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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 452 - Cemeteries › NRS 452.680 - Authority of cemetery authority and operator of crematory to dispose of remains when other arrangements have not been made; notice of authority.

A cemetery authority or an operator of a crematory for pets:
1. May dispose of the remains of any pet which has been left for more than 7 days at the cemetery or crematory, if arrangements have not been made with the cemetery authority or operator of the pet crematory for the disposition of the pet.
2. Shall post a notice, in a conspicuous place on the grounds of the cemetery or in the portion of the facility of the crematory where the public is allowed apprising the public of the provisions of subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2751; A 2011, 3751)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 452 - Cemeteries › NRS 452.685 - Trust fund for endowment care: Requirements for deposit.

1. A cemetery authority shall, before the interment, inurnment or entombment of a pet, require a deposit for the trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery, in addition to any fee charged for the interment, inurnment or entombment.
2. The deposit for the trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery must be set by the cemetery authority in an amount which is not less than:
(a) For each grave, $5 per square foot.
(b) For the first entombment in a single, companion or communal crypt, $35, and for each additional entombment in the same crypt, $20.
(c) For the first inurnment in a single, companion or communal niche, $15, and for each additional inurnment in the same niche, $10.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2750)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 452 - Cemeteries › NRS 452.690 - Trust fund for endowment care: Disposition of money received by or on behalf of cemetery authority.

Any money received by or on behalf of a cemetery authority relating to the interment, inurnment or entombment of a pet must be applied to pay the deposit required by NRS 452.685 before the remainder may be used for any other purpose. The cemetery authority shall place the deposit into a trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2750)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 452 - Cemeteries › NRS 452.695 - Trust fund for endowment care: Receipt of contributions; purposes and validity of fund and contributions.

1. A cemetery authority may receive and hold as a part of or incident to its trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery any real or personal property bequeathed, devised, granted, given or otherwise contributed to it for the trust fund.
2. The trust fund and all payments or contributions to it shall be deemed to be for charitable and eleemosynary purposes, and the endowment care of the cemetery for pets shall be deemed to be in discharge of a duty due from the persons contributing to the trust fund, and for the benefit and protection of the public health and welfare by preserving and keeping cemeteries for pets from becoming unkempt and places of reproach and desolation in the communities in which they are situated.
3. No payment, gift, grant, bequest or other contribution for the endowment care of a cemetery for pets is invalid by reason of any indefiniteness or uncertainty in the designation of the beneficiaries, nor is the fund or any contribution to it invalid as violating any law against perpetuities or the suspension of the power of alienation of title to property.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2751)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 452 - Cemeteries › NRS 452.700 - Trust fund for endowment care: Exemption from process of law.

In the absence of fraud, any money in a trust fund for the endowment care of a cemetery for pets held pursuant to NRS 452.690 is exempt from attachment, garnishment or other process of law for the payment of any debt or liability of a cemetery authority, the person depositing the money or the successor of such a person.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2751)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 452 - Cemeteries › NRS 452.705 - Trust fund for endowment care: Minimum sums.

1. Each trust fund for the endowment care of a cemetery for pets must contain a principal sum of not less than $25,000.
2. When the trust fund has not less than $75,000 on deposit, the initial $25,000 may be withdrawn.
3. The trust fund once having reached $50,000 may not be decreased below that amount.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2754)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 452 - Cemeteries › NRS 452.710 - Trust fund for endowment care: Trustees.

1. A cemetery authority may appoint a board of trustees of not less than three in number as trustees of its trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery. The members of the board of trustees hold office subject to the direction of the cemetery authority.
2. The directors of a cemetery authority, if any, may be the trustees of its trust fund. When the fund is in the care of the directors as a board of trustees, the secretary of the cemetery authority shall act as its secretary and keep a true record of all of its proceedings.
3. No sum in excess of 5 percent of the income derived from the fund in any year may be paid as compensation to the board of trustees for its services.
4. In lieu of the appointment of a board of trustees of its trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery, a cemetery authority may appoint as sole trustee of the fund any bank or trust company qualified pursuant to the laws of this state to engage in the trust business.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2752)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 452 - Cemeteries › NRS 452.715 - Trust fund for endowment care: Administration.

1. The principal of all trust funds for the endowment care of a cemetery must be invested and the income only used for the care, maintenance and embellishment of the cemetery, in accordance with the provisions of law and the resolutions, bylaws, rules and regulations or other actions or instruments of the cemetery authority, and for no other purpose. The trust funds must be maintained separate and distinct from all other funds and the trustees shall keep separate records thereof.
2. The trustee of the trust fund shall create a reserve from which principal losses may be replaced by setting aside a reasonable percentage of the income from the fund.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2752)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 452 - Cemeteries › NRS 452.720 - Trust fund for endowment care: Use; deposit and investments; submission of annual financial statement.

1. Money held in trust for the endowment care of a cemetery for pets must not be used for any purpose other than to provide, through income only, for the reserves authorized by law and for the endowment care of the cemetery in accordance with the resolutions, bylaws, rules and regulations or other actions or instruments of the cemetery authority.
2. The money must be invested and reinvested in:
(a) Bonds of the United States;
(b) Bonds of this state or the bonds of other states;
(c) Bonds of counties or municipalities of any state;
(d) With the approval of the Administrator, first mortgages or first trust deeds on improved real estate;
(e) Deposits in any bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank that is federally insured or insured by a private insurer approved pursuant to NRS 672.755; or
(f) With the written approval of the Administrator, any investment which would be proper under the provisions of NRS 164.700 to 164.775, inclusive.
Pending investment as provided in this subsection, such money may be deposited in an account in any savings bank, credit union or savings and loan association which is qualified to do business in this state and which is federally insured or insured by a private insurer approved pursuant to NRS 672.755.
3. Each cemetery authority shall annually submit to the Administrator, on a form prescribed and adopted by the Administrator, a financial statement of the condition of its trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery. The statement must be accompanied by a fee of $10. If the statement is not received by the Administrator, he or she may, after giving 10 days’ notice, revoke the cemetery authority’s certificate of authority.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2753; A 1999, 1499; 2003, 1983)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 452 - Cemeteries › NRS 452.725 - Additional contributions to cemetery authority in trust: Receipt; use; purposes; validity.

1. A cemetery authority may also take and hold any property bequeathed, granted, or given to it in trust and apply the principal, or proceeds, or income from the trust to either or all of the following purposes:
(a) Improvement or embellishment of all or any part of the cemetery or any lot in it.
(b) Erection, renewal, repair or preservation of any monument, fence, building or other structure in the cemetery.
(c) Planting or cultivation of trees, shrubs or plants in or around any part of the cemetery.
(d) Special care or ornamenting of any part of any plot, section or building in the cemetery.
(e) Any purpose or use not inconsistent with the purpose for which the cemetery was established or is maintained.
2. The sums paid in or contributed to the fund authorized by this section are hereby expressly permitted as and for a charitable and eleemosynary purpose. Such contributions are a provision for the discharge of a duty due from the persons contributing to the person or persons interred or to be interred in the cemetery, and likewise a provision for the benefit and protection of the public by preserving, beautifying and keeping cemeteries from becoming unkept and places of reproach and desolation in the communities in which they are situated.
3. No payment, gift, grant, bequest or other contribution for such a purpose is invalid by reason of any indefiniteness or uncertainty of the persons designated as beneficiaries in the instruments creating the fund, nor is the fund or any contribution to it invalid as violating any law against perpetuities or the suspension of the power of alienation of title to property.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2752)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 452 - Cemeteries › NRS 452.730 - Posting and inspection of sign indicating endowment care.

1. Each cemetery for pets shall post in a conspicuous place in each office where sales are conducted and at or near the entrance of the cemetery or its administration building if readily accessible to the public, a legible sign containing the following information in the order and manner set forth below:
(a) A heading with the words "Endowment care" appearing in a minimum of 48-point black type.
(b) A statement that the cemetery is endowment care interment property.
2. The president and secretary of the cemetery or two officers authorized by the cemetery authority shall annually inspect each sign to ensure compliance with this section.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2754)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 452 - Cemeteries › NRS 452.735 - Unlawful acts; investigation by Administrator.

1. It is unlawful for a cemetery authority, its officers, employees or agents, or a seller or agent certified or licensed pursuant to NRS 689.450 to 689.595, inclusive, to:
(a) Represent that a trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery is perpetual or permanent; or
(b) Sell, offer for sale or advertise any plot under representation that the plot is under endowment care,
before a trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery has been established for the cemetery in which the plot is situated.
2. The Administrator, for the purpose of ascertaining the assets, conditions and affairs of a cemetery for pets, may examine the books, records, documents and assets of a cemetery for pets operating, or being organized to operate as such a cemetery, in this state and may make any other investigations as may be necessary to determine that the cemetery is complying fully with the provisions of NRS 452.705 to 452.740, inclusive.
3. The provisions of NRS 679B.230 to 679B.300, inclusive, apply to any examination conducted under this section. Unless the context requires that a provision apply only to insurers, any reference in those sections to "insurer" must be replaced by a reference to "cemetery authority" or the person being examined.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2753)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.007 - Inapplicability of chapter to certain veterinary biologic products.

1. The provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto do not apply to a veterinary biologic product that is:
(a) Licensed for production under a product license; and
(b) Directly marketed by a manufacturing facility holding an establishment license for administration to livestock.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Establishment license" means a U. S. Veterinary Biologics Establishment License issued by the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 151 to 159, inclusive, and any amendments to or replacements of the Act, and any regulations adopted pursuant to the Act.
(b) "Livestock" has the meaning ascribed to it in subsections 1 and 3 to 6, inclusive, of NRS 571.022.
(c) "Product license" means a U. S. Veterinary Biological Product License issued by the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 151 to 159, inclusive, and any amendments to or replacements of the Act, and any regulations adopted pursuant to the Act.
(d) "Veterinary biologic product" has the meaning ascribed to "biological product" in 9 C.F.R. § 101.2.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 725)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.011 - Short title; purpose.

1. NRS 453.011 to 453.348, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
2. The Uniform Controlled Substances Act (1990) is substituted in a continuing way for the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.348, inclusive, except as those provisions are specifically amended.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1999; A 1987, 1653; 1991, 1648)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.013 - Uniformity of interpretation.

NRS 453.011 to 453.348, inclusive, shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose and to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of such sections among those states which enact it.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2022)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.016 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the words and terms defined in NRS 453.021 to 453.141, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections except in instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1999; A 1977, 1409; 1979, 1654; 1987, 1653; 1989, 1680; 1991, 484, 793, 1648; 2015, 3086; 2023, 1447)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.021 - "Administer" defined.

"Administer" means the direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by:
1. A practitioner or, in the practitioner’s presence, by the practitioner’s authorized agent; or
2. The patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1999; A 1973, 579; 1977, 672; 1979, 1654; 1991, 1648)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.026 - "Agent" defined.

"Agent" means a pharmacist who cares for a patient of a prescribing practitioner in accordance with written guidelines and protocols developed pursuant to NRS 639.2629 or a collaborative practice agreement, as defined in NRS 639.0052, a licensed practical nurse or registered nurse who cares for a patient of a prescribing practitioner in a medical facility or an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of and is employed by a manufacturer, distributor, dispenser or prescribing practitioner. The term does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman or employee of the carrier or warehouseman.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2000; A 1979, 1654; 1991, 1953; 2011, 3079; 2017, 2523; 2021, 1663)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.038 - "Chart order" defined."Chart order" means an order entered on the chart of a patient:

1. In a hospital, facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing which is licensed as such by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department; or
2. Under emergency treatment in a hospital by a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, certified registered nurse anesthetist, dentist or podiatric physician, or on the written or oral order of a physician, physician assistant or anesthesiologist assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, advanced practice registered nurse, certified registered nurse anesthetist, dentist or podiatric physician authorizing the administration of a drug to the patient.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1671; A 1981, 1957; 1985, 1750; 1993, 2232; 1995, 1717; 2001, 408, 783, 794; 2007, 1862; 2013, 2082; 2023, 1447, 1595)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.043 - "Controlled substance analog" defined.

1. "Controlled substance analog" means a substance the chemical structure of which is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance placed in schedule I or II and:
(a) Which has a stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially similar to the stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance placed in schedule I or II pursuant to NRS 453.166 or 453.176; or
(b) With respect to a particular person, which he or she represents or intends to have a stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially similar to the stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance included in schedule I or II.
2. The term does not include:
(a) A controlled substance;
(b) A substance for which there is an approved new drug application;
(c) A substance with respect to which an exemption is in effect for investigational use by a particular person under Section 505 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 355) to the extent conduct with respect to the substance is permitted by the exemption; or
(d) Any substance to the extent not intended for human consumption before an exemption takes effect with respect to the substance.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1644)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.046 - "Counterfeit substance" defined.

"Counterfeit substance" means a controlled substance which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name or other identifying mark, imprint, number or device, or any likeness thereof, of a manufacturer, distributor or dispenser other than the person who in fact manufactured, distributed or dispensed the substance.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2000)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.056 - "Dispense" defined.

1. Except as limited by subsection 2, "dispense" means to deliver a controlled substance to an ultimate user, patient or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery.
2. The term does not include the furnishing of a controlled substance by a hospital pharmacy for inpatients.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2000; A 1973, 579; 1977, 672, 938; 1979, 1654; 1987, 1653; 1991, 1648)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.081 - "Drug" defined.

1. "Drug" means substances:
(a) Recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them;
(b) Intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in humans or animals;
(c) Other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the bodies of humans or animals; and
(d) Intended for use as a component of any article specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
2. "Drug" does not include devices or their components, parts or accessories.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2000)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.085 - "Hospital" defined.

"Hospital" means any facility which is licensed by the Department as a hospital and which provides care and treatment of human illness or other abnormal physical or mental conditions on an inpatient basis, including any such facility operated by this State or a political subdivision of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1672; A 1987, 950)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.086 - "Immediate precursor" defined.

"Immediate precursor" means a substance:
1. Which the Board has found to be and by regulation has designated to be the principal compound commonly used or produced primarily for use in the manufacture of a controlled substance; and
2. Which is a chemical intermediary used or likely to be used in the manufacture of the controlled substance or the control of which is necessary to prevent, curtail or limit the manufacture of the controlled substance.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2001; A 1979, 1655; 1991, 1649; 1995, 296)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.087 - "Institutional pharmacy" defined.

"Institutional pharmacy" means a pharmacy or other storage place as defined by regulations adopted by the Board which is a part of or operated in conjunction with a medical facility as that term is defined in NRS 449.0151. The term includes:
1. A pharmacy on the premises of the medical facility which provides a system of distributing and supplying medication to the facility, whether or not operated by the facility; and
2. A pharmacy off the premises of the medical facility which provides services only to the patients of the facility and provides a system of distributing medication based upon chart orders from the medical facility.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1653; A 1993, 1989)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.091 - "Manufacture" defined.

1. "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of a substance, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its container.
2. "Manufacture" does not include the preparation, compounding, packaging or labeling of a substance by a pharmacist, physician, physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, dentist, podiatric physician, advanced practice registered nurse, certified registered nurse anesthetist or veterinarian:
(a) As an incident to the administering or dispensing of a substance in the course of his or her professional practice; or
(b) By an authorized agent under his or her supervision, for the purpose of, or as an incident to, research, teaching or chemical analysis and not for sale.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2001; A 1981, 1958; 1983, 921; 1993, 2232; 1995, 1717; 2001, 408, 783, 794, 888; 2007, 1862; 2013, 2082; 2023, 1447)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.096 - "Marijuana" defined.

1. "Marijuana" means:
(a) All parts of any plant of the genus
Cannabis
, whether growing or not;
(b) The resin extracted from any part of the plant, including concentrated cannabis;
(c) Every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant, or its resin;
(d) Any commodity or product made using hemp which exceeds the maximum THC concentration established by the State Department of Agriculture for hemp; and
(e) Any product or commodity made from hemp which is manufactured or sold by a cannabis establishment which violates any regulation adopted by the Cannabis Compliance Board pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection 1 of NRS 678A.450 relating to THC concentration.
2. "Marijuana" does not include:
(a) Hemp, as defined in NRS 557.160, which is grown or cultivated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 557 of NRS;
(b) The mature stalks of the plant and root balls which have been fully separated from the stalks of the plant after harvest, fiber produced from the stalks, seeds of the plant, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil or cake; or
(c) Any commodity or product made using hemp, as defined in NRS 557.160, which does not exceed the maximum THC concentration established by the State Department of Agriculture for hemp.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2001; A 1975, 450; 2015, 1974, 3086; 2019, 2355, 2589; 2021, 3155; 2023, 2539, 2576)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.101 - "Narcotic drug" defined.

"Narcotic drug" means any of the following, however manufactured:
1. Opium, opium derivative, and any derivative of either, including their salts, isomers and salts of isomers but not including isoquinoline alkaloids of opium;
2. Synthetic opiate and any derivative of synthetic opiate, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters and ethers;
3. Poppy straw and concentrate of poppy straw;
4. Coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed;
5. Cocaine, or any salt, isomer or salt of isomer of cocaine;
6. Cocaine base;
7. Ecgonine, or any derivative, salt, isomer or salt of isomer of ecgonine; and
8. A compound, mixture or preparation containing any quantity of a substance listed in this section.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2001; A 1991, 1649)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.106 - "Opiate" defined.

1. "Opiate" means any substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability, including opium, opium derivatives and synthetic opiates.
2. "Opiate" does not include, unless specifically designated as controlled under NRS 453.146, the dextrorotatory isomer of 3-methoxy-n-methylmorphinan and its salts (dextromethorphan) but includes the racemic and levorotatory forms of dextromethorphan.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2002; A 1991, 1649)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.117 - "Pharmacy" defined.

1. "Pharmacy" means every store or shop licensed by the Board where drugs, controlled substances, poisons, medicines or chemicals are stored or possessed, or dispensed or sold at retail, or displayed for sale at retail, or where prescriptions are compounded or dispensed.
2. "Pharmacy" includes pharmacies owned or operated by the State of Nevada and political subdivisions and municipal corporations therein.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1672)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.118 - "Pharmacy in a correctional institution" defined.

"Pharmacy in a correctional institution" means a pharmacy or other storage place for medicines, controlled substances and dangerous drugs which is a part of or is operated in conjunction with a correctional facility, including a jail and facility for the detention of juveniles.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1653)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.126 - "Practitioner" defined.

"Practitioner" means:
1. A physician, dentist, veterinarian or podiatric physician who holds a license to practice his or her profession in this State and is registered pursuant to this chapter.
2. An advanced practice registered nurse who holds a certificate from the State Board of Pharmacy authorizing him or her to dispense or to prescribe and dispense controlled substances.
3. A scientific investigator or a pharmacy, hospital or other institution licensed, registered or otherwise authorized in this State to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, to administer, or use in teaching or chemical analysis, a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research.
4. A euthanasia technician who is licensed by the Nevada State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and registered pursuant to this chapter, while he or she possesses or administers sodium pentobarbital pursuant to his or her license and registration.
5. A physician assistant who:
(a) Holds a license from the Board of Medical Examiners; and
(b) Is authorized by the Board to possess, administer, prescribe or dispense controlled substances under the supervision of a physician as required by chapter 630 of NRS.
6. A physician assistant who:
(a) Holds a license from the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; and
(b) Is authorized by the Board to possess, administer, prescribe or dispense controlled substances under the supervision of an osteopathic physician as required by chapter 633 of NRS.
7. An optometrist who is certified by the Nevada State Board of Optometry to prescribe and administer pharmaceutical agents pursuant to NRS 636.288, when the optometrist prescribes or administers pharmaceutical agents within the scope of his or her certification.
8. A certified registered nurse anesthetist who orders, prescribes, possesses or administers controlled substances in accordance with NRS 632.2397.
9. A pharmacist who is registered pursuant to NRS 639.28079 to prescribe and dispense drugs for medication-assisted treatment.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2002; A 1979, 593, 1655; 1989, 539; 1991, 793, 1650; 1993, 2232; 1995, 1718; 1997, 691; 1999, 1916; 2001, 409, 784, 795; 2007, 1863; 2013, 2082; 2019, 3656; 2023, 1447, 2357)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.128 - "Prescription" defined.

1. "Prescription" means:
(a) An order given individually for the person for whom prescribed, directly from a physician, physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, advanced practice registered nurse, certified registered nurse anesthetist, pharmacist registered pursuant to NRS 639.28079 or veterinarian, or his or her agent, to a pharmacist or indirectly by means of an order signed by the practitioner or an electronic transmission from the practitioner to a pharmacist; or
(b) A chart order written for an inpatient specifying drugs which he or she is to take home upon his or her discharge.
2. The term does not include a chart order written for an inpatient for use while he or she is an inpatient.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 579; A 1979, 1655; 1981, 1958; 1983, 1511; 1987, 1653; 1991, 1953; 1993, 2233; 1995, 1718; 1999, 1916; 2001, 409, 784, 795; 2007, 1863; 2013, 2083; 2023, 1448, 2357)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.139 - "THC" defined.

"THC" means delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and any structural, optical or geometric isomer thereof, including, without limitation:
1. Delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol;
2. Delta-7-tetrahydrocannabinol; and
3. Delta-10-tetrahydrocannabinol.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3085; A 2021, 3155)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.141 - "Ultimate user" defined.

"Ultimate user" means a person who lawfully possesses a controlled substance for his or her own use or the use of a member of the person’s household or for administering to any animal owned by the person or by a member of the person’s household. The term includes the guardian of an ultimate user or any other person authorized in a durable power of attorney to act on the behalf of the ultimate user. The term does not include a patient in or an employee of a medical facility, as defined in NRS 449.0151, who is not statutorily authorized to administer drugs.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2002; A 1987, 950; 1991, 1954; 1993, 1215)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.146 - Powers and duties of Board.

1. The Board shall administer the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552, inclusive, and may add substances to or delete or reschedule all substances enumerated in schedules I, II, III, IV and V by regulation.
2. In making a determination regarding a substance, the Board shall consider the following:
(a) The actual or relative potential for abuse;
(b) The scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known;
(c) The state of current scientific knowledge regarding the substance;
(d) The history and current pattern of abuse;
(e) The scope, duration and significance of abuse;
(f) The risk to the public health;
(g) The potential of the substance to produce psychic or physiological dependence liability; and
(h) Whether the substance is an immediate precursor of a controlled substance.
3. The Board may consider findings of the federal Food and Drug Administration or the Drug Enforcement Administration as prima facie evidence relating to one or more of the determinative factors.
4. After considering the factors enumerated in subsection 2, the Board shall make findings with respect thereto and adopt a regulation controlling the substance if it finds the substance has a potential for abuse.
5. The Board shall designate as a controlled substance a steroid or other product which is used to enhance athletic performance, muscle mass, strength or weight without medical necessity. The Board may not designate as a controlled substance an anabolic steroid which is:
(a) Expressly intended to be administered through an implant to cattle, poultry or other animals; and
(b) Approved by the Food and Drug Administration for such use.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2002; A 1973, 580, 1203; 1977, 72; 1979, 1655; 1981, 734; 1987, 1552, 1654; 1989, 1680; 1991, 1650; 1999, 2637; 2001, 1055; 2003, 551)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.151 - Cooperative arrangements; confidentiality of information.

1. The Board and the Division shall cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging their responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances. To this end, the Board and Division may:
(a) Arrange for the exchange of information among governmental officials concerning the use and abuse of controlled substances;
(b) Coordinate and cooperate in training programs concerning controlled substance law enforcement at local and state levels;
(c) Cooperate with the Drug Enforcement Administration by establishing a centralized unit to accept, catalog, file and collect statistics, including records of drug-dependent persons and other controlled substance law offenders within the State, and make the information available for federal, state and local law enforcement purposes. The Board and the Division shall not furnish the name or identity of a patient or research subject whose identity could not be obtained pursuant to NRS 453.157; and
(d) Conduct programs of eradication aimed at destroying the wild growth or illicit propagation of plant species from which controlled substances may be extracted.
2. Results, information and evidence received from the Drug Enforcement Administration relating to the regulatory functions of the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552, inclusive, including results of inspections conducted by it, may be relied and acted upon by the Board in the exercise of its regulatory functions pursuant to NRS 453.011 to 453.552, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2003; A 1973, 1204; 1991, 484, 1651)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.154 - Division required to prepare certain reports concerning controlled substances; Division and Board may enter into agreements with public agencies; requirements.

1. In this section, "diversion" means the transfer of a controlled substance from a lawful to an unlawful channel of distribution or use.
2. The Division shall regularly prepare and make available to other state regulatory, licensing and law enforcement agencies a report on the patterns and trends of distribution, diversion and abuse of controlled substances.
3. The Board and the Division may enter into written agreements with local, state and federal agencies to improve identification of sources of diversion and to improve enforcement of and compliance with NRS 453.011 to 453.348, inclusive, and other laws and regulations pertaining to unlawful conduct involving controlled substances. An agreement must specify the roles and responsibilities of each agency that has information or authority to identify, prevent or control diversion and abuse of controlled substances. The Board and the Division may convene periodic meetings to coordinate a state program to prevent and control diversion. The Board and the Division may arrange for cooperation and exchange of information among agencies and with other states and the Federal Government.
4. The Division shall report annually to the Governor and the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services and biennially to the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature on the outcome of the program with respect to its effect on distribution and abuse of controlled substances, including recommendations for improving control and prevention of the diversion of controlled substances in this State.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1646; A 2011, 458)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.157 - Confidentiality of information concerning research or medical practice.

A practitioner engaged in medical practice or research is not required or compelled to furnish the name or identity of a patient or research subject to the Board, nor may the practitioner be compelled in any state or local civil, criminal, administrative, legislative or other proceeding to furnish the name or identity of an individual that the practitioner is obligated to keep confidential.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2016)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.159 - Existing orders or regulations unaffected.

Any orders and regulations promulgated under any law affected by NRS 453.011 to 453.552, inclusive, and in effect on January 1, 1972, and not in conflict with it continue in effect until modified, superseded or repealed.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2022; A 1979, 1668)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.163 - Persons registered to dispense controlled substances required to upload certain information to database; agreements with state agency of another state to receive or exchange information obtained by program; immunity from liability for transmitting information.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each person registered pursuant to this chapter to dispense a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III, IV or V for human consumption shall, not later than the end of the next business day after dispensing a controlled substance, upload to the database of the program established pursuant to NRS 453.162 the information described in paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 453.162. The requirements of this subsection do not apply if the controlled substance is administered directly by a practitioner to a patient in a health care facility, as defined in NRS 439.960, a child who is a resident in a child care facility, as defined in NRS 432A.024, or a prisoner, as defined in NRS 208.085. The Board shall establish by regulation and impose administrative penalties for the failure to upload information pursuant to this subsection.
2. The Board and the Division may cooperatively enter into a written agreement with an agency of any other state to provide, receive or exchange information obtained by the program with a program established in that state which is substantially similar to the program established pursuant to NRS 453.162, including, without limitation, providing such state access to the database of the program or transmitting information to and receiving information from such state. Any information provided, received or exchanged as part of an agreement made pursuant to this section may only be used in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
3. A practitioner who is authorized to write prescriptions for and each person who is authorized to dispense controlled substances listed in schedule II, III, IV or V for human consumption who makes a good faith effort to comply with applicable laws and regulations when transmitting to the Board or the Division a report or information required by this section or NRS 453.162 or 453.164, or a regulation adopted pursuant thereto, is immune from civil and criminal liability relating to such action.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1433; A 1999, 245, 1872, 1890; 2001, 417; 2003, 2294; 2007, 735, 2110; 2009, 1303; 2011, 458; 2015, 114, 1169, 1557; 2017, 1178, 4404)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.1635 - Law enforcement agency to upload to database certain information obtained during investigation; limitation on access to database; immunity from liability for transmission of information.

1. If a law enforcement agency arrests a person for a violation of this chapter involving a prescription for a controlled substance or receives a report of a stolen prescription for a controlled substance, the law enforcement agency shall upload to the database such information as prescribed by regulation by the Board.
2. A law enforcement agency shall ensure that only a person who is authorized to access the database of the program pursuant to NRS 453.1645 or 453.165 uploads information pursuant to subsection 1.
3. If a law enforcement agency determines that uploading any information to the database of the program pursuant to subsection 1 will interfere with an active criminal investigation, the agency may postpone uploading such information until after the conclusion of the investigation.
4. Each law enforcement agency and each employee thereof who makes a good faith effort to comply with this section, or a regulation adopted pursuant thereto, is immune from civil and criminal liability for any act or omission relating to the transmission of information pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1175; A 2019, 168)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.1645 - When Board is required to provide access to database to coroner, medical examiner or deputy thereof for certain purposes; access for unauthorized purpose prohibited; suspension or termination of access for violation of provisions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Board shall allow:
(a) A coroner or medical examiner to have Internet access to the database of the computerized program developed pursuant to NRS 453.162 if the coroner or medical examiner has completed the course of training developed pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 453.164.
(b) A deputy of a coroner or medical examiner to have Internet access to the database of the computerized program developed pursuant to NRS 453.162 if:
(1) The deputy has completed the course of training developed pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 453.164; and
(2) The coroner or medical examiner who employs the deputy has submitted the certification required pursuant to subsection 2 to the Board.
2. Before the deputy of a coroner or medical examiner may be given access to the database pursuant to subsection 1, the coroner or medical examiner who employs the deputy must certify to the Board that the deputy has been approved to have such access and meets the requirements of subsection 1. Such certification must be made on a form provided by the Board and renewed annually.
3. When a coroner, medical examiner or deputy thereof accesses the database of the computerized program pursuant to this section, the coroner, medical examiner or deputy thereof must enter a unique user name assigned to the coroner, medical examiner or deputy thereof and, if applicable, the case number corresponding to the investigation being conducted by the coroner, medical examiner or deputy thereof.
4. A coroner, medical examiner or deputy thereof who has access to the database of the computerized program pursuant to subsection 1 may access the database only to investigate the death of a person.
5. The Board or the Division may suspend or terminate access to the database of the computerized program pursuant to this section if a coroner, medical examiner or deputy thereof violates any provision of this section.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1176; A 2019, 171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.165 - Access to database for certain employees of law enforcement agencies; certification; requirements for access; access for unauthorized purpose prohibited; monitoring; authority of Board or Division to terminate access.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Board shall allow an employee of a law enforcement agency to have Internet access to the database of the computerized program developed pursuant to NRS 453.162 if:
(a) The employee has been approved by his or her employer to have such access;
(b) The employee has completed the course of training developed pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 453.164; and
(c) The law enforcement agency has submitted the certification required pursuant to subsection 2 to the Board.
2. Before an employee of a law enforcement agency may be given access to the database pursuant to subsection 1, the law enforcement agency must certify to the Board that the employee has been approved to be given such access and meets the requirements of subsection 1. Such certification must be made on a form provided by the Board and renewed annually.
3. When an employee of a law enforcement agency accesses the database of the computerized program pursuant to this section, the employee must enter a unique user name assigned to the employee and, if applicable, the case number corresponding to the investigation pursuant to which the employee is accessing the database.
4. An employee of a law enforcement agency who is given access to the database of the computerized program pursuant to subsection 1 may access the database for no other purpose than to:
(a) Investigate a crime related to prescription drugs; or
(b) Upload information to the database pursuant to NRS 453.1635.
5. A law enforcement agency whose employees are provided access to the database of the computerized program pursuant to this section shall monitor the use of the database by the employees of the law enforcement agency and establish appropriate disciplinary action to take against an employee who violates the provisions of this section.
6. The Board or the Division may suspend or terminate access to the database of the computerized program pursuant to this section if a law enforcement agency or employee thereof violates any provision of this section.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1557; A 2017, 1179, 4406)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.176 - Schedule II tests.

The Board shall place a substance in schedule II if it finds that:
1. The substance has high potential for abuse;
2. The substance has accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, or accepted medical use with severe restrictions; and
3. The abuse of the substance may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2006; A 1991, 1653)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances › NRS 453.186 - Schedule III tests.

The Board shall place a substance in schedule III if it finds that:
1. The substance has a potential for abuse less than the substances listed in schedules I and II;
2. The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and
3. Abuse of the substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2008)