NRS Chapter 453 — CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

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NRS 453.005 — Applicability of chapter to medical use of cannabis.
NRS 453.007 — Inapplicability of chapter to certain veterinary biologic products.
NRS 453.011 — Short title; purpose.
NRS 453.013 — Uniformity of interpretation.
NRS 453.016 — Definitions.
NRS 453.021 — “Administer” defined.
NRS 453.023 — “Advanced practice registered nurse” defined.
NRS 453.026 — “Agent” defined.
NRS 453.031 — “Board” defined.
NRS 453.033 — “CBD” defined.
NRS 453.035 — Certified registered nurse anesthetist” defined.
NRS 453.038 — “Chart order” defined.
NRS 453.039 — “Compound” and “compounding” defined.
NRS 453.042 — “Concentrated cannabis” defined.
NRS 453.043 — “Controlled substance analog” defined.
NRS 453.046 — “Counterfeit substance” defined.
NRS 453.051 — “Deliver” and “delivery” defined.
NRS 453.053 — “Department” defined.
NRS 453.056 — “Dispense” defined.
NRS 453.061 — “Dispenser” defined.
NRS 453.066 — “Distribute” defined.
NRS 453.071 — “Distributor” defined.
NRS 453.076 — “Division” defined.
NRS 453.081 — “Drug” defined.
NRS 453.082 — “Drug Enforcement Administration” defined.
NRS 453.0825 — “Extraction” defined.
NRS 453.083 — “Fill” defined.
NRS 453.085 — “Hospital” defined.
NRS 453.086 — “Immediate precursor” defined.
NRS 453.087 — “Institutional pharmacy” defined.
NRS 453.0875 — “Isomer” defined.
NRS 453.091 — “Manufacture” defined.
NRS 453.096 — “Marijuana” defined.
NRS 453.101 — “Narcotic drug” defined.
NRS 453.103 — “Narcotic use disorder” defined.
NRS 453.106 — “Opiate” defined.
NRS 453.111 — “Opium poppy” defined.
NRS 453.113 — “Person” defined.
NRS 453.115 — “Person with a narcotic use disorder” defined.
NRS 453.117 — “Pharmacy” defined.
NRS 453.118 — “Pharmacy in a correctional institution” defined.
NRS 453.121 — “Poppy straw” defined.
NRS 453.126 — “Practitioner” defined.
NRS 453.128 — “Prescription” defined.
NRS 453.131 — “Production” defined.
NRS 453.134 — “Refill” defined.
NRS 453.136 — “State” defined.
NRS 453.137 — “Steroid” defined.
NRS 453.139 — “THC” defined.
NRS 453.141 — “Ultimate user” defined.
NRS 453.146 — Powers and duties of Board.
NRS 453.151 — Cooperative arrangements; confidentiality of information.
NRS 453.153 — Cooperation between Board and Division required.
NRS 453.154 — Division required to prepare certain reports concerning controlled substances; Division and Board may enter into agreements with public agencies; requirements.
NRS 453.155 — Programs for research and education.
NRS 453.157 — Confidentiality of information concerning research or medical practice.
NRS 453.159 — Existing orders or regulations unaffected.
NRS 453.162 — Development; functions and requirements; Board and Division immune from liability for activities related to program; gifts, grants and donations.
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.
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.
NRS 453.164 — Access to database for certain persons, occupational licensing boards, Board and Division; reporting of illegal activity or inappropriate use of controlled substance; exception to avoid interfering with investigation; practitioner required to notify Board of incorrect information in database; confidentiality of information obtained from program; notice of improper access.
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.
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.
NRS 453.166 — Schedule I tests.
NRS 453.176 — Schedule II tests.
NRS 453.186 — Schedule III tests.
NRS 453.196 — Schedule IV tests.
NRS 453.206 — Schedule V tests.
NRS 453.211 — Review, revision and dissemination of schedules.
NRS 453.216 — Nomenclature.
NRS 453.218 — Addition of immediate precursor to schedule.
NRS 453.2182 — Treatment by Board when substance is designated, rescheduled or deleted as controlled substance by federal law.
NRS 453.2184 — Scheduling of substance by extraordinary regulation.
NRS 453.2186 — Board prohibited from including certain substances on schedule; exceptions; required considerations.
NRS 453.2188 — Placement of substance in schedule allowed if controlled by federal law pursuant to international treaty, convention or protocol.
NRS 453.219 — Controlled substance analog: Treatment as substance in schedule I; notice of prosecution; determination by Board.
NRS 453.221 — Regulations; fees.
NRS 453.226 — Requirements for registration; authority of registrant; exemptions and waivers; inspections.
NRS 453.231 — Registration: Public interest; specific controlled substances; research.
NRS 453.232 — Penalty for failure to register.
NRS 453.233 — Notice of conviction of registered person to be furnished.
NRS 453.236 — Suspension and revocation of registration to dispense; seizure or placement under seal of controlled substance owned or possessed by registrant; notification of suspension or revocation of registration or forfeiture of controlled substances to appropriate authority; registrant prohibited from employing person whose pharmacist’s certificate was suspended or revoked.
NRS 453.241 — Administrative proceedings to deny, suspend or revoke registration.
NRS 453.246 — Recordkeeping and inventory requirements for registrants.
NRS 453.251 — Order forms.
NRS 453.256 — Prescriptions; requirements for dispensing certain substances; penalty.
NRS 453.257 — Filling second or subsequent prescriptions.
NRS 453.261 — Administrative inspections.
NRS 453.266 — Administrative warrant for inspection.
NRS 453.271 — Powers of enforcement of officers and employees of Division.
NRS 453.276 — Injunctions.
NRS 453.281 — Burden of proof; immunity of officers from liability.
NRS 453.286 — Judicial review.
NRS 453.301 — Property subject to forfeiture.
NRS 453.305 — Forfeiture of real property or mobile home: Notices to owner.
NRS 453.311 — Controlled substances; plants; seizure and forfeiture.
NRS 453.316 — Unlawful to open or maintain place for unlawful sale, gift or use of controlled substance; penalties; exceptions.
NRS 453.321 — Offer, attempt or commission of unauthorized act relating to controlled or counterfeit substance unlawful; penalties; prohibition against probation or suspension of sentence for certain repeat offenders unless mitigating circumstances exist.
NRS 453.322 — Offer, attempt or commission of unauthorized act relating to manufacture or compounding of certain controlled substances unlawful; penalties; prohibition against probation of offenders.
NRS 453.324 — Unlawful to possess or dispose of methamphetamine manufacturing waste; exception; penalty.
NRS 453.326 — Unlawful acts relating to recordkeeping, inspections and knowingly keeping or maintaining place where controlled substances are unlawfully used, kept or sold; penalty.
NRS 453.331 — Unlawful acts relating to distribution of certain controlled substances by registrants, use of unauthorized registration number and possession of signed blank prescription forms; certain fraudulent acts prohibited; penalty.
NRS 453.332 — Unlawful acts relating to imitation controlled substances; penalties.
NRS 453.3325 — Unlawful to allow child to be present during commission of certain violations which involve controlled substances other than marijuana; penalties; probation or suspended sentence prohibited.
NRS 453.333 — Penalties for making available controlled substance which causes death.
NRS 453.3335 — Additional penalty for failing to render or seek medical assistance for person injured or killed by use of controlled substance under certain circumstances.
NRS 453.334 — Penalty for second or subsequent offense of sale of controlled substance to minor.
NRS 453.3345 — Additional penalty for commission of certain violations at or near school, school bus stop, recreational facilities for minors or public park.
NRS 453.3351 — Additional penalty for commission of certain violations which involve methamphetamine under certain circumstances.
NRS 453.3353 — Additional and alternative penalties for commission of certain violations which involve controlled substances other than marijuana and result in death or substantial bodily harm to another person.
NRS 453.3355 — Intentional misrepresentation of fentanyl product; penalties.
NRS 453.336 — Unlawful possession not for purpose of sale: Prohibition; penalties; exception.
NRS 453.3361 — Unlawful possession not for purpose of sale: Local ordinances adopting penalties for certain similar offenses; allocation of fines collected for violation of local ordinance.
NRS 453.3363 — Suspension of proceedings and probation of accused under certain conditions; effect of discharge and dismissal.
NRS 453.3365 — Sealing of record of person convicted of possession of controlled substance not for purpose of sale; conditions.
NRS 453.337 — Unlawful possession for sale of flunitrazepam, gamma-hydroxybutyrate and schedule I or II substances; penalties.
NRS 453.338 — Unlawful possession for sale of substances classified in schedule III, IV or V; penalties.
NRS 453.3383 — Determination of weight of controlled substance for purposes of NRS 453.3385
NRS 453.3385 — Trafficking in controlled substances: Flunitrazepam, gamma-hydroxybutyrate and schedule I or II substances, except marijuana.
NRS 453.3387 — Trafficking in controlled substances: Fentanyl.
NRS 453.339 — Trafficking in controlled substances: Marijuana or concentrated cannabis.
NRS 453.3393 — Unlawful to produce or process marijuana or extract concentrated cannabis; exception; penalties.
NRS 453.3405 — Trafficking in controlled substances: Suspended sentence limited; eligibility for parole; reduction or suspension of sentence of person assisting in investigation or prosecution of any offense; consideration of factors by court; suspension of sentence of person convicted of trafficking in fentanyl.
NRS 453.341 — Prosecution or proceeding under prior law unaffected.
NRS 453.346 — Effect of conviction or acquittal under federal or other state laws.
NRS 453.348 — Previous convictions.
NRS 453.352 — Definitions.
NRS 453.3525 — “Logbook” defined.
NRS 453.353 — “Product that is a precursor to methamphetamine” defined.
NRS 453.3535 — “Retail distributor” defined.
NRS 453.354 — Manner of keeping, storing or placing methamphetamine precursor.
NRS 453.355 — Limitations on sale or transfer of methamphetamine precursor by retail distributor; exception.
NRS 453.357 — Retail distributor to maintain logbook; information required to be entered in logbook at time of sale or transfer of methamphetamine precursor; requirements for sale or transfer of methamphetamine precursor; notice concerning entering false statement or representation in logbook; maintenance of entries in logbook; limitation on accessing, using, sharing or disclosing information in logbook.
NRS 453.358 — Civil penalty for violation.
NRS 453.3585 — Limitations on acquisition of methamphetamine precursor; exception; penalties.
NRS 453.359 — Penalty for entering false statement or representation in logbook.
NRS 453.3611 — Definitions.
NRS 453.3615 — “Dangerous drug” defined.
NRS 453.3618 — “Illegal Internet pharmacy” defined.
NRS 453.3621 — “Imitation controlled substance” defined.
NRS 453.3625 — “Internet” defined.
NRS 453.3628 — “Prescription drug” defined.
NRS 453.3633 — Circumstances under which person has “reasonable cause to believe.”
NRS 453.3635 — Applicability.
NRS 453.3638 — Unlawful acts relating to filling or refilling prescription or delivering certain substances or drugs; aiding unlawful act prohibited; penalties; multiple punishments authorized.
NRS 453.3639 — Unlawful acts relating to filling or refilling prescription via Internet; exception; aiding unlawful act prohibited; penalties; penalty not exclusive.
NRS 453.3643 — Unlawful acts relating to issuance of prescription; circumstances under which practitioner or person licensed by another jurisdiction is prohibited from prescribing prescription drug; aiding unlawful act prohibited; penalties; multiple punishments authorized.
NRS 453.3648 — Concurrent jurisdiction of Attorney General and district attorneys to prosecute violations.
NRS 453.371 — Definitions.
NRS 453.375 — Persons authorized to possess and administer controlled substances.
NRS 453.377 — Authority to dispense controlled substances.
NRS 453.381 — Limitations on prescribing, possessing, administering, transporting and dispensing controlled substances.
NRS 453.385 — Adoption of regulations governing prescriptions for controlled substances; compliance with federal law.
NRS 453.391 — Unlawful taking or obtaining of controlled substance or prescription.
NRS 453.401 — Penalties for conspiracy.
NRS 453.411 — Unlawful use of controlled substance; penalty.
NRS 453.421 — Penalty for violation of NRS 453.371
NRS 453.431 — Unlawful acts relating to filling and refilling prescriptions and obtaining controlled substance or prescription; authorization to request proper identification from person requesting controlled substance.
NRS 453.505 — Controlled substance for which prescription is not required: Violation of regulation by pharmacist; misrepresentation to pharmacist to obtain controlled substance; penalties.
NRS 453.521 — Unlawful possession or sale of nasal inhaler; exception.
NRS 453.530 — Sale of dextromethorphan to minor or purchase of dextromethorphan by minor without prescription prohibited; person deemed to be in compliance under certain circumstances; civil penalty; preemption of local law or regulation.
NRS 453.541 — Sacramental use of peyote permitted.
NRS 453.551 — Immunity for acts in performance of official duties.
NRS 453.552 — Criminal penalties additional to civil penalties or sanctions.
NRS 453.553 — Action to recover civil penalty: Persons liable for civil penalty; action to be brought by Attorney General or district attorney; definitions.
NRS 453.5531 — Action to recover civil penalty: Amount of money recoverable as civil penalty.
NRS 453.5532 — Money collected as civil penalty: Limitations on use.
NRS 453.5533 — Limitation on action to recover civil penalty; effect of criminal proceeding on civil action.
NRS 453.554 — “Drug paraphernalia” defined.
NRS 453.556 — Factors for identifying object as item of drug paraphernalia.
NRS 453.557 — Provision, administration or use of testing product not unlawful; immunity from professional sanction or civil liability.
NRS 453.558 — Injunctions.
NRS 453.560 — Unlawful delivery, sale, possession or manufacture.
NRS 453.562 — Unlawful delivery to minor.
NRS 453.564 — Unlawful advertising.
NRS 453.566 — Unlawful use or possession.
NRS 453.568 — Report of loss or theft of controlled substance.
NRS 453.570 — Amount of controlled substance needed to sustain conviction for prohibited offense.
NRS 453.572 — Prohibition on production, distribution, sale or offering to sell synthetic cannabinoid.
NRS 453.575 — Fee for analysis of controlled substance or other substance or drug: Inclusion in sentence of offender; distribution and use of proceeds.
NRS 453.577 — Authority of Board not limited by authority of other regulatory bodies.
NRS 453.578 — Reporting of certain information relating to fentanyl.
NRS 453.600 — Declaration of legislative purpose.
NRS 453.660 — Experimental and clinical programs; personnel; regulations.
NRS 453.670 — Local governments may assist programs and services.
NRS 453.680 — Cooperative agreements.
NRS 453.690 — Information to be furnished.
NRS 453.700 — Application for treatment; regulations relating to voluntary submission.
NRS 453.710 — Liability for costs of treatment.
NRS 453.720 — Confidential and privileged information.
NRS 453.730 — Emergency treatment authorized without notification to law enforcement officer or agency.