NRS 453A.250 - Registry identification cards and letters of approval: General requirements concerning designation of primary caregiver; only one designated primary caregiver allowed; timing of issuance of card or letter to caregiver if caregiver designated after initial issuance of card or letter to patient; parent or guardian who is also patient may be designated caregiver for child. [Effective through June 30, 2020.]

NV Rev Stat § 453A.250 (2019) (N/A)

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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 453A.220 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 453A.210; 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 453A.230.

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 453A.210, 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 marijuana registry may be the designated primary caregiver for each such child regardless of whether the person is also listed in the medical marijuana registry as a patient.

(Added to NRS by 2001, 3060; A 2003, 1433; 2009, 623; 2015, 3100; 2017, 3688; R 2019, 3896, effective July 1, 2020)

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