Title 40

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 beque…

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 o…

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 When the trust fund has not less than $75,000 on deposit, the initial $25,000 may be withdrawn. 3. T…

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 dire…

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 …

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 au…

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…

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 publi…

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 endowmen…

NRS 452.740 Violations: Liability; penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 452.710 to 452.725, inclusive, or 452.735 is personally liable for the violation and is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2754)

NRS 453.005 Applicability of chapter to medical use of cannabis. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of title 56 of NRS. (Added to NRS by 2001, 3066; A 2019, 3875)

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) Direc…

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 tho…

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, 2…

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 197…

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 pra…

NRS 453.023 “Advanced practice registered nurse” defined. “Advanced practice registered nurse” means a registered nurse who holds a valid license as an advanced practice registered nurse issued by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to NRS 632.237. (Added to NRS by 1991, 793; A 2…

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 pract…

NRS 453.031 “Board” defined. “Board” means the State Board of Pharmacy. (Added to NRS by 1971, 2000; A 1977, 1221)

NRS 453.033 “CBD” defined. “CBD” means cannabidiol, which is a primary phytocannabinoid compound found in marijuana. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3085)

NRS 453.035 “Certified registered nurse anesthetist” defined. “Certified registered nurse anesthetist” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 632.014. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1446)

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 Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division of the Nevada Health…

NRS 453.039 “Compound” and “compounding” defined. “Compound” or “compounding” means to form or make up a composite product by combining two or more different ingredients. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1671)

NRS 453.042 “Concentrated cannabis” defined. “Concentrated cannabis” means the extracted or separated resin, whether crude or purified, containing THC or CBD from marijuana. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3085)

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…

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…

NRS 453.051 “Deliver” and “delivery” defined. “Deliver” or “delivery” means the actual, constructive or attempted transfer from one person to another of a controlled substance, whether or not there is an agency relationship. (Added to NRS by 1971, 2000)

NRS 453.053 “Department” defined. “Department” means the Department of Human Services. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1671)

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, lab…

NRS 453.061 “Dispenser” defined. “Dispenser” means a practitioner who dispenses. (Added to NRS by 1971, 2000)

NRS 453.066 “Distribute” defined. “Distribute” means to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a controlled substance. The term includes wholesale distribution as defined in NRS 639.0155. (Added to NRS by 1971, 2000; A 1991, 1160)

NRS 453.071 “Distributor” defined. “Distributor” means a person who distributes. The term includes a wholesaler as defined in NRS 639.016. (Added to NRS by 1971, 2000; A 1991, 1160)

NRS 453.076 “Division” defined. “Division” means the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety. (Added to NRS by 1971, 2000; A 1981, 2014; 1985, 1996; 2001, 2624)

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 diag…

NRS 453.082 “Drug Enforcement Administration” defined. “Drug Enforcement Administration” means the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States Department of Justice, or its successor agency. (Added to NRS by 1991, 484)

NRS 453.0825 “Extraction” defined. “Extraction” means the process or act of extracting THC or CBD from marijuana, including, without limitation, pushing, pulling or drawing out THC or CBD from marijuana. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3085)

NRS 453.083 “Fill” defined. “Fill” means the counting, measuring, compounding, pouring, packaging and labeling required to prepare a drug for either direct or indirect delivery to a patient. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1672)

NRS 453.085 “Hospital” defined. “Hospital” means any facility which is licensed by the Nevada Health Authority 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 o…

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. Wh…

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 in…

NRS 453.0875 “Isomer” defined. “Isomer” means an optical isomer, but in subsection 5 of NRS 453.101 the term includes a geometric isomer. (Added to NRS by 1991, 1644)

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…

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 prep…

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 opi…

NRS 453.103 “Narcotic use disorder” defined. “Narcotic use disorder” means compulsion to continue taking or psychic or physical dependence on the effects of a narcotic drug. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1672)

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 derivative…