Persons under legal age — scheduled violation and community service.

1. A person under twenty-one years of age shall not consume, possess, purchase, or attempt to purchase a consumable hemp product. 2. A person who violates subsection 1 shall be subject to a scheduled violation in the form of a civil penalty pursuant to section 805.8C, subsection 3 , paragraph “d” . 3. In addition to the imposition of a civil penalty as provided in subsection 2 , a person who violates subsection 1 shall be subject to a court appearance as provided in section 805.10 . The court shall sentence the person to perform a specified number of hours of unpaid community service as deemed appropriate by the court subject to the following: a. For a first violation, eight hours, unless waived by the court. b. For a second offense, twelve hours. c. For a third or subsequent offense, sixteen hours. 4. A person who violates this section is not subject to a civil penalty as provided in section 204.12 . 5. A person does not violate subsection 1 by possessing a consumable hemp product if the person is employed by a registrant and the person is possessing the consumable hemp product as part of the person’s employment. 2024 Acts, ch 1176, §13 ; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §34 Referred to in §204.14F , 805.8C(3)(d) , 805.10 Subsection 5 amended