Criminal offense; unauthorized access to retail dispensing location

HRS §329D-15 — under Chapter 329D.

HRS §329D-15

§329D-15 Criminal offense; unauthorized access to retail dispensing location. (a) No person shall intentionally or knowingly enter or remain upon the premises of a medical cannabis retail dispensing location unless the individual is:

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. [L 2015, c 241, pt of §2; am L 2017, c 41, §9 and c 170, §2; am L 2018, c 116, §19; am L 2023, c 108, §8]