1. A medical cannabis establishment is prohibited from acquiring, possessing, cultivating, manufacturing, delivering, transferring, transporting, supplying or dispensing cannabis for any purpose except to:

(a) Directly or indirectly assist patients who possess valid registry identification cards;

(b) Assist patients who possess valid registry identification cards or letters of approval by way of those patients’ designated primary caregivers; and

(c) Return for a refund cannabis, medical edible cannabis products or medical cannabis-infused products to the medical cannabis establishment from which the cannabis, medical edible cannabis products or medical cannabis-infused products were acquired.

For the purposes of this subsection, a person shall be deemed to be a patient who possesses a valid registry identification card or letter of approval if he or she qualifies for nonresident reciprocity pursuant to NRS 678C.470.

2. A medical cannabis dispensary and a medical cultivation facility may acquire usable cannabis or cannabis plants from a person who holds a valid registry identification card, including, without limitation, a designated primary caregiver. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the patient or caregiver, as applicable, must receive no compensation for the cannabis. A patient who holds a valid registry identification card, and the designated primary caregiver of such a patient, or the designated primary caregiver of a person who holds a letter of approval may sell usable cannabis to a medical cannabis dispensary one time and may sell cannabis plants to a cultivation facility one time.

3. A medical cannabis production facility and a medical cannabis dispensary may acquire hemp, as defined in NRS 557.160, or a commodity or product made using such hemp from a grower or handler registered by the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to chapter 557 of NRS. A medical cannabis production facility may use hemp or a commodity or product made using such hemp to manufacture medical cannabis products. A medical cannabis dispensary may dispense hemp or a commodity or product made using such hemp and medical edible cannabis products and medical cannabis-infused products manufactured using hemp or a commodity or product made using such hemp.

4. A dual licensee:

(a) Shall comply with the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection 7 of NRS 678B.650 with respect to the medical cannabis establishment operated by the dual licensee; and

(b) May, to the extent authorized by such regulations, combine the location or operations of the medical cannabis establishment operated by the dual licensee with the adult-use cannabis establishment operated by the dual licensee.

5. If a medical cannabis establishment is operated by a dual licensee, any provision of this section which is determined by the Board to be unreasonably impracticable pursuant to subsection 8 of NRS 678B.650 does not apply to the medical cannabis establishment.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 3824, effective July 1, 2020)