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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.240 - Registry identification cards and letters of approval: Revocation; duties; judicial review; reapplication prohibited for 12 months.

1. If, at any time after the Division or its designee has issued a registry identification card or letter of approval to a person pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 678C.230, the Division determines, on the basis of official documents or records or other credible evidence, that the person provided falsified information on his or her application to the Division or its designee, as described in paragraph (c) of subsection 5 of NRS 678C.220, the Division shall immediately revoke the registry identification card or letter of approval issued to that person and shall immediately revoke the registry identification card issued to that person’s designated primary caregiver, if any.
2. Upon the revocation of a registry identification card or letter of approval pursuant to this section:
(a) The Division shall send, by certified mail, return receipt requested, notice to the person whose registry identification card or letter of approval has been revoked, advising the person of the requirements of paragraph (b); and
(b) The person shall return his or her registry identification card or letter of approval to the Division within 7 days after receiving the notice sent pursuant to paragraph (a).
3. The decision of the Division to revoke a registry identification card or letter of approval pursuant to this section is a final decision for the purposes of judicial review.
4. A person whose registry identification card or letter of approval has been revoked pursuant to this section may not reapply for a registry identification card or letter of approval pursuant to NRS 678C.220 for 12 months after the date of the revocation, unless the Division or a court of competent jurisdiction authorizes reapplication in a shorter time.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3819)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.260 - Registry identification cards and letters of approval: Card or letter to be returned to Division following diagnosis of absence of chronic or debilitating medical condition.

If a person to whom the Division or its designee has issued a registry identification card or letter of approval pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 678C.230 is diagnosed by the person’s attending provider of health care as no longer having a chronic or debilitating medical condition, the person shall return his or her registry identification card or letter of approval and his or her designated primary caregiver, if any, shall return his or her registry identification card to the Division within 7 days after notification of the diagnosis.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3821)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.270 - Registry identification cards and letters of approval: Requirements concerning designation of primary caregiver.

1. If a person who applies to the Division for a registry identification card or letter of approval or to whom the Division or its designee has issued a registry identification card or letter of approval pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 678C.230 desires or is required to designate a primary caregiver, the person must:
(a) To designate a primary caregiver at the time of application, submit to the Division, on a form prescribed by the Division, the information required pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 2 of NRS 678C.220; or
(b) To designate a primary caregiver after the Division or its designee has issued a registry identification card or letter of approval to the person, submit to the Division, on a form prescribed by the Division, the information required pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 678C.250.
2. A person may have only one designated primary caregiver at any one time.
3. If a person designates a primary caregiver after the time that the person initially applies for a registry identification card or letter of approval, the Division or its designee shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 of NRS 678C.220, issue a registry identification card to the designated primary caregiver as soon as practicable after receiving the information submitted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1.
4. A person who is the parent or legal guardian of one or more children who are listed in the medical cannabis registry may be the designated primary caregiver for each such child regardless of whether the person is also listed in the medical cannabis registry as a patient.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3821)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.300 - Acts for which holder of registry identification card or letter of approval is not exempt from state prosecution and may not raise affirmative defense; additional penalty.

1. A person who holds a registry identification card or letter of approval issued to him or her pursuant to NRS 678C.230 or 678C.270 is not exempt from state prosecution for, nor may the person establish an affirmative defense to charges arising from, any of the following acts:
(a) Driving, operating or being in actual physical control of a vehicle, a power-driven vessel or a sailing vessel under way while under the influence of cannabis.
(b) Engaging in any other conduct prohibited by NRS 484C.110, 484C.120, 484C.130, 484C.430, subsection 2 of NRS 488.400, NRS 488.410, 488.420, 488.425 or 493.130.
(c) Possessing a firearm in violation of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 202.257.
(d) Possessing cannabis in violation of NRS 453.336 or possessing paraphernalia in violation of NRS 453.560 or 453.566:
(1) If the possession of the cannabis or paraphernalia is discovered because the person engaged or assisted in the medical use of cannabis in:
(I) Except as otherwise provided by regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 678B.645, any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view; or
(II) Any local detention facility, county jail, state prison, reformatory or other correctional facility, including, without limitation, any facility for the detention of juvenile offenders; or
(2) If the possession of the cannabis or paraphernalia occurs on school property.
(e) Delivering cannabis to another person who he or she knows does not lawfully hold a registry identification card or letter of approval issued by the Division or its designee pursuant to NRS 678C.230 or 678C.270.
(f) Delivering cannabis for consideration to any person, regardless of whether the recipient lawfully holds a registry identification card or letter of approval issued by the Division or its designee pursuant to NRS 678C.230 or 678C.270.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 678C.240 and in addition to any other penalty provided by law, if the Division determines that a person has willfully violated a provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the Division to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the Division may, at its own discretion, prohibit the person from obtaining or using a registry identification card or letter of approval for a period of up to 6 months.
3. Nothing in the provisions of this chapter shall be construed as in any manner affecting the provisions of chapter 678D of NRS relating to the adult use of cannabis.
4. As used in this section, "school property" means the grounds of any public school described in NRS 388.020 and any private school as defined in NRS 394.103.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3821; A 2021, 2373; 2023, 560)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.400 - Location, land use and signage for medical cannabis establishment; certain provisions inapplicable to dual licenses.

1. Each medical cannabis establishment must:
(a) Be located in a separate building or facility that is located in a commercial or industrial zone or overlay;
(b) Have an appearance, both as to the interior and exterior, that is professional, orderly, dignified and consistent with the traditional style of pharmacies and medical offices; and
(c) Have discreet and professional signage that is consistent with the traditional style of signage for pharmacies and medical offices.
2. If a medical cannabis establishment is operated by a dual licensee, any provision of this section which is determined by the Board to be unreasonably impracticable pursuant to subsection 8 of NRS 678B.650 does not apply to the medical cannabis establishment.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3823)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.420 - Electronic verification system.

1. Each medical cannabis establishment, in consultation with the Board, shall maintain an electronic verification system.
2. The electronic verification system required pursuant to subsection 1 must be able to monitor and report information, including, without limitation:
(a) In the case of a medical cannabis dispensary, for each person who holds a valid registry identification card and who purchased cannabis from the dispensary in the immediately preceding 60-day period:
(1) The number of the card;
(2) The date on which the card was issued; and
(3) The date on which the card will expire.
(b) For each cannabis establishment agent who is employed by or volunteers at the medical cannabis establishment, the number of the person’s cannabis establishment agent registration card.
(c) In the case of a medical cannabis dispensary, such information as may be required by the Board by regulation regarding persons who are not residents of this State and who have purchased cannabis from the dispensary.
(d) Verification of the identity of a person to whom cannabis or medical cannabis products are sold or otherwise distributed.
(e) Such other information as the Board may require.
3. Nothing in this section prohibits more than one medical cannabis establishment from co-owning an electronic verification system in cooperation with other medical cannabis establishments, or sharing the information obtained therefrom.
4. A medical cannabis establishment must exercise reasonable care to ensure that the personal identifying information of persons who hold registry identification cards which is contained in an electronic verification system is encrypted, protected and not divulged for any purpose not specifically authorized by law.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3824)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.430 - Inventory control system.

1. Each medical cannabis establishment, in consultation with the Board, shall maintain an inventory control system.
2. The inventory control system required pursuant to subsection 1 must be able to monitor and report information, including, without limitation:
(a) Insofar as is practicable, the chain of custody and current whereabouts, in real time, of cannabis from the point that it is harvested at a cannabis cultivation facility until it is sold at a medical cannabis dispensary and, if applicable, medical cannabis production facility;
(b) The name of each person or other medical cannabis establishment, or both, to which the establishment sold cannabis;
(c) In the case of a medical cannabis dispensary, the date on which it sold cannabis to a person who holds a registry identification card and, if any, the quantity of medical cannabis products sold, measured both by weight and potency; and
(d) Such other information as the Board may require.
3. Nothing in this section prohibits more than one medical cannabis establishment from co-owning an inventory control system in cooperation with other medical cannabis establishments, or sharing the information obtained therefrom.
4. A medical cannabis establishment must exercise reasonable care to ensure that the personal identifying information of persons who hold registry identification cards which is contained in an inventory control system is encrypted, protected and not divulged for any purpose not specifically authorized by law.
5. If a medical cannabis establishment is operated by a dual licensee, the medical cannabis establishment may:
(a) For the purpose of tracking cannabis for medical use, maintain a combined inventory with an adult-use cannabis establishment operated by the dual licensee; and
(b) For the purpose of reporting on the inventory of the medical cannabis establishment operated by the dual licensee, maintain a combined inventory with an adult-use cannabis establishment operated by the dual licensee and report the combined inventory under a single medical cannabis establishment license or adult-use cannabis establishment license.
6. If a medical cannabis establishment is operated by a dual licensee, the medical cannabis establishment shall:
(a) For the purpose of reporting on the sales of any medical cannabis establishment or adult-use cannabis establishment operated by the dual licensee, designate each sale as a sale pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or chapter 678D of NRS in its inventory control system at the point of sale; and
(b) Verify that each person who purchases cannabis or cannabis products in a sale designated as a sale pursuant to the provisions of this chapter holds a valid registry identification card.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3825)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.440 - Duties of medical cannabis dispensaries relating to sale of cannabis and cannabis products and relating to legal limits on possession of cannabis for medical use.

1. Each medical cannabis dispensary shall ensure all of the following:
(a) The weight, concentration and content of THC in all cannabis and cannabis products that the dispensary sells is clearly and accurately stated on the product sold.
(b) That, posted clearly and conspicuously within the dispensary, are the legal limits on the possession of cannabis for medical purposes, as set forth in NRS 678C.200.
(c) That, posted clearly and conspicuously within the dispensary, is a sign stating unambiguously the legal limits on the possession of cannabis for medical purposes, as set forth in NRS 678C.200.
(d) That only persons who are at least 21 years of age or hold a registry identification card or letter of approval are allowed to enter the premises of the medical cannabis dispensary.
2. A medical cannabis dispensary may, but is not required to, track the purchases of cannabis for medical purposes by any person to ensure that the person does not exceed the legal limits on the possession of cannabis for medical purposes, as set forth in NRS 678C.200. The Board shall not adopt a regulation or in any other way require a medical cannabis dispensary to track the purchases of a person or determine whether the person has exceeded the legal limits on the possession of cannabis for medical purposes, as set forth in NRS 678C.200.
3. A medical cannabis dispensary which is a dual licensee may, to the extent authorized by the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection 7 of NRS 678B.650, allow any person who is at least 21 years of age to enter the premises of the medical cannabis dispensary, regardless of whether such a person holds a valid registry identification card or letter of approval.
4. A medical cannabis dispensary shall not sell cannabis or cannabis products to a consumer through the use of, or accept a sale of cannabis or cannabis products from, a third party, intermediary business, broker or any other business that does not hold a medical cannabis establishment license for a medical cannabis dispensary.
5. A medical cannabis dispensary may contract with a third party or intermediary business to deliver cannabis or medical cannabis products to consumers only if:
(a) Every sale of cannabis or cannabis products which is delivered by the third party or intermediary business is made directly from the medical cannabis dispensary or an Internet website, digital network or software application service of the medical cannabis dispensary;
(b) The third party or intermediary business does not advertise that it sells, offers to sell or appears to sell cannabis or cannabis products or allows the submission of an order for cannabis or cannabis products; and
(c) The delivery complies with the requirements of NRS 678C.450.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3826; A 2023, 2569)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.450 - Requirements concerning delivery of cannabis or cannabis products.

1. A medical cannabis dispensary may deliver cannabis or cannabis products to a person who holds a valid registry identification card or letter of approval if the delivery is made by a cannabis establishment agent who is authorized to make the delivery by the medical cannabis dispensary which sold the cannabis or cannabis product.
2. The Board may adopt regulations prescribing procedures and protocols for deliveries conducted pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3827)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.460 - Requirements concerning storage, removal and transportation of cannabis for medical use.

1. At each medical cannabis establishment, medical cannabis must be stored only in an enclosed, locked facility.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, at each medical cannabis dispensary, medical cannabis must be stored in a secure, locked device, display case, cabinet or room within the enclosed, locked facility. The secure, locked device, display case, cabinet or room must be protected by a lock or locking mechanism that meets at least the security rating established by the Underwriters Laboratories for key locks.
3. At a medical cannabis dispensary, medical cannabis may be removed from the secure setting described in subsection 2:
(a) Only for the purpose of dispensing the cannabis;
(b) Only immediately before the cannabis is dispensed; and
(c) Only by a cannabis establishment agent who is employed by or volunteers at the dispensary.
4. A medical cannabis establishment may:
(a) Transport medical cannabis to another medical cannabis establishment or between the buildings of the medical cannabis establishment; and
(b) Enter into a contract with a third party to transport cannabis to another medical cannabis establishment or between the buildings of the medical cannabis establishment.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3827)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.470 - Medical cannabis dispensary authorized to dispense cannabis to nonresidents of this State under certain circumstances.

1. A person who is not a resident of this State, but who is authorized to engage in the medical use of cannabis under the laws of his or her state or jurisdiction of residence, is deemed to hold a valid registry identification card for the purpose of the exemption from state prosecution described in subsection 1 of NRS 678C.200 if the person abides by the legal limits on the possession, delivery and production of cannabis for medical purposes in this State, as set forth in NRS 678C.200.
2. A medical cannabis dispensary may dispense cannabis to a person described in subsection 1 if the person presents to the medical cannabis dispensary any document which is valid to prove the authorization of the person to engage in the medical use of cannabis under the laws of his or her state or jurisdiction of residence. Such documentation may include, without limitation, written documentation from a physician or other provider of health care if, under the laws of the person’s state or jurisdiction of residence, written documentation from a physician or other provider of health care is sufficient to exempt the person from prosecution for engaging in the medical use of cannabis.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3827)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.480 - Designation of medical cannabis dispensary.

1. A patient who holds a valid registry identification card or letter of approval and his or her designated primary caregiver, if any, may select one medical cannabis dispensary to serve as his or her designated medical cannabis dispensary at any one time.
2. A patient who designates a medical cannabis dispensary as described in subsection 1:
(a) Shall communicate the designation to the Division within the time specified by the Division.
(b) May change his or her designation not more than once in a 30-day period.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3828)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.490 - Regulations.

The Board shall adopt such regulations as it determines to be necessary or advisable to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such regulations are in addition to any requirements set forth in statute and must, without limitation:
1. Establish procedures pursuant to which a medical cannabis dispensary will be notified by the Board if a patient who holds a valid registry identification card or letter of approval has chosen the dispensary as his or her designated medical cannabis dispensary, as described in NRS 678C.480.
2. Establish minimum requirements for hemp, as defined in NRS 557.160, which is used by a medical cannabis production facility or dispensed by a medical cannabis dispensary.
3. Set forth the amount of usable cannabis that a medical cannabis dispensary may dispense to a person who holds a valid registry identification card, including, without limitation, a designated primary caregiver. Such an amount must not exceed the limits set forth in NRS 678C.200.
4. In cooperation with the applicable professional licensing boards, establish a system to:
(a) Register and track attending providers of health care who advise their patients that the medical use of cannabis may mitigate the symptoms or effects of the patient’s medical condition;
(b) Insofar as is possible, track and quantify the number of times an attending provider of health care described in paragraph (a) makes such an advisement; and
(c) Provide for the progressive discipline of attending providers of health care who advise the medical use of cannabis at a rate at which the Board, in consultation with the Division, and the applicable board, determine and agree to be unreasonably high.
5. Provide for the maintenance of a log by the Board, in consultation with the Division, of each person who is authorized to cultivate, grow or produce cannabis pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 678C.200. The Board shall ensure that the contents of the log are available for verification by law enforcement personnel 24 hours a day.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3828)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.500 - Recommendation to Legislature.

The Board may recommend to the Legislature any change to the quantity of usable cannabis that a medical cannabis dispensary may sell to a person who holds a valid registry identification card, including, without limitation, a designated primary caregiver, that the Board determines to be appropriate.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3829)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.600 - Possession of registry identification card, letter of approval, license or registration card not permissible grounds for search or inspection; care and return of seized property.

1. The fact that a person possesses a registry identification card or letter of approval issued to the person by the Division or its designee pursuant to NRS 678C.230 or 678C.270, a medical cannabis establishment license issued to the person by the Board or its designee pursuant to NRS 678B.210, a cannabis establishment agent registration card issued to the person by the Board or its designee pursuant to NRS 678B.340, a cannabis establishment agent registration card for a cannabis executive issued to the person by the Board or its designee pursuant to NRS 678B.350 or a cannabis establishment agent registration card for a cannabis receiver issued to the person by the Board pursuant to NRS 678B.355 does not, alone:
(a) Constitute probable cause to search the person or the person’s property; or
(b) Subject the person or the person’s property to inspection by any governmental agency.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if officers of a state or local law enforcement agency seize cannabis, paraphernalia or other related property from a person engaged in, facilitating or assisting in the medical use of cannabis:
(a) The law enforcement agency shall ensure that the cannabis, paraphernalia or other related property is not destroyed while in the possession of the law enforcement agency.
(b) Any property interest of the person from whom the cannabis, paraphernalia or other related property was seized must not be forfeited pursuant to any provision of law providing for the forfeiture of property, except as part of a sentence imposed after conviction of a criminal offense.
(c) Upon:
(1) A decision not to prosecute;
(2) The dismissal of charges; or
(3) Acquittal,
the law enforcement agency shall, to the extent permitted by law, return to that person any usable cannabis, cannabis plants, paraphernalia or other related property that was seized. The provisions of this subsection do not require a law enforcement agency to care for live cannabis plants.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3829; A 2021, 2153)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.610 - Forfeiture of assets seized.

1. If a law enforcement agency legally and justly seizes evidence from a medical cannabis establishment on a basis that, in consideration of due process and viewed in the manner most favorable to the establishment, would lead a reasonable person to believe that a crime has been committed, the relevant provisions of NRS 179.1156 to 179.121, inclusive, apply insofar as they do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
2. As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 239C.065.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3829)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.650 - Professional licensing board prohibited from taking disciplinary action against attending provider of health care on basis of provider’s participation in certain activities in accordance with this chapter.

The applicable professional licensing boards shall not take any disciplinary action against an attending provider of health care on the basis that the attending provider of health care:
1. Regardless of whether the person is a resident of this State, advised a person whom the attending provider of health care has diagnosed as having a chronic or debilitating medical condition, or a person whom the attending provider of health care knows has been so diagnosed by another provider of health care licensed or certified pursuant to the law of this State:
(a) About the possible risks and benefits of the medical use of cannabis; or
(b) That the medical use of cannabis may mitigate the symptoms or effects of the person’s chronic or debilitating medical condition,
if the advice is based on the attending provider of health care’s personal assessment of the person’s medical history and current medical condition.
2. Provided or maintained the written documentation or signature, as applicable, required pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 678C.220 for the issuance of a registry identification card or letter of approval or pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 678C.250 for the renewal of a registry identification card or letter of approval, or any similar documentation required for the person to be authorized to engage in the medical use of cannabis pursuant to the laws of another state or jurisdiction, if:
(a) Such documentation is based on the attending provider of health care’s personal assessment of the person’s medical history and current medical condition; and
(b) The attending provider of health care has advised the person about the possible risks and benefits of the medical use of cannabis.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3829)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.660 - Professional licensing board prohibited from taking disciplinary action against licensee on basis of licensee’s participation in certain activities in accordance with this chapter.

A professional licensing board shall not take any disciplinary action against a person licensed by the board on the basis that:
1. The person engages in or has engaged in the medical use of cannabis in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; or
2. The person acts as or has acted as the designated primary caregiver of a person who holds a registry identification card or letter of approval issued to him or her pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 678C.230.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3830)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.700 - Program for evaluation and research of medical use of cannabis: Establishment by University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine; federal approval; participants and subjects; quarterly report.

1. The University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine shall establish a program for the evaluation and research of the medical use of cannabis in the care and treatment of persons who have been diagnosed with a chronic or debilitating medical condition.
2. Before the School of Medicine establishes a program pursuant to subsection 1, the School of Medicine shall aggressively seek and must receive approval of the program by the Federal Government pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 823 or other applicable provisions of federal law, to allow the creation of a federally approved research program for the use and distribution of cannabis for medical purposes.
3. A research program established pursuant to this section must include residents of this State who volunteer to act as participants and subjects, as determined by the School of Medicine.
4. A resident of this State who wishes to serve as a participant and subject in a research program established pursuant to this section may notify the School of Medicine and may apply to participate by submitting an application on a form prescribed by the Department of Administration of the School of Medicine.
5. The School of Medicine shall, on a quarterly basis, report to the Interim Finance Committee with respect to:
(a) The progress made by the School of Medicine in obtaining federal approval for the research program; and
(b) If the research program receives federal approval, the status of, activities of and information received from the research program.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3830)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.710 - Program for evaluation and research of medical use of cannabis: Duties of University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine concerning confidentiality.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 239.0115, the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine shall maintain the confidentiality of and shall not disclose:
(a) The contents of any applications, records or other written materials that the School of Medicine creates or receives pursuant to the research program described in NRS 678C.700; or
(b) The name or any other identifying information of a person who has applied to or who participates in the research program described in NRS 678C.700.
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, the items of information described in this subsection are confidential, not subject to subpoena or discovery and not subject to inspection by the general public.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1, the School of Medicine may release the name and other identifying information of a person who has applied to or who participates in the research program described in NRS 678C.700 to:
(a) Authorized employees of the State of Nevada as necessary to perform official duties related to the research program; and
(b) Authorized employees of state and local law enforcement agencies, only as necessary to verify that a person is a lawful participant in the research program.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3831)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.720 - Program for evaluation and research of medical use of cannabis: Authority of University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine concerning gifts, grants, donations or contributions for research program.

1. The Department of Administration of the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine may apply for or accept any gifts, grants, donations or contributions from any source to carry out the provisions of NRS 678C.700.
2. Any money the Department of Administration receives pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to NRS 678C.730.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3831)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.730 - Program for evaluation and research of medical use of cannabis: Deposit, use and disposition of money; Department of Administration of University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine to administer account.

1. Any money the Department of Administration of the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine receives pursuant to NRS 678C.720 or that is appropriated to carry out the provisions of NRS 678C.700:
(a) Must be deposited in the State Treasury and accounted for separately in the State General Fund;
(b) May only be used to carry out the provisions of NRS 678C.700, including the dissemination of information concerning the provisions of that section and such other information as is determined appropriate by the Department of Administration; and
(c) Does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.
2. The Department of Administration of the School of Medicine shall administer the account. Any interest or income earned on the money in the account must be credited to the account. Any claims against the account must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3831)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.800 - Duties of Division concerning confidentiality; certain items of information not subject to subpoena, discovery or inspection.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, NRS 239.0115 and 360.255 and subsection 4 of NRS 678C.220, the Division shall not disclose the name or other identifying information of:
(a) An attending provider of health care; or
(b) A person who has applied for or to whom the Division or its designee has issued a registry identification card or letter of approval.
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 and 360.255, the items of information described in this subsection are confidential, not subject to subpoena or discovery and not subject to inspection by the general public.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1, the Division or its designee:
(a) Shall release the name and other identifying information of a person who has applied for a registry identification card to authorized employees of the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety, if notified by the Division of Parole and Probation that the applicant is on parole or probation.
(b) May release the name and other identifying information of a person to whom the Division or its designee has issued a registry identification card or letter of approval to:
(1) Authorized employees of the Division or its designee as necessary to perform official duties of the Division; and
(2) Authorized employees of state and local law enforcement agencies, only as necessary to verify that a person is the lawful holder of a registry identification card or letter of approval issued to him or her pursuant to NRS 678C.230 or 678C.270.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3832)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.810 - Addition of diseases and conditions to list of qualifying chronic or debilitating medical conditions: Petition; regulations.

1. A person may submit to the Division a petition requesting that a particular disease or condition be included among the diseases and conditions that qualify as chronic or debilitating medical conditions pursuant to NRS 678C.030.
2. The Division shall adopt regulations setting forth the manner in which the Division will accept and evaluate petitions submitted pursuant to this section. The regulations must provide, without limitation, that:
(a) The Division will approve or deny a petition within 180 days after the Division receives the petition; and
(b) The decision of the Division to deny a petition is a final decision for the purposes of judicial review.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3832)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.820 - Authority of Board concerning gifts, grants, donations or contributions; deposit of money in State Treasury.

1. The Administrator of the Division or his or her designee may apply for or accept any gifts, grants, donations or contributions from any source to carry out the provisions of this chapter governing the issuance of registry identification cards and letters of approval and the regulation of the holders of such cards and letters.
2. Any money the Administrator or his or her designee receives pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to NRS 678C.830.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3832)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.830 - Deposit, use and disposition of money; administration of account.

1. Any money the Division receives pursuant to NRS 678C.820 or that is appropriated to carry out the provisions of this chapter governing the issuance of registry identification cards and letters of approval and the regulation of the holders of such cards and letters:
(a) Must be deposited in the State Treasury and accounted for separately in the State General Fund;
(b) May only be used to carry out:
(1) The provisions of this chapter governing the issuance of registry identification cards and letters of approval and the regulation of the holders of such cards and letters, including the dissemination of information concerning those provisions and such other information as determined appropriate by the Division;
(2) Programs for alcohol or substance use disorders pursuant to NRS 458.094; and
(3) Research performed by an institution of the Nevada System of Higher Education on services relating to alcohol and other substance use disorders; and
(c) Does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.
2. The Administrator of the Division shall administer the account. Any interest or income earned on the money in the account must be credited to the account. Any claims against the account must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3832)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.840 - Regulations; fees.

The Administrator of the Division shall adopt such regulations as the Administrator determines are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter governing the issuance of registry identification cards and letters of approval and the regulation of the holders of such cards and letters. The regulations must set forth, without limitation:
1. Procedures pursuant to which the Division will issue a registry identification card or letter of approval or cause a registry identification card to be prepared and issued to a qualified person.
2. Fees for processing and issuing a registry identification card or letter of approval, which must not exceed:
(a) For a registry identification card or letter of approval which is valid for 1 year, $50.
(b) For a registry identification card or letter of approval which is valid for 2 years, $100.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3833)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678C - Medical Use of Cannabis › NRS 678C.850 - Effect of chapter.

The provisions of this chapter do not:
1. Require an insurer, organization for managed care or any person or entity who provides coverage for a medical or health care service to pay for or reimburse a person for costs associated with the medical use of cannabis.
2. Require any employer to allow the medical use of cannabis in the workplace.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, require an employer to modify the job or working conditions of a person who engages in the medical use of cannabis that are based upon the reasonable business purposes of the employer but the employer must attempt to make reasonable accommodations for the medical needs of an employee who engages in the medical use of cannabis if the employee holds a valid registry identification card, provided that such reasonable accommodation would not:
(a) Pose a threat of harm or danger to persons or property or impose an undue hardship on the employer; or
(b) Prohibit the employee from fulfilling any and all of his or her job responsibilities.
4. Prohibit a law enforcement agency from adopting policies and procedures that preclude an employee from engaging in the medical use of cannabis.
5. As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" means:
(a) The Office of the Attorney General, the office of a district attorney within this State or the Nevada Gaming Control Board and any attorney, investigator, special investigator or employee who is acting in his or her professional or occupational capacity for such an office or the Nevada Gaming Control Board; or
(b) Any other law enforcement agency within this State and any peace officer or employee who is acting in his or her professional or occupational capacity for such an agency.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3833)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678D - Adult Use of Cannabis › NRS 678D.300 - Acts for which person 21 years of age or older or holder of adult-use cannabis establishment license not exempt from state prosecution.

1. A person is not exempt from state prosecution for any of the following acts:
(a) Driving, operating or being in actual physical control of a vehicle, a power-driven vessel or a sailing vessel under way while under the influence of cannabis.
(b) Engaging in any other conduct prohibited by NRS 484C.110, 484C.120, 484C.130, 484C.430, subsection 2 of NRS 488.400, NRS 488.410, 488.420, 488.425 or 493.130.
(c) Possessing a firearm in violation of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 202.257.
(d) Possessing cannabis in violation of NRS 453.336 or possessing paraphernalia in violation of NRS 453.560 or 453.566:
(1) If the possession of the cannabis or paraphernalia is discovered because the person engaged in the adult use of cannabis in:
(I) Except as otherwise provided by regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 678B.645, any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view; or
(II) Any local detention facility, county jail, state prison, reformatory or other correctional facility, including, without limitation, any facility for the detention of juvenile offenders; or
(2) If the possession of the cannabis or paraphernalia occurs on school property.
(e) Knowingly delivering cannabis to another person who is not 21 years of age or older unless:
(1) The recipient holds a valid registry identification card or letter of approval issued to the person by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services or its designee pursuant to NRS 678C.230 or 678C.270.
(2) The person demanded and was shown bona fide documentary evidence of the age and identity of the recipient issued by a federal, state, county or municipal government, or subdivision or agency thereof.
2. As used in this section, "school property" means the grounds of any public school described in NRS 388.020 and any private school as defined in NRS 394.103.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3835; A 2021, 2376; 2023, 561)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678D - Adult Use of Cannabis › NRS 678D.400 - Adult-use cannabis cultivation facility authorized to cultivate outdoors if sufficiently hidden and adequately isolated; regulations.

An adult-use cultivation facility may cultivate cannabis outdoors if the outdoor cultivation is sufficiently hidden from public view and adequately isolated. The Board shall adopt regulations establishing requirements for the outdoor cultivation of cannabis.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3837)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678D - Adult Use of Cannabis › NRS 678D.410 - License required for transportation of cannabis for adult use and adult-use cannabis products; exceptions.

An adult-use cannabis establishment shall not transport cannabis or adult-use edible cannabis products or adult-use cannabis-infused products to an adult-use cannabis retail store unless the adult-use cannabis establishment:
1. Holds a license for an adult-use cannabis distributor;
2. Holds a medical cannabis establishment license and is only transporting cannabis or medical edible cannabis products or medical cannabis-infused products for the medical use of cannabis;
3. Is an adult-use cannabis independent testing laboratory transporting samples for testing; or
4. Is a dual licensee and is only transporting cannabis or medical edible cannabis products or medical cannabis-infused products for the medical use of cannabis to a medical cannabis dispensary or a dual licensee.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3837)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 678D - Adult Use of Cannabis › NRS 678D.420 - Requirements and restrictions concerning packaging and labeling of adult-use cannabis products; exception.

1. An adult-use edible cannabis product or an adult-use cannabis-infused product must be labeled in a manner which indicates the number of servings of THC in the product, measured in servings of a maximum of 10 milligrams per serving.
2. An adult-use cannabis product must be sold in a single package. A single package must not contain:
(a) More than 1 ounce of usable cannabis or one-eighth of an ounce of concentrated cannabis.
(b) For an adult-use cannabis product sold as a capsule, more than 100 milligrams of THC per capsule or more than 800 milligrams of THC per package.
(c) For an adult-use cannabis product sold as a tincture, more than 800 milligrams of THC.
(d) For an adult-use edible cannabis product, more than 100 milligrams of THC.
(e) For an adult-use cannabis product sold as a topical product, a concentration of more than 6 percent THC or more than 800 milligrams of THC per package.
(f) For an adult-use cannabis product sold as a suppository or transdermal patch, more than 100 milligrams of THC per suppository or transdermal patch or more than 800 milligrams of THC per package.
(g) For any other adult-use cannabis product, more than 800 milligrams of THC.
3. To the extent that they are inconsistent or otherwise conflict with the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 678D.480, the requirements of this section do not apply to a ready-to-consume cannabis product prepared and sold by a cannabis consumption lounge.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3838; A 2021, 2378)