RCW 69.50.385 — Common carriers—Licensing—State liquor and cannabis board to adopt rules.

1. (1) The board must adopt rules providing for an annual licensing procedure of a common carrier who seeks to transport or deliver cannabis, useable cannabis, cannabis concentrates, and cannabis-infused products within the state.

2. (2) The rules for licensing must:

   1. (a) Establish criteria for considering the approval or denial of a common carrier's original application or renewal application;
   2. (b) Provide minimum qualifications for any employee authorized to drive or operate the transportation or delivery vehicle, including a minimum age of at least twenty-one years;
   3. (c) Address the safety of the employees transporting or delivering the products, including issues relating to the carrying of firearms by such employees;
   4. (d) Address the security of the products being transported, including a system of electronically tracking all products at both the point of pickup and the point of delivery; and
   5. (e) Set reasonable fees for the application and licensing process.
3. (3) The board may adopt rules establishing the maximum amounts of cannabis, useable cannabis, cannabis concentrates, and cannabis-infused products that may be physically transported or delivered at one time by a common carrier as provided under RCW 69.50.382.

[ 2022 c 16 s 81; 2015 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 502.]

Notes:

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

Findings—Intent—Effective dates—2015 2nd sp.s. c 4: See notes following RCW 69.50.334.