfer from one person to another of a substance, whether or not there is an agency relationship.
(g) "Department" means the department of health.
(h) "Dispense" means the interpretation of a prescription or order for a controlled substance and, pursuant to that prescription or order, the proper selection, measuring, compounding, labeling, or packaging necessary to prepare that prescription or order for delivery.
(i) "Dispenser" means a practitioner who dispenses.
(j) "Distribute" means to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a controlled substance.
(k) "Distributor" means a person who distributes.
(l) "Drug" means (1) a controlled substance recognized as a drug in the official United States pharmacopoeia/national formulary or the official homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States, or any supplement to them; (2) controlled substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in individuals or animals; (3) controlled substances (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of individuals or animals; and (4) controlled substances intended for use as a component of any article specified in (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection. The term does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories.
(m) "Drug enforcement administration" means the drug enforcement administration in the United States Department of Justice, or its successor agency.
(n) "Electronic communication of prescription information" means the transmission of a prescription or refill authorization for a drug of a practitioner using computer systems. The term does not include a prescription or refill authorization verbally transmitted by telephone nor a facsimile manually signed by the practitioner.
(o) "Immediate precursor" means a substance:
(1) that the commission has found to be and by rule designates as being the principal compound commonly used, or produced primarily for use, in the manufacture of a controlled substance;
(2) that is an immediate chemical intermediary used or likely to be used in the manufacture of a controlled substance; and
(3) the control of which is necessary to prevent, curtail, or limit the manufacture of the controlled substance.
(p) "Isomer" means an optical isomer, but in subsection
(((z)))(s)(5) of this section, RCW
69.50.204(a) (12) and (34), and 69.50.206(b)(4), the term includes any geometrical isomer; in RCW
69.50.204(a) (8) and (42), and 69.50.210(c) the term includes any positional isomer; and in RCW
69.50.204(a)(35), 69.50.204(c), and 69.50.208(a) the term includes any positional or geometric isomer.
(q) (("Lot" means a definite quantity of marijuana, useable marijuana, or marijuana-infused product identified by a lot number, every portion or package of which is uniform within recognized tolerances for the factors that appear in the labeling.
(r) "Lot number" shall identify the licensee by business or trade name and Washington state unified business identifier number, and the date of harvest or processing for each lot of marijuana, useable marijuana, or marijuana-infused product.
(s))) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion, or processing of a controlled substance, either directly or indirectly or by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its container. The term does not include the preparation, compounding, packaging, repackaging, labeling, or relabeling of a controlled substance:
(1) by a practitioner as an incident to the practitioner's administering or dispensing of a controlled substance in the course of the practitioner's professional practice; or
(2) by a practitioner, or by the practitioner's authorized agent under the practitioner's supervision, for the purpose of, or as an incident to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale.
(((t)))(r) "Marijuana" or "marihuana" means all parts of the plant Cannabis, whether growing or not((, with a THC concentration greater than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis)); the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. The term does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination.
(((u) "Marijuana concentrates" means products consisting wholly or in part of the resin extracted from any part of the plant Cannabis and having a THC concentration greater than sixty percent.
(v) "Marijuana processor" means a person licensed by the state liquor control board to process marijuana into useable marijuana and marijuana-infused products, package and label useable marijuana and marijuana-infused products for sale in retail outlets, and sell useable marijuana and marijuana-infused products at wholesale to marijuana retailers.
(w) "Marijuana producer" means a person licensed by the state liquor control board to produce and sell marijuana at wholesale to marijuana processors and other marijuana producers.
(x) "Marijuana-infused products" means products that contain marijuana or marijuana extracts, are intended for human use, and have a THC concentration greater than 0.3 percent and no greater than sixty percent. The term "marijuana-infused products" does not include either useable marijuana or marijuana concentrates.
(y) "Marijuana retailer" means a person licensed by the state liquor control board to sell useable marijuana and marijuana-infused products in a retail outlet.
(z)))(s) "Narcotic drug" means any of the following, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:
(1) Opium, opium derivative, and any derivative of opium or opium derivative, including their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of the salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation. The term does not include the isoquinoline alkaloids of opium.
(2) Synthetic opiate and any derivative of synthetic opiate, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, whenever the existence of the isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation.
(3) Poppy straw and concentrate of poppy straw.
(4) Coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives or ecgonine or their salts have been removed.
(5) Cocaine, or any salt, isomer, or salt of isomer thereof.
(6) Cocaine base.
(7) Ecgonine, or any derivative, salt, isomer, or salt of isomer thereof.
(8) Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of any substance referred to in subparagraphs (1) through (7).
(((aa)))(t) "Opiate" means any substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. The term includes opium, substances derived from opium (opium derivatives), and synthetic opiates. The term does not include, unless specifically designated as controlled under RCW
69.50.201, the dextrorotatory isomer of 3-methoxy-n-methylmorphinan and its salts (dextromethorphan). The term includes the racemic and levorotatory forms of dextromethorphan.
(((bb)))(u) "Opium poppy" means the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L., except its seeds.
(((cc)))(v) "Person" means individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(((dd)))(w) "Poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy, after mowing.
(((ee)))(x) "Practitioner" means:
(1) A physician under chapter
18.71 RCW; a physician assistant under chapter
18.71A RCW; an osteopathic physician and surgeon under chapter
18.57 RCW; an osteopathic physician assistant under chapter
18.57A RCW who is licensed under RCW
18.57A.020 subject to any limitations in RCW
18.57A.040; an optometrist licensed under chapter
18.53 RCW who is certified by the optometry board under RCW
18.53.010 subject to any limitations in RCW
18.53.010; a dentist under chapter
18.32 RCW; a podiatric physician and surgeon under chapter
18.22 RCW; a veterinarian under chapter
18.92 RCW; a registered nurse, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or licensed practical nurse under chapter
18.79 RCW; a naturopathic physician under chapter
18.36A RCW who is licensed under RCW
18.36A.030 subject to any limitations in RCW
18.36A.040; a pharmacist under chapter
18.64 RCW or a scientific investigator under this chapter, licensed, registered or otherwise permitted insofar as is consistent with those licensing laws to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer a controlled substance in the course of their professional practice or research in this state.
(2) A pharmacy, hospital or other institution licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or to administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state.
(3) A physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery, a physician licensed to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery, a dentist licensed to practice dentistry, a podiatric physician and surgeon licensed to practice podiatric medicine and surgery, a licensed physician assistant or a licensed osteopathic physician assistant specifically approved to prescribe controlled substances by his or her state's medical quality assurance commission or equivalent and his or her supervising physician, an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed to prescribe controlled substances, or a veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary medicine in any state of the United States.
(((ff)))(y) "Prescription" means an order for controlled substances issued by a practitioner duly authorized by law or rule in the state of Washington to prescribe controlled substances within the scope of his or her professional practice for a legitimate medical purpose.
(((gg)))(z) "Production" includes the manufacturing, planting, cultivating, growing, or harvesting of a controlled substance.
(((hh) "Retail outlet" means a location licensed by the state liquor control board for the retail sale of useable marijuana and marijuana-infused products.
(ii)))(aa) "Secretary" means the secretary of health or the secretary's designee.
(((jj)))(bb) "State," unless the context otherwise requires, means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(((kk) "THC concentration" means percent of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol content per dry weight of any part of the plant Cannabis, or per volume or weight of marijuana product, or the combined percent of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol and tetrahydrocannabinolic acid in any part of the plant Cannabis regardless of moisture content.
(ll)))(cc) "Ultimate user" means an individual who lawfully possesses a controlled substance for the individual's own use or for the use of a member of the individual's household or for administering to an animal owned by the individual or by a member of the individual's household.
(((mm) "Useable marijuana" means dried marijuana flowers. The term "useable marijuana" does not include either marijuana-infused products or marijuana concentrates.))
Sec. 2. RCW 46.20.308 and 2013 2nd sp.s. c 35 s 36 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Any person who operates a motor vehicle within this state is deemed to have given consent, subject to the provisions of RCW
46.61.506, to a test or tests of his or her breath for the purpose of determining the alcohol concentration
((, THC concentration,)) or presence of any drug in his or her breath if arrested for any offense where, at the time of the arrest, the arresting officer has reasonable grounds to believe the person had been driving or was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug or was in violation of RCW
46.61.503. Neither consent nor this section precludes a police officer from obtaining a search warrant for a person's breath or blood.
(2) The test or tests of breath shall be administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe the person to have been driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug or the person to have been driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having alcohol
((or THC)) in a concentration in violation of RCW
46.61.503 in his or her system and being under the age of twenty-one. The officer shall inform the person of his or her right to refuse the breath test, and of his or her right to have additional tests administered by any qualified person of his or her choosing as provided in RCW
46.61.506. The officer shall warn the driver, in substantially the following language, that:
(a) If the driver refuses to take the test, the driver's license, permit, or privilege to drive will be revoked or denied for at least one year; and
(b) If the driver refuses to take the test, the driver's refusal to take the test may be used in a criminal trial; and
(c) If the driver submits to the test and the test is administered, the driver's license, permit, or privilege to drive will be suspended, revoked, or denied for at least ninety days if((:
(i)))the driver is age twenty-one or over and the test indicates ((either that)) the alcohol concentration of the driver's breath is 0.08 or more ((or that the THC concentration of the driver's blood is 5.00 or more;)), or if
(((ii)))the driver is under age twenty-one and the test indicates ((either that)) the alcohol concentration of the driver's breath is 0.02 ((or more or that the THC concentration of the driver's blood is above 0.00;)), or if
(((iii)))the driver is under age twenty-one and the driver is in violation of RCW
46.61.502 or 46.61.504; and
(d) If the driver's license, permit, or privilege to drive is suspended, revoked, or denied the driver may be eligible to immediately apply for an ignition interlock driver's license.
(3) Except as provided in this section, the test administered shall be of the breath only. If an individual is unconscious or is under arrest for the crime of felony driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs under RCW
46.61.502(6), felony physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug under RCW
46.61.504(6), vehicular homicide as provided in RCW
46.61.520, or vehicular assault as provided in RCW
46.61.522, or if an individual is under arrest for the crime of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs as provided in RCW
46.61.502, which arrest results from an accident in which there has been serious bodily injury to another person, a breath or blood test may be administered without the consent of the individual so arrested pursuant to a search warrant, a valid waiver of the warrant requirement, or when exigent circumstances exist.
(4) If, following his or her arrest and receipt of warnings under subsection (2) of this section, the person arrested refuses upon the request of a law enforcement officer to submit to a test or tests of his or her breath, no test shall be given except as authorized by a search warrant.
(5) If, after arrest and after the other applicable conditions and requirements of this section have been satisfied, a test or tests of the person's blood or breath is administered and the test results indicate that the alcohol concentration of the person's breath or blood is 0.08 or more, ((or the THC concentration of the person's blood is 5.00 or more,)) if the person is age twenty-one or over, or that the alcohol concentration of the person's breath or blood is 0.02 or more, ((or the THC concentration of the person's blood is above 0.00,)) if the person is under the age of twenty-one, or the person refuses to submit to a test, the arresting officer or other law enforcement officer at whose direction any test has been given, or the department, where applicable, if the arrest results in a test of the person's blood, shall:
(a) Serve notice in writing on the person on behalf of the department of its intention to suspend, revoke, or deny the person's license, permit, or privilege to drive as required by subsection (6) of this section;
(b) Serve notice in writing on the person on behalf of the department of his or her right to a hearing, specifying the steps he or she must take to obtain a hearing as provided by subsection (7) of this section and that the person waives the right to a hearing if he or she receives an ignition interlock driver's license;
(c) Serve notice in writing that the license or permit, if any, is a temporary license that is valid for sixty days from the date of arrest or from the date notice has been given in the event notice is given by the department following a blood test, or until the suspension, revocation, or denial of the person's license, permit, or privilege to drive is sustained at a hearing pursuant to subsection (7) of this section, whichever occurs first. No temporary license is valid to any greater degree than the license or permit that it replaces; and
(d) Immediately notify the department of the arrest and transmit to the department within seventy-two hours, except as delayed as the result of a blood test, a sworn report or report under a declaration authorized by RCW
9A.72.085 that states:
(i) That the officer had reasonable grounds to believe the arrested person had been driving or was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, or both, or was under the age of twenty-one years and had been driving or was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having an alcohol
((or THC)) concentration in violation of RCW
46.61.503;
(ii) That after receipt of the warnings required by subsection (2) of this section the person refused to submit to a test of his or her breath, or a test was administered and the results indicated that the alcohol concentration of the person's breath or blood was 0.08 or more, ((or the THC concentration of the person's blood was 5.00 or more,)) if the person is age twenty-one or over, or that the alcohol concentration of the person's breath or blood was 0.02 or more, ((or the THC concentration of the person's blood was above 0.00,)) if the person is under the age of twenty-one; and
(iii) Any other information that the director may require by rule.
(6) The department of licensing, upon the receipt of a sworn report or report under a declaration authorized by RCW
9A.72.085 under subsection (5)(d) of this section, shall suspend, revoke, or deny the person's license, permit, or privilege to drive or any nonresident operating privilege, as provided in RCW
46.20.3101, such suspension, revocation, or denial to be effective beginning sixty days from the date of arrest or from the date notice has been given in the event notice is given by the department following a blood test, or when sustained at a hearing pursuant to subsection (7) of this section, whichever occurs first.
(7) A person receiving notification under subsection (5)(b) of this section may, within twenty days after the notice has been given, request in writing a formal hearing before the department. The person shall pay a fee of three hundred seventy-five dollars as part of the request. If the request is mailed, it must be postmarked within twenty days after receipt of the notification. Upon timely receipt of such a request for a formal hearing, including receipt of the required three hundred seventy-five dollar fee, the department shall afford the person an opportunity for a hearing. The department may waive the required three hundred seventy-five dollar fee if the person is an indigent as defined in RCW
10.101.010. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the hearing is subject to and shall be scheduled and conducted in accordance with RCW
46.20.329 and 46.20.332. The hearing shall be conducted in the county of the arrest, except that all or part of the hearing may, at the discretion of the department, be conducted by telephone or other electronic means. The hearing shall be held within sixty days following the arrest or following the date notice has been given in the event notice is given by the department following a blood test, unless otherwise agreed to by the department and the person, in which case the action by the department shall be stayed, and any valid temporary license marked under subsection (5) of this section extended, if the person is otherwise eligible for licensing. For the purposes of this section, the scope of the hearing shall cover the issues of whether a law enforcement officer had reasonable grounds to believe the person had been driving or was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug or had been driving or was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state while having alcohol in his or her system in a concentration of 0.02 or more,
((or THC in his or her system in a concentration above 0.00,)) if the person was under the age of twenty-one, whether the person was placed under arrest, and (a) whether the person refused to submit to the test or tests upon request of the officer after having been informed that such refusal would result in the revocation of the person's license, permit, or privilege to drive, or (b) if a test or tests were administered, whether the applicable requirements of this section were satisfied before the administration of the test or tests, whether the person submitted to the test or tests, or whether a test was administered without express consent as permitted under this section, and whether the test or tests indicated that the alcohol concentration of the person's breath or blood was 0.08 or more,
((or the THC concentration of the person's blood was 5.00 or more,)) if the person was age twenty-one or over at the time of the arrest, or that the alcohol concentration of the person's breath or blood was 0.02 or more,
((or the THC concentration of the person's blood was above 0.00,)) if the person was under the age of twenty-one at the time of the arrest. The sworn report or report under a declaration authorized by RCW
9A.72.085 submitted by a law enforcement officer is prima facie evidence that the officer had reasonable grounds to believe the person had been driving or was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, or both, or the person had been driving or was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state while having alcohol in his or her system in a concentration of 0.02 or more
((, or THC in his or her system in a concentration above 0.00,)) and was under the age of twenty-one and that the officer complied with the requirements of this section.
A hearing officer shall conduct the hearing, may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, and shall administer oaths to witnesses. The hearing officer shall not issue a subpoena for the attendance of a witness at the request of the person unless the request is accompanied by the fee required by RCW
5.56.010 for a witness in district court. The sworn report or report under a declaration authorized by RCW
9A.72.085 of the law enforcement officer and any other evidence accompanying the report shall be admissible without further evidentiary foundation and the certifications authorized by the criminal rules for courts of limited jurisdiction shall be admissible without further evidentiary foundation. The person may be represented by counsel, may question witnesses, may present evidence, and may testify. The department shall order that the suspension, revocation, or denial either be rescinded or sustained.
(8) If the suspension, revocation, or denial is sustained after such a hearing, the person whose license, privilege, or permit is suspended, revoked, or denied has the right to file a petition in the superior court of the county of arrest to review the final order of revocation by the department in the same manner as an appeal from a decision of a court of limited jurisdiction. Notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days after the date the final order is served or the right to appeal is waived. Notwithstanding RCW
46.20.334, RALJ 1.1, or other statutes or rules referencing de novo review, the appeal shall be limited to a review of the record of the administrative hearing. The appellant must pay the costs associated with obtaining the record of the hearing before the hearing officer. The filing of the appeal does not stay the effective date of the suspension, revocation, or denial. A petition filed under this subsection must include the petitioner's grounds for requesting review. Upon granting petitioner's request for review, the court shall review the department's final order of suspension, revocation, or denial as expeditiously as possible. The review must be limited to a determination of whether the department has committed any errors of law. The superior court shall accept those factual determinations supported by substantial evidence in the record: (a) That were expressly made by the department; or (b) that may reasonably be inferred from the final order of the department. The superior court may reverse, affirm, or modify the decision of the department or remand the case back to the department for further proceedings. The decision of the superior court must be in writing and filed in the clerk's office with the other papers in the case. The court shall state the reasons for the decision. If judicial relief is sought for a stay or other temporary remedy from the department's action, the court shall not grant such relief unless the court finds that the appellant is likely to prevail in the appeal and that without a stay the appellant will suffer irreparable injury. If the court stays the suspension, revocation, or denial it may impose conditions on such stay.
(9)(a) If a person whose driver's license, permit, or privilege to drive has been or will be suspended, revoked, or denied under subsection (6) of this section, other than as a result of a breath test refusal, and who has not committed an offense for which he or she was granted a deferred prosecution under chapter
10.05 RCW, petitions a court for a deferred prosecution on criminal charges arising out of the arrest for which action has been or will be taken under subsection (6) of this section, or notifies the department of licensing of the intent to seek such a deferred prosecution, then the license suspension or revocation shall be stayed pending entry of the deferred prosecution. The stay shall not be longer than one hundred fifty days after the date charges are filed, or two years after the date of the arrest, whichever time period is shorter. If the court stays the suspension, revocation, or denial, it may impose conditions on such stay. If the person is otherwise eligible for licensing, the department shall issue a temporary license, or extend any valid temporary license under subsection (5) of this section, for the period of the stay. If a deferred prosecution treatment plan is not recommended in the report made under RCW
10.05.050, or if treatment is rejected by the court, or if the person declines to accept an offered treatment plan, or if the person violates any condition imposed by the court, then the court shall immediately direct the department to cancel the stay and any temporary marked license or extension of a temporary license issued under this subsection.
(b) A suspension, revocation, or denial imposed under this section, other than as a result of a breath test refusal, shall be stayed if the person is accepted for deferred prosecution as provided in chapter
10.05 RCW for the incident upon which the suspension, revocation, or denial is based. If the deferred prosecution is terminated, the stay shall be lifted and the suspension, revocation, or denial reinstated. If the deferred prosecution is completed, the stay shall be lifted and the suspension, revocation, or denial canceled.
(c) The provisions of (b) of this subsection relating to a stay of a suspension, revocation, or denial and the cancellation of any suspension, revocation, or denial do not apply to the suspension, revocation, denial, or disqualification of a person's commercial driver's license or privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle.
(10) When it has been finally determined under the procedures of this section that a nonresident's privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended, revoked, or denied, the department shall give information in writing of the action taken to the motor vehicle administrator of the state of the person's residence and of any state in which he or she has a license.
Sec. 3. RCW 69.50.4013 and 2013 c 3 s 20 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) It is unlawful for any person to possess a controlled substance unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription or order of a practitioner while acting in the course of his or her professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by this chapter.
(2) Except as provided in RCW
69.50.4014, any person who violates this section is guilty of a class C felony punishable under chapter
9A.20 RCW.
(3) The possession((, by a person))of marijuana in pill form is not a violation of this section, this chapter, or any other provision of Washington state law if the person in possession:
(a) Is twenty-one years of age or older
((, of useable marijuana or marijuana-infused products in amounts that do not exceed those set forth in RCW 69.50.360(3) is not a violation of this section, this chapter, or any other provision of Washington state law)); (b) Has been advised by a physician about the risks and benefits of medical use of marijuana and that the person may benefit from the medical use of marijuana; and
(c) Has been provided by the physician with certification of that advice, along with a valid prescription.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
(1)
RCW 46.04.586 (THC concentration) and 2013 c 3 s 3;
(2)
RCW 69.50.325 (Marijuana producer's license) and 2014 c 192 s 2 & 2013 c 3 s 4;
(3)
RCW 69.50.328 (Marijuana producers, processors
—No direct or indirect financial interest in licensed marijuana retailers) and 2013 c 3 s 5;
(4)
RCW 69.50.331 (Application for license) and 2013 c 3 s 6;
(5)
RCW 69.50.334 (Denial of application
—Opportunity for hearing) and 2013 c 3 s 7;
(6)
RCW 69.50.339 (Transfer of license to produce, process, or sell marijuana
—Reporting of proposed sales of outstanding or issued stock of a corporation) and 2013 c 3 s 8;
(7)
RCW 69.50.342 (State liquor control board may adopt rules) and 2013 c 3 s 9;
(8)
RCW 69.50.345 (State liquor control board
—Rules
—Procedures and criteria) and 2013 c 3 s 10;
(9)
RCW 69.50.348 (Representative samples of marijuana, useable marijuana, or marijuana-infused products) and 2013 c 3 s 11;
(10)
RCW 69.50.351 (Interest
—Members and employees of state liquor control board) and 2013 c 3 s 12;
(11)
RCW 69.50.354 (Retail outlet licenses) and 2014 c 192 s 3 & 2013 c 3 s 13;
(12)
RCW 69.50.357 (Retail outlets
—Rules) and 2014 c 192 s 4 & 2013 c 3 s 14;
(13)
RCW 69.50.360 (Marijuana retailers, employees of retail outlets
—Certain acts not criminal or civil offenses) and 2014 c 192 s 5 & 2013 c 3 s 15;
(14)
RCW 69.50.363 (Marijuana processors, employees
—Certain acts not criminal or civil offenses) and 2013 c 3 s 16;
(15)
RCW 69.50.366 (Marijuana producers, employees
—Certain acts not criminal or civil offenses) and 2013 c 3 s 17;
(16)
RCW 69.50.369 (Marijuana producers, processors, retailers
—Advertisements
—Penalty) and 2013 c 3 s 18;
(17)
RCW 69.50.445 (Opening package of or consuming marijuana, useable marijuana, or marijuana-infused product in view of general public
—Penalty) and 2013 c 3 s 21;
(18)
RCW 69.50.530 (Dedicated marijuana fund) and 2013 c 3 s 26;
(19)
RCW 69.50.535 (Marijuana excise taxes
—State liquor control board to review tax levels) and 2014 c 192 s 7 & 2013 c 3 s 27;
(20)
RCW 69.50.540 (Marijuana excise taxes
—Disbursements) and 2013 c 3 s 28;
(21)
RCW 69.50.545 (Departments of social and health services, health
—Adoption of rules for disbursement of marijuana excise taxes) and 2013 c 3 s 29;
(22)
RCW 69.50.550 (Cost-benefit evaluations) and 2013 c 3 s 30;
(23)
RCW 69.51A.005 (Purpose and intent) and 2011 c 181 s 102, 2010 c 284 s 1, 2007 c 371 s 2, & 1999 c 2 s 2;
(24)
RCW 69.51A.010 (Definitions) and 2010 c 284 s 2, 2007 c 371 s 3, & 1999 c 2 s 6;
(25)
RCW 69.51A.020 (Construction of chapter) and 2011 c 181 s 103 & 1999 c 2 s 3;
(27)
RCW 69.51A.030 (Acts not constituting crimes or unprofessional conduct
—Health care professionals not subject to penalties or liabilities) and 2011 c 181 s 301, 2010 c 284 s 3, 2007 c 371 s 4, & 1999 c 2 s 4;
(28)
RCW 69.51A.040 (Compliance with chapter
—Qualifying patients and designated providers not subject to penalties
—Law enforcement not subject to liability) and 2011 c 181 s 401, 2007 c 371 s 5, & 1999 c 2 s 5;
(29)
RCW 69.51A.043 (Failure to register
—Affirmative defense) and 2011 c 181 s 402;
(30)
RCW 69.51A.045 (Possession of cannabis exceeding lawful amount
—Affirmative defense) and 2011 c 181 s 405;
(31)
RCW 69.51A.047 (Failure to register or present valid documentation
—Affirmative defense) and 2011 c 181 s 406;
(32)
RCW 69.51A.050 (Medical marijuana, lawful possession
—State not liable) and 1999 c 2 s 7;
(33)
RCW 69.51A.055 (Limitations of chapter
—Persons under supervision) and 2011 c 181 s 1105;
(34)
RCW 69.51A.060 (Crimes
—Limitations of chapter) and 2011 c 181 s 501, 2010 c 284 s 4, 2007 c 371 s 6, & 1999 c 2 s 8;
(35)
RCW 69.51A.070 (Addition of medical conditions) and 2007 c 371 s 7 & 1999 c 2 s 9;
(36)
RCW 69.51A.085 (Collective gardens) and 2011 c 181 s 403;
(37)
RCW 69.51A.090 (Applicability of valid documentation definition) and 2010 c 284 s 5;
(38)
RCW 69.51A.100 (Qualifying patient's designation of provider
—Provider's service as designated provider
—Termination) and 2011 c 181 s 404;
(39)
RCW 69.51A.110 (Suitability for organ transplant) and 2011 c 181 s 408;
(40)
RCW 69.51A.120 (Parental rights or residential time
—Not to be restricted) and 2011 c 181 s 409;
(41)
RCW 69.51A.130 (State and municipalities
—Not subject to liability) and 2011 c 181 s 1101;
(42)
RCW 69.51A.140 (Counties, cities, towns
—Authority to adopt and enforce requirements) and 2011 c 181 s 1102;
(43)
RCW 69.51A.200 (Evaluation) and 2011 c 181 s 1001;
(44)
RCW 69.51A.900 (Short title
—1999 c 2) and 2011 c 181 s 1106 & 1999 c 2 s 1;
(45)
RCW 69.51A.901 (Severability
—1999 c 2) and 1999 c 2 s 10;
(46)
RCW 69.51A.902 (Captions not law
—1999 c 2) and 1999 c 2 s 11;
(47)
RCW 69.51A.903 (Severability
—2011 c 181) and 2011 c 181 s 1103;
(48) 2013 c 3 s 1 (uncodified);
(49) 2013 c 3 s 19;
(50) 2013 c 3 s 22;
(51) 2013 c 3 s 23;
(52) 2013 c 3 s 24;
(53) 2013 c 3 s 25;
(54) 2013 c 3 s 32;
(55) 2013 c 3 s 33;
(56) 2013 c 3 s 34;
(57) 2013 c 3 s 35;
(58) 2013 c 3 s 36;
(59) 2013 c 3 s 37; and
(60) 2013 c 3 s 41 (uncodified).
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