2022 Revised Code of Washington
Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons
Chapter 69.51A - Medical Cannabis.
69.51A.240 - Unlawful actions—Criminal penalty.

RCW 69.51A.240

Unlawful actions—Criminal penalty.

(1) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly or intentionally:

(a) Access the medical cannabis authorization database for any reason not authorized under RCW 69.51A.230;

(b) Disclose any information received from the medical cannabis authorization database in violation of RCW 69.51A.230 including, but not limited to, qualifying patient or designated provider names, addresses, or amount of cannabis for which they are authorized;

(c) Produce a recognition card or to tamper with a recognition card for the purpose of having it accepted by a cannabis retailer holding a medical cannabis endorsement in order to purchase cannabis as a qualifying patient or designated provider or to grow cannabis plants in accordance with this chapter;

(d) If a person is a designated provider to a qualifying patient, sell, donate, or supply cannabis produced or obtained for the qualifying patient to another person, or use the cannabis produced or obtained for the qualifying patient for the designated provider's own personal use or benefit; or

(e) If the person is a qualifying patient, sell, donate, or otherwise supply cannabis produced or obtained by the qualifying patient to another person.

(2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class C felony.

[ 2022 c 16 § 128; 2015 c 70 § 23.]

NOTES:

Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.

Effective date—2015 c 70 §§ 12, 19, 20, 23-26, 31, 35, 40, and 49: See note following RCW 69.50.357.

Short title—Findings—Intent—References to Washington state liquor control board—Draft legislation—2015 c 70: See notes following RCW 66.08.012.