(a) In addition to any other actions authorized by law, the department may deny, revoke, or suspend any license applied for or issued by the department, in accordance with this chapter, and to fine or otherwise discipline a licensee for any cause authorized by law, including but not limited to the following:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-21

  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Manufacture: means the preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion, or processing of a substance containing cannabis or its principal psychoactive constituent tetrahydrocannabinol, either directly or indirectly, by a person other than a qualifying patient, primary caregiver, qualifying out-of-state patient, or caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient for the qualifying patient's or qualifying out of state patient's use, 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. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
  • Person: means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or any form of business or legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
(1) Procuring a license through fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit;
(2) Professional misconduct, gross carelessness, or manifest incapacity;
(3) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted thereto;
(4) False, fraudulent, or deceptive advertising;
(5) Any other conduct constituting fraudulent or dishonest dealings;
(6) Failure to comply with a department order; and
(7) Making a false statement on any document submitted or required to be filed by this chapter, including furnishing false or fraudulent material information in any application.
(b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant thereto shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each separate violation. Each day on which a violation occurs or continues shall be counted as a separate violation.
(c) If the department revokes or suspends a license under this section, the licensee shall not:

(1) Dispense, sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any cannabis or manufactured cannabis products owned by or in the possession of the licensee; or
(2) Manufacture cannabis products.

Upon a revocation order becoming final, all cannabis and manufactured cannabis products may be forfeited to the State.

(d) All proceedings for denial, suspension, fine, or revocation of a license on any ground specified in subsection (a) shall be conducted pursuant to chapter 91, including the right to judicial review.