1. The provisions of this chapter do not permit any person to engage in and do not prevent the imposition of any civil, criminal, or other penalty for:
(a) Driving, operating, or being in actual physical control of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel under power or sail while under the influence of marijuana or while impaired by marijuana;
(b) Knowingly delivering, giving, selling, administering, or offering to sell, administer, give, or deliver marijuana to a person under 21 years of age, unless:
(1) The recipient is permitted to possess marijuana pursuant to chapter 453A of NRS; or
(2) The person demanded and was shown bona fide documentary evidence of the majority and identity of the recipient issued by a federal, state, county, or municipal government, or subdivision or agency thereof;
(c) Possession or use of marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia on the grounds of, or within, any facility or institution under the jurisdiction of the Nevada Department of Corrections;
(d) Possession or use of marijuana on the grounds of, or within, a school providing instruction in preschool, kindergarten, or any grades 1 through 12; or
(e) Undertaking any task under the influence of marijuana that constitutes negligence or professional malpractice.
2. The provisions of this chapter do not prohibit:
(a) A public or private employer from maintaining, enacting, and enforcing a workplace policy prohibiting or restricting actions or conduct otherwise permitted under this chapter;
(b) A state or local government agency that occupies, owns, or controls a building from prohibiting or otherwise restricting the consumption, cultivation, processing, manufacture, sale, delivery, or transfer of marijuana in that building;
(c) A person who occupies, owns, or controls a privately owned property from prohibiting or otherwise restricting the smoking, cultivation, processing, manufacture, sale, delivery, or transfer of marijuana on that property; or
(d) A locality from adopting and enforcing local marijuana control measures pertaining to zoning and land use for marijuana establishments.
3. Nothing in the provisions of this chapter shall be construed as in any manner affecting the provisions of chapter 453A of NRS relating to the medical use of marijuana.
(Added to NRS by 2016 initiative petition, Ballot Question No. 2; R 2019, 3896, effective July 1, 2020)
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