5801.1 A registered cultivation center or dispensary shall not use any picture or illustration that depicts a child or immature person, or objects (such as toys), suggestive of the presence of a child, and any statement, design, device, picture, or illustration designed to be especially appealing to children or immature persons.

5801.2 A statement that is known by the dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory to be false or misleading with respect to advertised price charged to the qualifying patient, ingredients of medical marijuana, source of manufacturer, or statements as to health benefits, shall be prohibited.

5801.3 A statement that encourages the use or purchase of medical marijuana without a registration card shall be prohibited.

5801.4 No licensed or unlicensed cannabis business shall represent that goods or services provided by the business or that the business itself is compliant with the Legalization of Possession of Minimal Amounts of Marijuana for Personal Use Initiative of 2014, effective February 26, 2015 (D.C. Law 20-153; D.C. Official Code passim).

SOURCE: Notice of Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3299 (April 15, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 7207 (August 12, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10128, 10214 (December 2, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 002388 (March 8, 2024); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 003195 (March 6, 2026).