In Washington State, the law states that you can only be the Designated Provider for ONE patient at a time. WA Senate Bill 6032 very recently was ammended to such. They probably gave him 60 days grace period and said BLAM!!

I bet you a hundred bucks they left him with 18 plants total (suggested guideline is 9 plants per patient)
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