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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 740<\/a> and 773<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68693,"section_number":"18.2-248","catch_line":"Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-248\/"},{"id":60632,"section_number":"18.2-248.1","catch_line":"Penalties for sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute marijuana","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-248.1\/"},{"id":58255,"section_number":"18.2-250","catch_line":"Possession of controlled substances unlawful","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-250\/"},{"id":61546,"section_number":"4.1-1100","catch_line":"Possession, etc., of marijuana and marijuana products by persons 21 years of age or older lawful; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-1100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":219571,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55273,"identifier":"4.1-1604","token":"4.1\/II\/16\/4.1-1604","url":"\/4.1-1604\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/4.1-1604\/","token":"4.1\/II\/16\/4.1-1604","dublin_core":{"Title":"Criminal liability; exceptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 4.1-1604","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No agent or employee of a pharmaceutical processor<\/span> or cannabis dispensing facility<\/span> shall be prosecuted under Chapter 11 (\u00a7 4.1-1100<\/a> et seq.) or \u00a7 18.2-248<\/a>, 18.2-248.1<\/a>, or 18.2-250<\/a> for possession<\/span> or manufacture<\/span> of marijuana<\/span> or for possession<\/span>, manufacture<\/span>, or distribution of cannabis products<\/span>, subject to any civil penalty<\/span>, denied any right or privilege<\/span>, or subject to any disciplinary action by a professional licensing board<\/span> if such agent or employee (i) possessed or manufactured such marijuana<\/span> for the purposes of producing cannabis products<\/span> in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and Board<\/span> regulations or (ii) possessed, manufactured, or distributed such cannabis products<\/span> that are consistent with generally accepted cannabis industry standards in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and Board<\/span> regulations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRIMINAL LIABILITY; EXCEPTIONS (\u00a7 4.1-1604)\n\nNo agent or employee of a pharmaceutical processor or cannabis dispensing\nfacility shall be prosecuted under Chapter 11 (\u00a7 4.1-1100 et seq.) or \u00a7\n18.2-248, 18.2-248.1, or 18.2-250 for possession or manufacture of marijuana or\nfor possession, manufacture, or distribution of cannabis products, subject to\nany civil penalty, denied any right or privilege, or subject to any disciplinary\naction by a professional licensing board if such agent or employee (i) possessed\nor manufactured such marijuana for the purposes of producing cannabis products\nin accordance with the provisions of this chapter and Board regulations or (ii)\npossessed, manufactured, or distributed such cannabis products that are\nconsistent with generally accepted cannabis industry standards in accordance\nwith the provisions of this chapter and Board regulations.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 740, 773.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}