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Eight short guides to records, growing claims, labels and store responsibilities. Open a topic for an introduction, a practice scenario and a source to read next.

Educational previews. Full operational SOPs and a completed Washington compliance review are not available. These guides do not provide cultivation or manufacturing instructions.

8 guides

01 / Who is responsible for what?

Start with the task, the people responsible and the source they use.

Short learning preview · not an approved operating procedure

Contents

  1. Define the task
  2. Name the responsible person
  3. Keep the source
  4. Review changes

Part 01 / INTRODUCTION

Before writing a procedure, say what it covers and who checks it. Keep the source link, version and review date together. This makes it easier for the next person to see why a decision was made.

Part 02 / SCENARIO & RECORDS

Practice: a policy has no date or owner. List what is missing and who you would ask. Do not label it current until those details have been checked.

Suggested evidence: Task description; owner; source and review date.

Starting reference: Washington cannabis rules: Chapter 314-55 WAC

Source checked 2026-09-06. This preview has not had a full compliance review.

02 / Follow a plant’s records

Learn how records connect an item to its stated origin.

Short learning preview · not an approved operating procedure

Contents

  1. Origin
  2. Identifiers
  3. Transfers
  4. Missing details

Part 01 / INTRODUCTION

Provenance means the recorded origin and history of an item. A familiar variety name is not a full history. Follow the item’s identifier and the records attached to it.

Part 02 / SCENARIO & RECORDS

Practice: two records use different names for the same identifier. Keep both versions, flag the mismatch and ask the responsible person to resolve it.

Suggested evidence: Origin record; identifier; mismatch note.

Starting reference: Washington cannabis rules: Chapter 314-55 WAC

Source checked 2026-09-06. This preview has not had a full compliance review.

03 / Understand growing claims

Ask what a claim about place or growing practice means.

Short learning preview · not an approved operating procedure

Contents

  1. Place and soil
  2. Specific practices
  3. Claims
  4. Supporting records

Part 01 / INTRODUCTION

Terroir is a word about the influence of place and local practice on a crop. Its formal reference here comes from wine growing. A cannabis claim still needs details about what was observed or done.

Part 02 / SCENARIO & RECORDS

Practice: a producer says “regenerative.” Ask which practices it means, what records describe them and whether anyone has checked the claim. The word alone does not answer those questions.

Suggested evidence: Claim; practice described; supporting source.

Starting reference: OIV: definition of terroir (2010)

Source checked 2026-09-11. This preview has not had a full compliance review.

04 / Read a lab report

Match the report to the product before relying on it.

Short learning preview · not an approved operating procedure

Contents

  1. Batch match
  2. Tests listed
  3. Dates
  4. Questions

Part 01 / INTRODUCTION

Start with the sample and batch identifiers. Then read the dates, tests and results. A report answers questions about the sample and tests listed; it is not a promise about everything a product might contain.

Part 02 / SCENARIO & RECORDS

Practice: the report and product identifiers differ. Request a matching report. Record the gap instead of assuming the closest-looking document applies.

Suggested evidence: Batch number; report date; unresolved question.

Starting reference: Washington LCB: reading lab results

Source checked 2026-09-11. This preview has not had a full compliance review.

05 / Understand processing records

Keep a process description separate from a quality claim.

Short learning preview · not an approved operating procedure

Contents

  1. Method
  2. Responsibilities
  3. Changes
  4. Review

Part 01 / INTRODUCTION

A process name describes a method. A quality claim needs its own support. Use the word guide to distinguish solvents and physical separation, then ask which records describe the actual product.

Part 02 / SCENARIO & RECORDS

Practice: a team changes a written workflow but leaves the old review date. Ask who reviewed the change, what changed and which version should now be used.

Suggested evidence: Process description; revision date; reviewer.

Starting reference: California DCC: manufacturing categories

Source checked 2026-09-11. This preview has not had a full compliance review.

06 / Check packaging and labels

Use the product’s actual label and the current rule.

Short learning preview · not an approved operating procedure

Contents

  1. Product type
  2. Required details
  3. Claims
  4. Versions

Part 01 / INTRODUCTION

Open WAC 314-55-105 as a starting reference. Check the subsection that applies to the product type. Keep a copy of the label version you reviewed and the date of your review.

Part 02 / SCENARIO & RECORDS

Practice: two label drafts disagree. Identify the intended release version and check the source for the disputed wording. Record anything still unresolved.

Suggested evidence: Label version; applicable subsection; review note.

Starting reference: Washington packaging and labeling: WAC 314-55-105

Source checked 2026-09-06. This preview has not had a full compliance review.

07 / Keep a clear handoff

Make the next person’s part of the work understandable.

Short learning preview · not an approved operating procedure

Contents

  1. Sender and recipient
  2. Item identity
  3. Date
  4. Open questions

Part 01 / INTRODUCTION

A clear handoff identifies the item, the people involved and the date. It also carries forward open questions so they do not disappear when responsibility changes.

Part 02 / SCENARIO & RECORDS

Practice: a transfer note has a date but no recipient or matching identifier. List the missing information and ask the responsible person to complete the record.

Suggested evidence: Item identifier; sender; recipient; open questions.

Starting reference: Washington cannabis rules: Chapter 314-55 WAC

Source checked 2026-09-06. This preview has not had a full compliance review.

08 / Keep medical roles clear

Distinguish product standards, education and professional care.

Short learning preview · not an approved operating procedure

Contents

  1. Product standards
  2. Credentials
  3. Referrals
  4. Review

Part 01 / INTRODUCTION

Medical product standards and professional credentials are different subjects. Start with the Department of Health references and Chapter 246-70 WAC when checking product standards. Do not treat a learning badge as a medical qualification.

Part 02 / SCENARIO & RECORDS

Practice: a learner calls themselves a medical cannabis consultant after a quiz. Explain what the quiz records and point them to the separate state certification requirements.

Suggested evidence: Product standard; credential source; referral.

Starting reference: Medical cannabis product rules: Chapter 246-70 WAC

Source checked 2026-09-06. This preview has not had a full compliance review.