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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55273</law_id><section_number>4.1-1604</section_number><catch_line>Criminal liability; exceptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="4.1">Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Cannabis Control Act</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Medical Cannabis Program</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No agent or employee of a <span class="dictionary">pharmaceutical processor</span> or <span class="dictionary">cannabis dispensing facility</span> shall be prosecuted under Chapter 11 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Possession, etc., of marijuana and marijuana products by persons 21 years of age or older lawful; penalties" href="/4.1-1100/">4.1-1100</a> et seq.) or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties" href="/18.2-248/">18.2-248</a>, <a class="law" title="Penalties for sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute marijuana" href="/18.2-248.1/">18.2-248.1</a>, or <a class="law" title="Possession of controlled substances unlawful" href="/18.2-250/">18.2-250</a> for <span class="dictionary">possession</span> or <span class="dictionary">manufacture</span> of <span class="dictionary">marijuana</span> or for <span class="dictionary">possession</span>, <span class="dictionary">manufacture</span>, or distribution of <span class="dictionary">cannabis products</span>, subject to any civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>, denied any right or <span class="dictionary">privilege</span>, or subject to any disciplinary action by a professional licensing <span class="dictionary">board</span> if such agent or employee (i) possessed or manufactured such <span class="dictionary">marijuana</span> for the purposes of producing <span class="dictionary">cannabis products</span> in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and <span class="dictionary">Board</span> regulations or (ii) possessed, manufactured, or distributed such <span class="dictionary">cannabis products</span> that are consistent with generally accepted cannabis industry standards in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and <span class="dictionary">Board</span> regulations.</p></section></text><history>2023, cc. 740, 773.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
