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SFY18 MME Renewal and Payment of Registration Fees

• SFY18 MME Renewal and Payment of Registration Fees

IMPORTANT MESSAGE RE: HIGH TIMES CANNABIS CUP

• High Times Cannabis Cup Letter

LETTERS FROM NEVADA DHHS WITH OREGON POSTMARKS ARE LEGITIMATE

Please read them and defer to the Call Center phone number provided if you need additional information.

PATIENT AND DISPENSARY PORTAL IS RESTORED

The online patient registration and point of sale functions are repaired. Patients may now resume using the online function for initial or renewal applications. Dispensaries may resume using the portal for point of sale purposes.

Online Patient Registering is Here

• LINK TO ONLINE PATIENT REGISTERING

Marijuana Establishment Agent Registration

To access the Marijuana Establishment Agent Card Application and Checklist, please click on the following link:

https://www.tax.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/taxnvgov/Content/Forms/Agent%20application.pdf

INFORMATION ON ANNUAL REGISTRATION RENEWAL FEES

• Instructions Based on Certificate Expiration Dates

Notice of Public Hearing: Proposed Regulation Changes

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health will hold a public hearing to consider amendments to Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 453A. The hearing will be conducted on site in Carson City and videoconference in Las Vegas beginning at 9:00AM on August 29, 2016. See Notice of Public Hearing for details.

• Adopted Regulations of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health LCB File No. R148-15
• Agenda for Public Hearing August 29, 2016
• Notice of Public Hearing
• Small Business Impact Statement

Technical Bulletin: Nonresident Medical Marijuana Sales Guidance

• Nonresident Medical Marijuana Sales Guidance
• Nonresident Medical Marijuana Sales Guidance Follow-up

The following states have medical marijuana programs and issue medical marijuana cards:

ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DELAWARE, ELY SHOSHONE TRIBE, HAWAII, ILLINOIS, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NEW MEXICO, OHIO, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, YERINGTON PAIUTE TRIBE 

The Medical Marijuana dispensaries of the State of Nevada are authorized to sell medical marijuana to card holders from the states above if the patient presents a State or local government-issued medical marijuana card.

Passed in 2016 and coming soon: ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA

Which Dispensaries are Open? Updated June 19, 2017

• Open Dispensaries

What is "significant progress"?

• Significant Progress

Notice of Public Workshop: Proposed Regulation Changes

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health will hold a public workshop to consider amendments to Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 453A. The workshop will be conducted on site in Carson City and videoconference in Las Vegas beginning at 1:30PM on February 4, 2016. See agenda for details.

• Public Workshop Agenda
• Small Business Impact Questionnaire
• Small Business Impact Statement
• Revised 453A Proposed Regulation Changes January 20, 2016

Get Help and Information

The Medical Marijuana Establishment Program functions under the authority of Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) Chapter 453A, the Medical Use of Marijuana. The Program certifies, inspects, audits, coordinates and educates hundreds of state-certified medical marijuana establishments in Nevada: dispensaries, cultivation facilities, production facilities and independent testing laboratories.

Medical Marijuana Proposed Regulation Changes

• NAC 453A Proposed Regulation Changes, 12-22-2015
• Small Business Impact Questionnaire

Medical Marijuana Establishments with Final Certificates as of May 10, 2017

Establishment Application Filing Period is Closed

For 10 days during August, 2014, the Division accepted 519 applications for medical marijuana establishments.  In November, 2014, 372 provisional certificates were issued.  Starting in early 2015 and continuing into 2016, these establishments will open for business.  It is unknown if or when the next filing period will take place.

• See the 2014 Medical Marijuana Establishment Application

Subscribe to the MM Listserv to be Notified of Upcoming Application Filing Periods

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Provisional Certificates Awarded in November, 2014: Scores and Rankings

• Cultivation Facilities
• Dispensaries
• Independent Testing Laboratories
• Production Facilities

Medical Marijuana Program Timeline

November, 2000: 65% of Nevada voters approve ballot question 9 to allow the use of medical marijuana in Nevada. Nevada becomes a home cultivation state with a patient registry, to be outlined in NRS 453A, the Medical Use of Marijuana.

October, 2001: Question 9 effective date.

June, 2013: Senate Bill 374 signed by Governor Brian Sandoval to provide for medical marijuana establishments including cultivation, production, dispensaries and laboratories. NRS 453A is modified to include medical marijuana establishment regulation.

August 5-18, 2014: Ten-day filing period for medical marijuana establishment applications: 519 were submitted. The Division began the 90-day application scoring and ranking process.

November 3, 2014: Applicants for medical marijuana establishments were notified. A total of 372 provisional certificates were granted: 182 for cultivation; 118 for production; 55 for dispensaries; 17 for independent testing laboratories.

March, 2015: The first medical marijuana establishments receive final certification and open for business. They are a cultivator and a laboratory, both located in northern Nevada. 

August, 2015:  The first medical marijuana dispensary opens for business in Nevada. It is located in Sparks.