Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 678A.075 “Component cannabis establishment” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Component cannabis establishment” means an individual cannabis establishment which is part of a combined cannabis establishment. [Cannabis Compliance Bd., §1.080, eff. 8-5-2020]…

NAC 678A.080 “Conditional license” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650) “Conditional license” refers to the status of a license for a cannabis establishment wherein the applicant has completed the suitability investigation by Board agents and has been found suitable after the Board’…

NAC 678A.085 “Disabled” and “disability” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.383, 678B.650) A natural person is deemed to be disabled or to have a disability when said natural person suffers from a physical impairment which prevents that person from competently operating or managing a c…

NAC 678A.090 “Excise tax on cannabis” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Excise tax on cannabis” means any excise tax imposed by chapter 372A or 678B of NRS. [Cannabis Compliance Bd., §1.085, eff. 8-5-2020] REVISER’S NOTE. The provisions of this section were d…

NAC 678A.095 “Extraction” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Extraction” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 453.0825. [Cannabis Compliance Bd., §1.090, eff. 8-5-2020] REVISER’S NOTE. The provisions of this section were derived from: 1. Former NAC 453A.0565,…

NAC 678A.100 “Fair market value” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Fair market value” means the value established by the Department of Taxation based on the price that a buyer would pay to a seller in an arm’s length transaction for cannabis in the wholesale …

NAC 678A.105 “Foreign matter” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Foreign matter” means: 1. Stems which are 3 millimeters or more in diameter and constitute more than 5 percent of the cannabis product; or 2. Any physical contaminant which is included in the can…

NAC 678A.110 “Growing unit” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Growing unit” means an area within a cannabis cultivation facility in which growing operations are performed at all stages of growth. The term includes, without limitation, multiple rooms or areas …

NAC 678A.115 “Imminent health hazard” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Imminent health hazard” means a situation that requires immediate correction or cessation of operations to prevent injury or serious illness as determined by the Board pursuant to NAC 678…

NAC 678A.120 “Incapacitated” and “incapacity” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.383, 678B.650) A natural person is deemed to be incapacitated or to have an incapacity when said natural person meets the definition of an “incapacitated person” under NRS 132.175. [Cannabis Compliance Bd.…

NAC 678A.125 “Label” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Label” means written or printed material affixed to or included with cannabis or a cannabis product to provide identification or other information. [Cannabis Compliance Bd., §1.115, eff. 8-5-2020] REVISER…

NAC 678A.130 “Letter of approval” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490) 1. “Letter of approval” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 678C.070. 2. The term does not include: (a) A letter issued by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Human Servi…

NAC 678A.135 “Lot” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Lot” means: 1. The flowers from one or more cannabis plants of the same batch, in a quantity that weighs 5 pounds (2,268 grams) or less; 2. The leaves or other plant matter from one or more cannabis plants …

NAC 678A.140 “Multiple-serving edible cannabis product” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Multiple-serving edible cannabis product” means an edible cannabis product which is offered for sale to a consumer and contains, within a variance of 15 percent of the p…

NAC 678A.145 “Packaging” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Packaging” means the immediate consumer-facing wrapper or container in which usable cannabis or cannabis product is packaged. [Cannabis Compliance Bd., §1.135, eff. 8-5-2020; A 8-13-2021] REVISER’S NO…

NAC 678A.150 “Person” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Person” means natural persons, applicants, limited partnerships, limited-liability companies, corporations, publicly traded corporations, private investment companies, trusts, holding companies or other …

NAC 678A.155 “Pesticide” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Pesticide” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 586.195. [Cannabis Compliance Bd., §1.140, eff. 8-5-2020] REVISER’S NOTE. The provisions of this section were derived from: 1. Former NAC 453A.069, whi…

NAC 678A.160 “Potential total THC” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Potential total THC” means the sum of the percentage by weight of tetrahydrocannabinolic acid multiplied by 0.877 plus the percentage by weight of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and delta-8-te…

NAC 678A.165 “Potentially hazardous cannabis products and ingredients” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) 1. “Potentially hazardous cannabis products and ingredients” means an edible item that is natural or synthetic and that requires temperature control becaus…

NAC 678A.170 “Premises” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Premises” means: 1. Any temporary or permanent structure, including, without limitation, any building, house, room, apartment, tenement, shed, carport, garage, shop, warehouse, store, mill, barn, stabl…

NAC 678A.175 “Private residence” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Private residence” means any building, buildings or part of a building owned or leased by a public or private entity which serves as a private, non-transient residential dwelling unit. Private…

NAC 678A.180 “Production run” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Production run” means: 1. For the extraction of concentrated cannabis by a cannabis establishment, the combination of one or more lots used to make the same product in one homogenous mixture prod…

NAC 678A.185 “Production run number” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Production run number” means a unique numeric or alphanumeric identifier assigned to a production run by a cannabis production facility which accounts for each batch or lot or any concentr…

NAC 678A.190 “Proficiency testing” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Proficiency testing” means the evaluation, relative to a given set of criteria, of the performance, under controlled conditions, of a cannabis independent testing laboratory in analyzing unk…

NAC 678A.195 “Proficiency testing program” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Proficiency testing program” means the program established by the Board pursuant to NAC 678B.548 to evaluate the proficiency of cannabis independent testing laboratories in this Stat…

NAC 678A.200 “Proficiency testing provider” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Proficiency testing provider” means a person or organization operating a proficiency testing program which has been certified as meeting the requirements of standard ISO/IEC 17043 o…

NAC 678A.205 “Proficiency testing sample” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Proficiency testing sample” means a sample, the composition of which is unknown to the cannabis independent testing laboratory, provided to a cannabis independent testing laboratory t…

NAC 678A.210 “Prospective license” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650) “Prospective license” refers to the status of an application for a license for a cannabis establishment wherein the applicant has met the minimum scoring guidelines to qualify for licensure and has been selected…

NAC 678A.215 “Public transportation” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) 1. “Public transportation” means: (a) Buses; (b) Trains; (c) Subways; and (d) Other forms of transportation which charge a fare and are available to the public. 2. Public transportation doe…

NAC 678A.220 “Ready-to-consume cannabis product” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678D.480, 678D.500) 1. “Ready-to-consume cannabis product” means an adult-use edible cannabis product that is: (a) Prepared or infused on the premises of a cannabis consumption lounge; (b) Presente…

NAC 678A.225 “Sample protocols” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Sample protocols” means the procedures specified by the Board which are required to be used to obtain samples of cannabis for quality assurance testing. [Cannabis Compliance Bd., §1.200, eff. 8…

NAC 678A.230 “Security equipment” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Security equipment” means a system of video cameras, monitors, recorders, video printers, motion detectors, exterior lighting, electronic monitoring and other ancillary equipment used for sur…

NAC 678A.235 “Seed-to-sale tracking system” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Seed-to-sale tracking system” means an electronic database which is used to monitor the current chain of custody of cannabis from the point of acquisition or planting to the end con…

NAC 678A.240 “Separate operations” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Separate operations” means any area in which a component cannabis establishment must maintain legal and operational separation from all other component cannabis establishments within a combi…

NAC 678A.245 “Single-serving edible cannabis product” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Single-serving edible cannabis product” means an edible cannabis product which is offered for sale to a consumer and contains not more than 10 milligrams of THC. [Cannabis…

NAC 678A.250 “Single-use cannabis product” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678D.480, 678D.500) 1. “Single-use cannabis product” means a type of cannabis or adult-use cannabis product, other than a ready-to-consume cannabis product, that the Board has determined appropriate for …

NAC 678A.255 “Surveillance” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Surveillance” means the capability to observe and record activities being conducted outside and inside a cannabis establishment. [Cannabis Compliance Bd., §1.225, eff. 8-5-2020] REVISER’S NOTE. The…

NAC 678A.260 “Vending machine” defined. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) “Vending machine” is an automated machine that provides items to consumers. [Cannabis Compliance Bd., §1.235, eff. 8-5-2020]

NAC 678A.265 “Address” interpreted. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.250, 678B.650) “Address,” for purposes of sub-subparagraph (II) of subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 3 of NRS 678B.250 and NAC 678B.059 means at least the specific local jurisdiction, either county or incorpora…

NAC 678A.270 “Cannabis” interpreted to exclude hemp. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) For the purpose of title 56 of NRS, the Board will interpret “cannabis” to exclude hemp, as defined in NRS 557.160, which is grown or cultivated pursuant to chapter 557 of NRS. [Cann…

NAC 678A.275 “Derived” interpreted. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650) For purposes of NRS 678A.239, “derived” means obtained directly from a plant of the genus Cannabis as used in the definition of cannabis in NRS 678A.085 or hemp in NRS 557.160, whether naturally or through an extraction…

NAC 678A.280 “Immature cannabis plant” and “mature cannabis plant” interpreted. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) For the purposes of title 56 of NRS: 1. “Immature cannabis plant” means a cannabis plant with no observable flowers or buds. 2. “Mature cannabis plant” mea…

NAC 678A.285 Promulgation, amendment and repeal of regulations by Board; effect on regulations of Department of Taxation concerning licensing and regulation of marijuana establishments and medical marijuana establishments. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) This chapter…

NAC 678A.290 Construction. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) Nothing contained in this chapter or chapter 678B or 678D of NAC shall be so construed as to conflict with any provision of title 56 of NRS or of any other applicable statute. [Cannabis Compliance Bd., §1.020…

NAC 678A.295 Severability. (NRS 678A.450, 678B.650, 678C.490, 678D.500) If any provision of this chapter or chapter 678B or 678D of NAC is held invalid, it shall not be construed to invalidate any of the other provisions of this chapter or chapter 678B or 678D of NAC. [Cannabis C…

NAC 678A.350 Definitions. As used in NAC 678A.350 to 678A.375, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 678A.355 and 678A.360 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Supplied in codification)

NAC 678A.355 “Commission Chair” defined. (NRS 678A.450) “Commission Chair” means the Chair of the Cannabis Advisory Commission or the Chair’s designee. [Cannabis Compliance Bd., §3.010, eff. 8-5-2020]