                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF CANNABIS OIL, OR INDUSTRIAL HEMP; LABORATORIES;
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF LAW EMPLOYEES (§
18.2-251.1:3)

A. No person employed by an analytical laboratory to retrieve, deliver, or
possess cannabis oil or industrial hemp samples from a permitted pharmaceutical
processor, a registered industrial hemp grower, a federally licensed hemp
producer, or a registered industrial hemp processor for the purpose of
performing required testing shall be prosecuted under Chapter 11 (&#xA7;
4.1-1100 et seq.) of Title 4.1 or &#xA7; 18.2-248, 18.2-248.1, 18.2-250, or
18.2-255 for the possession or distribution of cannabis oil or industrial hemp
or for storing cannabis oil or industrial hemp for testing purposes in
accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board of Pharmacy and the Board
of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

B. No employee of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or of the
Department of Law shall be prosecuted under &#xA7; 18.2-247, 18.2-248,
18.2-248.01, 18.2-248.1, or 18.2-250 for the possession or distribution of
industrial hemp or any substance containing tetrahydrocannabinol when possession
of industrial hemp or any substance containing tetrahydrocannabinol is necessary
in the performance of his duties.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 941, § 18.2-251.1:2; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 110, 550, 551;
2023, cc. 744, 794.