(a) No person shall intentionally or knowingly enter or remain upon the premises of a medical cannabis retail dispensing location unless the individual is:

Attorney's Note

Under the Hawaii Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C felonyup to 5 yearsup to $10,000
For details, see Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-660

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-15

  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
  • dispensary: means a person licensed by the State pursuant to this chapter to own, operate, or subcontract no more than three production centers and up to two retail dispensing locations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
  • dispensing: means the act of a licensed dispensary providing cannabis or manufactured cannabis products to a qualifying patient, primary caregiver, qualifying out-of-state patient, or caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient for a fee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
  • Person: means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or any form of business or legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
  • Retail dispensing location: means an establishment owned, operated, or subcontracted by a medical cannabis dispensary where cannabis and manufactured cannabis are made available for retail sale to a qualifying patient, primary caregiver, qualifying out-of-state patient, or caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
  • Waiting room: means a designated area at the public entrance of a retail dispensing location that may be accessed by a member of the general public who is waiting for, assisting, or accompanying a qualifying patient, primary caregiver, qualifying out-of-state patient, or caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient who enters or remains on the premises of a retail dispensing location for the purpose of a transaction conducted pursuant to sections 329D-6 and 329D-13; provided that the storage, display, and retail sale of cannabis and manufactured cannabis products shall be prohibited within the waiting room area. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
(1) An individual licensee or registered employee of the dispensary;
(2) A qualifying patient, primary caregiver, qualifying out-of-state patient, or caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient;
(3) A government employee or official acting in the person’s official capacity; or
(4) Previously included on a current department-approved list provided to the department by the licensee of those persons who are allowed into that retail dispensing location for a specific purpose for that retail dispensing location including but not limited to construction, maintenance, repairs, legal counsel, providers of paratransit or other assistive services required by a qualifying patient, primary caregiver, qualifying out-of-state patient, or caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient to access a retail dispensing location, or investors; provided that;

(A) The person has been individually approved by the department to be included on the list;
(B) The person is at least twenty-one years of age, as verified by a valid government issued identification card;
(C) The department has confirmed that the person has no felony convictions;
(D) The person is escorted by an individual licensee or registered employee of the dispensary at all times while in the retail dispensing location; provided that construction and maintenance personnel who are not normally engaged in the business of cultivating, processing, or selling medical cannabis need not be accompanied on a full-time basis, but shall be reasonably monitored by an individual licensee or registered employee of the dispensary while in areas not containing any cannabis or manufactured cannabis products;
(E) The person is only permitted within those portions of the retail dispensing location as necessary to fulfill the person’s purpose for entering;
(F) The person is only permitted within the retail dispensing location during the times and for the duration necessary to fulfill the person’s purpose for entering;
(G) The dispensary shall keep an accurate record of each person’s first and last name, date and times upon entering and exiting the retail dispensing location, purpose for entering, and the identity of the escort; and
(H) The approved list shall be effective for one year from the date of the department approval;

provided that a member of the general public may enter or remain within the waiting room of a retail dispensing location.

(b) No individual licensee or registered employee of a medical cannabis dispensary with control over or responsibility for a retail dispensing location shall intentionally or knowingly allow another to enter or remain upon the premises of the retail dispensing location, unless the other is permitted to enter and remain as specified in subsection (a), except in an emergency situation to repair infrastructure at a retail dispensing location by a person not on the department-approved list; provided that the repair worker shall be escorted at all times, and the licensee shall notify the department of the use of this individual immediately.
(c) Unauthorized access to a retail dispensing location is a class C felony.

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