Wash. Admin. Code § 314-55-080 - [Effective until 7/19/2024] Medical cannabis endorsement
(1)
A
medical cannabis endorsement added to a cannabis retail license allows the
cannabis retail licensee to:
(a) Sell
cannabis for medical use to qualifying patients and designated providers;
and
(b) Provide cannabis at no
charge, at their discretion, to qualifying patients and designated
providers.
(2)
Qualifying patients between 18 and 21 years of age with a recognition card may
enter and remain on the premises of a retail outlet holding a medical cannabis
endorsement and may purchase products for their personal medical use.
Qualifying patients who are under the age of 18 with a recognition card and who
accompany their designated providers may enter and remain on the premises of a
retail outlet holding a medical cannabis endorsement, but may not purchase
products for their personal medical use. Only a designated provider may
purchase products for a qualifying patient under the age of 18 who holds a
valid recognition card.
(3)
To maintain a medical cannabis endorsement in good standing, a cannabis
retailer must:
(a) Follow all rules
adopted by the department of health regarding retail sales of medical
cannabis;
(b) Have a consultant on
staff in accordance with department of health rules;
(c) Prohibit the medical use of cannabis by
anyone at the retail outlet at all times, including medical use by qualifying
patients;
(d) Maintain at all
times, a representative assortment of cannabis products necessary to meet the
needs of qualified patients and designated providers;
(e) Not market cannabis concentrates, useable
cannabis, or cannabis-infused products in a way that make them especially
attractive to minors;
(f)
Demonstrate the ability to enter qualifying patients and designated providers
in the medical cannabis authorization database established by the department of
health;
(g) Issue recognition cards
and agree to enter qualifying patients and designated providers into the
database in compliance with the department of health standards;
(h) Keep records to document the validity of
tax exempt sales as prescribed by the department of revenue for a minimum of
five years. For the documentation requirements in
RCW
69.50.375(3)(e), licensees
are not required to separately keep copies of the qualifying patient's or
designated provider's recognition card because this information is stored in
the medical cannabis authorization database;
(i) Train employees on the following:
(i) Procedures regarding the recognition of
valid authorizations and the use of equipment to enter qualifying patients and
designated providers into the medical cannabis authorization
database;
(ii) Recognition of valid
recognition cards; and
(iii)
Recognition of strains, varieties, THC concentration, CBD concentration, and
THC to CBD ratios of cannabis concentrates, useable cannabis, and
cannabis-infused products available for sale when assisting qualifying patients
and designated providers at the retail outlet.
(4)
A cannabis retailer holding a
medical cannabis endorsement may sell products with a THC concentration of 0.3
percent or less. The licensee may also provide these products at no
charge to qualifying patients or designated providers.
(5)
Unlicensed practice of
medicine. No owner, employee, or volunteer of a retail outlet and
holding a medical cannabis endorsement may:
(a) Offer or undertake to diagnose or cure
any human or animal disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain, or
other condition, physical or mental, real or imaginary, by use of cannabis
products or any other means or instrumentality; or
(b) Recommend or suggest modification or
elimination of any course of treatment that does not involve the medical use of
cannabis products.
(6)
Failure to comply with subsections (3) and (5) of this section may result in
suspension or revocation of the medical cannabis endorsement.
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