(a) A person commits the offense of alteration or falsification of medical cannabis dispensary records if the person intentionally or knowingly:

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-19

  • 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
  • Production: includes the manufacture of medical cannabis products pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
(1) Makes or causes a false entry in medical cannabis dispensary records;
(2) Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes, or destroys a true entry in medical cannabis dispensary records;
(3) Omits to make a true entry in medical cannabis dispensary records in violation of a duty that the person knows to be imposed upon the person by law or by the nature of the person’s position; or
(4) Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof in medical cannabis dispensary records.
(b) Alteration or falsification of medical cannabis dispensary records is a class C felony.
(c) For the purposes of this section:

“Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or other similar capabilities.

“Information” includes data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer programs, software, or databases.

“Medical cannabis dispensary records” means any inventory tracking records and other records maintained by a licensed medical cannabis dispensary, including the records of its retail dispensing locations and production centers, that are required by law to be created and retained or provided to the department.

“Record” means information that is written or printed or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form.