2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 597 - Miscellaneous Trade Regulations and Prohibited Acts
NRS 597.998 - Prohibited acts relating to sale, preparation, distribution or advertisement of kratom products or products containing kratom.
1. A person shall not knowingly sell or offer to sell any material, compound, mixture or preparation containing a kratom product to a child under the age of 18 years.
2. A person shall not knowingly prepare, distribute, advertise, sell or offer to sell a kratom product that is adulterated with a substance that affects the quality or strength of the kratom product to such a degree as to render the kratom product injurious to a consumer. A person has not violated the provisions of this subsection if he or she can show by a preponderance of evidence that he or she relied in good faith upon the representations of a manufacturer, processor, packer or distributor of the kratom product.
3. A person shall not sell a kratom product that does not have a label that clearly sets forth the ingredients and directions for the safe and effective use of the kratom product.
4. A person who violates any provision of this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation.
5. As used in this section, "kratom product" means any product or ingredient containing:
(a) Any part of the leaf of the Mitragyna Speciosa plant if the plant contains the alkaloid mitragynine or 7-hydroxymitragynine; or
(b) A synthetic material that contains the alkaloid mitragynine or 7-hydroxymitragynine,
regardless of whether the product or ingredient is labeled or sold for human consumption.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2658)
