RCW 69.50.560
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(1)The board may conduct controlled purchase programs to determine whether:
(a)A cannabis retailer is unlawfully selling cannabis to persons under the age of twenty-one;
(b)A cannabis retailer holding a medical cannabis endorsement is selling to persons under the age of eighteen or selling to persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who do not hold valid recognition cards; or
(c)A cooperative organized under RCW 69.51A.250 is permitting a person under the age of twenty-one to participate.
(2)Every person under the age of twenty-one years who purchases or attempts to purchase cannabis is guilty of a violation of this section. This section does not apply to:
(a)Persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who hold valid recognition cards and purchase cannabis at a cannabis retail outlet holding a medical cannabis endorsement;
(b)Persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years who are participating in a controlled purchase program authorized by the board under rules adopted by the board. Violations occurring under a private, controlled purchase program authorized by the board may not be used for criminal or administrative prosecution.
(3)A cannabis retailer who conducts an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section shall provide his or her employees a written description of the employer's in-house controlled purchase program. The written description must include notice of actions an employer may take as a consequence of an employee's failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of cannabis during an in-house controlled purchase program.
(4)An in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section shall be for the purposes of employee training and employer self-compliance checks. A cannabis retailer may not terminate an employee solely for a first-time failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of cannabis during an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section.
(5)Every person between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who is convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided by RCW 9A.20.021 .
[ 2022 c 16 s 105 ; 2015 c 70 s 33 .]
Notes:
Intent — Finding — 2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101 .
Effective date — 2015 c 70 ss 21, 22, 32, and 33: See note following RCW 69.51A.230 .
Short title — Findings — Intent — References to Washington state liquor control board — Draft legislation — 2015 c 70: See notes following RCW 66.08.012 .