Washington Code 69.50.560 – Controlled purchase programs — Persons under age twenty-one — Violation — Criminal penalty — Exceptions
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(1) The board may conduct controlled purchase programs to determine whether:
Terms Used In Washington Code 69.50.560
- person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
(a) A cannabis retailer is unlawfully selling cannabis to persons under the age of twenty-one;
(b) A cannabis retailer holding a medical cannabis endorsement is selling to persons under the age of eighteen or selling to persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who do not hold valid recognition cards; or
(c) A cooperative organized under RCW 69.51A.250 is permitting a person under the age of twenty-one to participate.
(2) Every person under the age of twenty-one years who purchases or attempts to purchase cannabis is guilty of a violation of this section. This section does not apply to:
(a) Persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who hold valid recognition cards and purchase cannabis at a cannabis retail outlet holding a medical cannabis endorsement;
(b) Persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years who are participating in a controlled purchase program authorized by the board under rules adopted by the board. Violations occurring under a private, controlled purchase program authorized by the board may not be used for criminal or administrative prosecution.
(3) A cannabis retailer who conducts an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section shall provide his or her employees a written description of the employer’s in-house controlled purchase program. The written description must include notice of actions an employer may take as a consequence of an employee’s failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of cannabis during an in-house controlled purchase program.
(4) An in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section shall be for the purposes of employee training and employer self-compliance checks. A cannabis retailer may not terminate an employee solely for a first-time failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of cannabis during an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section.
(5) Every person between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who is convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided by RCW 9A.20.021.
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Effective date—2015 c 70 §§ 21, 22, 32, and 33: See note following RCW 69.51A.230.
Short title—Findings—Intent—References to Washington state liquor control board—Draft legislation—2015 c 70: See notes following RCW 66.08.012.