Wash. Admin. Code § 314-55-521
Violations that create a direct or immediate threat to public health, safety, or both.
Category II
Violations That Create a Direct or Immediate Threat to Public Health, Safety, or Both
| Violation Type | 1st Violation | 2nd Violation in a Two-year Window | 3rd Violation in a Two-year Window | 4th Violation in a Two-year Window |
| Furnishing to persons under twenty-one years of age, except as allowed in RCW 60.50.357.RCW 69.50.354WAC 314-55-079(1) | 5-day suspension or $1,250 monetary option | 10-day suspension or $7,500 monetary option | 30-day suspension | License cancellation |
| Conduct violations:Criminal conduct: Permitting or engaging in criminal conduct, or both.Disorderly conduct, or apparent intoxication of a licensee or employee, or permitting on premises.Title 9 RCWTitle 9A RCWWAC 314-55-110 (4)(b) | 5-day suspension or $1,250 monetary option | 10-day suspension or $7,500 monetary option | 30-day suspension | License cancellation |
| Operating an unapproved CO2 or hydrocarbon extraction system.WAC 314-55-104 | $10,000 monetary fine | License cancellation | ||
| Intentional use of unauthorized pesticides, soil amendments, fertilizers, other crop production aids.RCW 69.50.342WAC 314-55-084 | Tier 1: $2,500Tier 2: $5,000Tier 3: $7,500 monetary fine and destruction of affected cannabis | Tier 1: $7,500Tier 2: $15,000Tier 3: $22,500monetary fine and destruction of affected cannabis | License cancellation | |
| Adulterated useable cannabis with organic or nonorganic chemical or other compound.WAC 314-55-077 (5)(b)WAC 314-55-101 | Tier 1: $2,500Tier 2: $5,000Tier 3: $7,500 monetary fine and destruction of affected cannabis | Tier 1: $7,500Tier 2: $15,000Tier 3: $22,500monetary fine and destruction of affected cannabis | License cancellation | |
| Transportation of cannabis without a manifest.WAC 314-55-085(3)WAC 314-55-096 (1) and (2)WAC 314-55-105(2)WAC 314-55-310(3) | Retail/transporter: $1,250 monetary fineProducer/processor:Tier 1: $1,250Tier 2: $2,500Tier 3: $5,000 monetary fine | Retail/transporter:5-day suspension or $2,500 monetary optionProducer/processor:Tier 1: $2,500Tier 2: $5,000Tier 3: $10,000monetary fine | License cancellation | |
| Obstruction: Misrepresentation of fact; not permitting physical presence.WAC 314-55-185 | 10-day suspension or $7,500 monetary option | 30-day suspension | License cancellation | |
| Failure to use and maintain traceability, or both: Including, but not limited to, failure to maintain records for flowering plant, finished product, any post-harvest product, any plant not on approved floor-plan, or not tagged, reusing identifier.WAC 314-55-083(4) | $1,250 monetary fine | 5-day suspension or $2,500 monetary fine | 10-day suspension or $5,000 monetary fine | License cancellation |
| Pickup, unload, or delivery at an unauthorized location.WAC 314-55-085 (5)(f)WAC 314-55-310 | Retail/transportation: 30-day suspensionProducer/processor:Tier 1: $10,000Tier 2: $20,000Tier 3: $30,000 monetary fine | Retail/transporter: 60-day suspensionProducer/processor:Tier 1: $20,000Tier 2: $40,000Tier 3: $60,000 monetary fine | License cancellation |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 69.50.342 and 2022 c 16 § 168. WSR 22-14-111, § 314-55-521, filed 7/6/22, effective 8/6/22. Statutory Authority: RCW 69.50.342, 69.50.345, and 2019 c 394. WSR 20-03-177, § 314-55-521, filed 1/22/20, effective 2/22/20.]