2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 453A - Medical Use of Marijuana
NRS 453A.324 - Registration of establishments: Limitation on total number of certificates that can be issued in each county; limitation on number of days Division may accept applications in calendar year.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 453A.326, the Division shall issue medical marijuana establishment registration certificates for medical marijuana dispensaries in the following quantities for applicants who qualify pursuant to NRS 453A.322:

(a) In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, 40 certificates;

(b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000, ten certificates;

(c) In a county whose population is 55,000 or more but less than 100,000, two certificates; and

(d) In each other county, one certificate.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1, the Division shall not issue medical marijuana establishment registration certificates for medical marijuana dispensaries in such a quantity as to cause the existence within the applicable county of more than one medical marijuana dispensary for every ten pharmacies that have been licensed in the county pursuant to chapter 639 of NRS. The Division may issue medical marijuana establishment registration certificates for medical marijuana dispensaries in excess of the ratio otherwise allowed pursuant to this subsection if to do so is necessary to ensure that the Division issues at least one medical marijuana establishment registration certificate in each county of this State in which the Division has approved an application for such an establishment to operate.

3. With respect to medical marijuana establishments that are not medical marijuana dispensaries, the Division shall determine the appropriate number of such establishments as are necessary to serve and supply the medical marijuana dispensaries to which the Division has granted medical marijuana establishment registration certificates.

4. The Division shall not, for more than a total of ten business days in any one calendar year, accept applications to operate medical marijuana establishments.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 3705)