453A.250 - Registry identification cards: General requirements concerning designation of primary caregiver; user of medical marijuana not to have more than one designated primary caregiver; timing of

453A.250  Registry identification cards: General requirements concerning designation of primary caregiver; user of medical marijuana not to have more than one designated primary caregiver; timing of issuance of card to caregiver if caregiver designated after initial issuance of card to patient.

      1.  If a person who applies to the Division for a registry identification card or to whom the Division or its designee has issued a registry identification card pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 453A.220 desires to designate a primary caregiver, the person must:

      (a) To designate a primary caregiver at the time of application, submit to the Division the information required pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 2 of NRS 453A.210; or

      (b) To designate a primary caregiver after the Division or its designee has issued a registry identification card to the person, submit to the Division the information required pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 453A.230.

      2.  A person may have only one designated primary caregiver at any one time.

      3.  If a person designates a primary caregiver after the time that the person initially applies for a registry identification card, the Division or its designee shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 of NRS 453A.210, issue a registry identification card to the designated primary caregiver as soon as practicable after receiving the information submitted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 3060; A 2003, 1433; 2009, 623)