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Nevada Revised Statutes - Food and Other CommoditiesLegal Research Home > Nevada Lawyer > Food and Other Commodities > Nevada Revised Statutes - Food and Other Commodities Sponsored LinksNevada Revised Statutes Section 581.001 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 581.002 to 581.022, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.002 “Bulk sale” defined. “Bulk sale” means the sale of commodities when the quantity is determined at the time of sale. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.0025 “Commercial weighing and measuring equipment” defined. “Commercial weighing and measuring equipment” means weights and measures, and weighing and measuring devices, used commercially in:
1. Establishing the size, quantity, extent, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.003 “Correct” defined. “Correct” means in conformance with all applicable requirements of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.004 “Council” defined. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.0045 “Division” defined. “Division” means the Division of Measurement Standards of the State Department of Agriculture. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.005 “Incorrect” defined. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.007 “Net mass” and “net weight” defined. “Net mass” or “net weight” means the mass or weight of a commodity, excluding any materials, substances or items not considered to be part ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.010 “Package” defined.
1. “Package” means any commodity, whether in a standard package or random weight package: (a) Enclosed in a container or wrapped in any manner in advance ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.012 “Primary standards” defined. “Primary standards” means the physical standards of the State of Nevada that serve as the legal reference from which all other standards for weights and measures are ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.014 “Random weight package” defined. “Random weight package” means a package that is one package of a lot, shipment or delivery of packages of the same commodity with no fixed pattern ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.016 “Secondary standards” defined. “Secondary standards” means the physical standards that are traceable to the primary standards through comparisons or by using acceptable laboratory procedures, and that are used in the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.018 “Standard package” defined. “Standard package” means a package that is one of a lot, shipment or delivery of packages of the same commodity with declarations of identical net contents, including, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.021 “Weight” defined. “Weight” means:
1. Net weight; or 2. If the commodity is sold by drained weight, net drained wet. ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.022 “Weights and measures” defined. “Weights and measures” means all weights and measures of every kind, and includes, without limitation, instruments and devices for weighing and measuring, and appliances and accessories ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.030 Director of State Department of Agriculture ex officio State Sealer of Weights and Measures; enforcement of chapter. The Director of the State Department of Agriculture, as ex officio State Sealer ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.050 General authority to adopt regulations.
1. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures may: (a) Adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (b) ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.055 Enforcement of chapter by State Sealer of Weights and Measures: Regulations; administrative fines; order requiring correction of violation of chapter; investigation or filing of criminal complaint by district attorney. Repealed. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.057 Enforcement of chapter: Entry into commercial premises; stop-use, hold and removal orders; seizure of property; inspection of vehicles. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures may, if necessary for the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.059 Enforcement of chapter: Authority to obtain restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.060 Records. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.065 Duties: Proper use of weights and measures used in commercial services; prevention of unfair and deceptive dealing; availability of facilities of Division; promotion of uniformity with laws of other states ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.067 Duties: Standards for weights and measures; exemptions; investigations; inspections, tests and approval of weights and measures; terms and units of weights and measures; provision of training for governmental employees; determination ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.070 Powers and duties of State Sealer of Weights and Measures. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.075 Fees. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures may establish: 1. A schedule of fees for any tests of weighing and measuring devices determined by him to be necessary. Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.080 Sealing or marking of weights, measures and weighing or measuring devices. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.090 Seizure and condemnation of incorrect weights; destruction; repair; unlawful acts. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.103 Registration required. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.103 Registration required. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.1032 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for certificate of registration; grounds for denial of certificate; duty of State Sealer of Weights and Measures. [Expires by limitation on the date ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.1034 Suspension of certificate of registration for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.104 Authorization of certain persons to test and repair or adjust devices used only to weigh or measure propane; notice to State Sealer of Weights and Measures of sealing or marking ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.105 Notice of purchase, installation or use of weight, measure or device for commercial purposes; penalty. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.110 State Standards: Approval by National Bureau of Standards; custody; safekeeping. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.120 Office and Field Standards: State to supply equipment necessary to carry out provisions of chapter; verification. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.140 Standard units of weights and measures. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.150 Avoirdupois and troy weights are basis for other standards of weight. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.160 Divisions and multiples of avoirdupois pound. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.170 Divisions of troy pound. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.180 Divisions of apothecary’s pound. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.190 Sale of commodity sold by ton or fraction thereof: Duty of seller to give full weight; rate of pounds to ton. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.200 Standard gallon is unit of capacity for liquids; divisions of standard gallon. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.210 Barrel; hogshead. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.220 Standard half bushel is unit of capacity for substances other than liquids; divisions of standard half bushel. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.230 Standard weights of grain per bushel. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.240 Standard yard is basic measure of extension. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.250 Divisions of yard. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.260 Rod; pole; perch; mile; chain; link. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.270 Acre of land to be measured horizontally; divisions of acre and square mile. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.280 Standard cord of firewood. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.290 Standard units or metric system of weights and measures must be used to designate weight, length and liquid measure. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.300 Packaging of commodity or article of merchandise without designation of correct weight, measure or numerical count unlawful; exception. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.303 Declaration of price per single unit of weight, measure or count required on certain packages of commodities. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.304 Requirements for random weight packages and standard packages; exemptions.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any random weight package or standard package kept, offered or exposed for ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.306 Additional requirements for random weight packages of same commodity. In addition to the declarations required by NRS 581.304, each random weight package of the same commodity must, at the time ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.307 Declaration of basic quantity or net quantity of contents required when price advertised; contents of declaration. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.310 Box or carton used for shipping not required to bear weight or measure of contents. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.315 Requirements for packaged commodity that is advertised with retail price stated. If a packaged commodity is advertised in any manner with the retail price stated, a declaration of quantity as ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.320 Fluid dairy products: Packages for retail sale; marking of containers.
1. All fluid dairy products must be packaged for retail sale in: (a) Units of 1 gill or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.330 Net weights of containers for flour, cornmeal and hominy. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.340 Deceptive construction prohibited. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.350 Exemption upon compliance with federal law or regulation. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.360 Unavoidable discrepancy between actual weight and weight marked on container does not constitute violation of chapter. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.365 Standards for determining quantity of commodities in liquid form and commodities not in liquid form; provision of information necessary to make price and quantity comparisons.
1. Except as otherwise ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.370 Standard loaf of bread; standard weights of loaves. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.375 Misrepresentation of quantity prohibited. A person shall not:
1. Sell or offer or expose for sale a quantity less than the quantity represented; 2. Take more than the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.377 Misrepresentation of price prohibited. A person shall not:
1. Misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold, or offered, exposed or advertised for sale, by weight, measure or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.380 Butter and oleomargarine: Sales by weight; standard sizes. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.385 Delivery ticket required for certain bulk sales and bulk deliveries; contents of delivery ticket. All bulk sales in which the buyer and seller are not both present to witness the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.390 Sale of fish, meat or dressed poultry in manner other than by weight unlawful; exception. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.395 Rebuttable presumption that weight or measure, or weighing or measuring device is regularly used for business purposes. The presence of a weight or measure, or weighing or measuring device in ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.400 Sale of berries or small fruits in manner other than by weight or container unlawful. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.405 Use of volume correction factor tables or temperature compensating meters by vendors; regulations; penalties. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.410 Making or giving false or short weight or measure. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.415 Prohibited acts; civil penalty.
1. A person shall not: (a) Use in commerce, or have in his possession for use in commerce, any incorrect weight or measure; ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.417 Civil penalties: Administrative appeal; judicial review; payment; civil action for recovery; deposit in State General Fund.
1. A person subject to a civil penalty may request an administrative hearing ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.420 Misrepresentation of merchandise. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.430 Hindering or obstructing State Sealer of Weights and Measures, deputies or inspectors. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.440 Omission or failure of officer, agent or employee of corporation or association deemed omission or failure of corporation or association. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.445 Criminal penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person who violates any provision of NRS 581.415 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished: Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.450 Criminal penalties; recovery of costs of criminal proceedings. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.460 Prosecution of violations by district attorney. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.500 Creation; number, appointment and qualifications of members.
1. The Advisory Council on the Metric System, consisting of seven members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created within the State ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.510 Meetings; quorum; officers.
1. The Council shall meet as its president deems necessary. 2. Four members of the Council constitute a quorum. 3. The members of the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.520 Metric System Trust Fund.
1. The Council may accept gifts or grants from any source, and expend money so received or otherwise available to it to contract with qualified ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.530 Duties. The Council shall:
1. Conduct appropriate research and investigations to determine the problems experienced by business, industry, science, engineering, education, labor, governmental agencies and the people of Nevada ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 581.540 Representative of executive agency or political subdivision. Any executive agency or political subdivision of the State interested in assisting the Council shall appoint a representative to participate in the Council’s ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.001 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 582.004 to 582.017, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.004 “Division” defined. “Division” means the Division of Measurement Standards of the State Department of Agriculture. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.010 “Net weight” defined. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.011 “Public weighing” defined. “Public weighing” means the weighing, measuring or counting, upon request, of vehicles, property, produce, commodities or articles other than those that the weigher or his employer, if ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.012 “Public weighmaster” defined. “Public weighmaster” means any person who performs public weighing. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.017 “Vehicle” defined. “Vehicle” means any device other than a railroad freight car in, upon or by which any property, produce, commodity or article is or may be transported or drawn. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.021 Duties of State Sealer of Weights and Measures. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures shall:
1. Enforce the provisions of this chapter; 2. Adopt regulations establishing a ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.025 General authority to adopt regulations. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures may adopt such regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Any such ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.026 Enforcement of chapter: Authority to obtain restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for a ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.028 License required; qualifications. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 582.029, to act as a public weighmaster, a person must receive a license from the State Sealer of Weights and Measures. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.029 Licenses: Persons exempt from licensing; issuance of certificate of weights and measures prohibited without license.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following persons may, but are ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.030 Licenses: Application; test of weighing apparatus; inspection of premises.
1. Any person may apply to the State Sealer of Weights and Measures for licensure as a public weighmaster with ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.031 Licenses: Evidence of qualifications. An applicant for a license as a public weighmaster must furnish evidence on a form provided by the State Sealer of Weights and Measures that he ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.0311 Licenses: Determination of qualifications; examination. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures shall determine the qualifications of an applicant for a license as a public weighmaster based on:
1. ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.032 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of State Sealer of Weights and Measures. [Expires by limitation on the date of the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.034 Licenses: Application to include social security number of applicant. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.040 Licenses: Issuance; fee. If satisfied with the qualifications of the applicant, the State Sealer of Weights and Measures shall issue a license as a public weighmaster, for which license he ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.043 Licenses: Record of licenses issued. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures shall:
1. Grant licenses as public weighmasters to qualified applicants; and 2. Keep a record of ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.045 Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.049 Licenses: Additional grounds for suspension or revocation. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures may suspend or revoke the license of a public weighmaster:
1. When, following a hearing ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.050 Suspension or revocation of certificate of appointment: Grounds; return of seal and certificates. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.060 Bond of public weighmaster; automatic suspension of certificate of appointment when bond cancelled. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.080 Certificate of weights and measures. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.085 Prima facie evidence of accuracy of measurement; contents of certificate.
1. A certificate of weights and measures, when properly filled out and signed, is prima facie evidence of the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.090 Fees of public weighmasters and Department of Motor Vehicles. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.095 Requirements for entry of measurement values.
1. When filling out a certificate of weights and measures, a public weighmaster: (a) Shall enter the measurement values so that the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.100 Books of certificates of weight: Compilation; issuance; cost. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.105 Forms for certificates of weight remain state property while in custody of weighmaster; return of unused forms upon termination of appointment. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.110 Deputy public weighmaster: Designation; employment; responsibility of public weighmaster; condition upon issuance of certificate of weight by weighmaster or deputy based on information recorded by another. Repealed. (See chapter 394, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.115 Maintenance of copies of certificates issued; inspection of certificates. A public weighmaster shall keep and preserve a legible copy of each certificate of weights and measures which he issues for ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.120 Records of public weighmaster: Contents; inspection; preservation. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.125 Acceptance of certificates issued by public weighmasters of other states. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures may recognize and accept certificates of weights and measures issued by licensed public ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.130 Weight of commodity sold subject to weighmaster’s weight must be true net weight. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.140 Disputes concerning correctness of weight: Procedure for reweighing; payment of costs. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.150 Liability of corporation or association for act of officer, agent or employee. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.160 Unlawful issuance or possession of certificate of weight. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.170 Encouraging false weighing or issuance of false certificate of weight and giving false information unlawful. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.180 Penalty. Repealed. (See chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2329.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.200 Measurement practices and equipment. A public weighmaster shall only use measurement practices and equipment:
1. In accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto; ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.210 Requirements for weighing vehicle or combination of vehicles; variance.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) A public weighmaster shall not weigh a vehicle or combination ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.300 Prohibited acts; civil penalty.
1. A person shall not: (a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 582.029, act as a public weighmaster without a valid license, including, without ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.310 Civil penalties: Administrative appeal; judicial review; payment; civil action for recovery; deposit in county school district fund.
1. A person subject to a civil penalty may request an administrative ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 582.320 Criminal penalties.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person who by himself, by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another person ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.010 Sale or offer for sale of diseased or unwholesome meat or fish in city or town unlawful; penalty.
1. No person shall bring, expose or offer for sale, or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.020 Sale of flesh of diseased animal or shellfish containers without approved stamp is gross misdemeanor. Any person who shall knowingly sell any flesh of any diseased animal or any container ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.030 Unlawful possession of carcass or part of carcass of certain animals; penalty.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to have in his or its ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.040 Sale or possession of carcass of animal slaughtered or prepared under insanitary conditions unlawful; insanitary conditions in slaughterhouses; penalties.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.045 Selling or offering to sell product of foreign country without label stating country of origin prohibited; penalty.
1. No person or corporation may sell or offer for sale to ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.050 Selling meat of equine animal without informing purchaser unlawful; peddling meat of equine animal without possession of hide unlawful; penalty.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.055 Program for grading and certifying meats, prepared meats and meat products: Establishment; cooperative agreements; regulations; fees.
1. The State Department of Agriculture shall establish a program for grading and ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.060 Sale or offer for sale of diseased or unwholesome produce in city or town unlawful; penalty.
1. No person shall bring, expose or offer for sale, or sell in ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.070 Sale or offer for sale of diseased or blown poultry in city or town unlawful; penalty.
1. No person shall bring, expose or offer for sale, or sell in ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.080 Possession with intent to sell improperly slaughtered or processed fowl unlawful; penalty.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to have in his or its ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.110 Definitions. As used in NRS 583.110 to 583.210, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 583.111 to 583.120, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.111 “Addled” and “white rot” defined. “Addled” or “white rot” means putrid or rotten. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.112 “Adherent yolk” defined. “Adherent yolk” means the yolk has settled to one side and become fastened to the shell. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.113 “Black rot” defined. “Black rot” means the deterioration of an egg to such an extent that the whole interior presents a blackened appearance before the candle. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.114 “Black spot” defined. “Black spot” means the presence of mold or bacteria in isolated areas inside the shell. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.115 “Blood streak” defined. “Blood streak” means the presence of blood in an egg due to partial incubation. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.116 “Consumer” defined. “Consumer” means any person purchasing eggs for his family’s use or consumption, or a restaurant, hotel, boardinghouse, bakery or other institution purchasing eggs for serving to guests or ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.117 “Fresh eggs,” “ranch eggs” and “farm eggs” defined. “Fresh eggs,” “ranch eggs,” “farm eggs” or any other terms that represent eggs to be fresh mean eggs that:
1. Meet ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.118 “Incubated eggs” defined. “Incubated eggs” includes eggs which have been subjected to incubation, whether natural or artificial, for more than 48 hours. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.119 “Moldy” defined. “Moldy” means the presence of mold inside the shell. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.120 “Retailer” defined. “Retailer” means any person, firm, corporation or association which sells eggs to a consumer. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.130 State Quarantine Officer: Regulations; grades and standards for eggs. The State Quarantine Officer shall:
1. Enforce the provisions of NRS 583.110 to 583.210, inclusive. 2. Make and fix ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.140 Sale of eggs unfit for human food prohibited; denatured eggs.
1. No person, firm or corporation shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, any egg unfit for human ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.150 Sale of unbranded or unstamped incubated eggs unlawful. It shall be unlawful to offer or expose for sale or sell incubated eggs unless branded or stamped with the word “Incubated.” ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.160 Sale of fresh eggs not conforming to classifications unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to represent, advertise or sell as fresh eggs any eggs that ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.170 Sale or offer for sale of eggs without designation of size and quality unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer or expose ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.180 Size and style of printing for designation of size and quality of eggs.
1. The designation of size and quality required by subsection 1 of NRS 583.170 shall be ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.190 Marking of containers when eggs sold in lots of half cases or more. When eggs are sold in lots of half cases or more, the container must be marked, showing ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.200 Applicability of NRS 583.110 to 583.210, inclusive. The provisions of NRS 583.110 to 583.210, inclusive, shall not apply to any eggs being handled for, or in transit to, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.210 Penalty. Any person who violates any of the provisions of NRS 583.110 to 583.200, inclusive, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.255 Definitions. As used in NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 583.265 to 583.429, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.265 “Adulterated” defined.
1. “Adulterated” applies to any livestock or poultry carcass, part of either carcass, meat or meat food product if: (a) It bears or contains any poisonous ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.268 “Animal food manufacturer” defined. “Animal food manufacturer” means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.272 “Capable of use as human food” defined. “Capable of use as human food” applies to any carcass, or part or product of a carcass, of any poultry, unless it is ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.275 “Container” defined. “Container” means any box, can, tin, cloth, plastic or any other receptacle, wrapper or cover. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.285 “Immediate container” defined. “Immediate container” means any consumer package or any other container in which an article, not consumer packaged, is packed. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.295 “Inspector” defined. “Inspector” means:
1. A person who has entered into a contract pursuant to NRS 583.448; or 2. An employee or official of the Health Division of ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.305 “Intrastate commerce” defined. “Intrastate commerce” means commerce within this state. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.315 “Label” defined. “Label” means any written, printed or graphic material upon the shipping container, if any, or upon the immediate container, including but not limited to an individual consumer package, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.317 “Labeling” defined. “Labeling” means all labels and other written, printed or graphic matter:
1. Upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers; or 2. Accompanying such ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.325 “Livestock” defined. “Livestock” means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses or other equines, whether live or dead. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.335 “Meat” defined. “Meat” means any edible part of the carcass of any livestock. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.339 “Meat broker” defined. “Meat broker” means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of cattle, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.345 “Meat food product” defined. “Meat food product” means any product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portion of ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.355 “Misbranded” defined. “Misbranded” applies to any livestock or poultry carcass, part of either carcass, meat or meat food product if:
1. Its labeling is false or misleading in any ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.365 “Officer” defined. “Officer” means the State Health Officer. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.368 “Official certificate” defined. “Official certificate” means any certificate prescribed by regulations of the Officer for issuance by an inspector or other person performing an official function. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.372 “Official device” defined. “Official device” means any device prescribed or authorized by the Officer for use in applying any official mark. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.375 “Official establishment” defined. “Official establishment” means any establishment in this state, other than an establishment covered by subsection 1 of NRS 583.545, which on a commercial basis slaughters or processes ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.385 “Official inspection mark” defined. “Official inspection mark” means any symbol, formulated pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the Officer, stating that an article was inspected and passed. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.389 “Official mark” defined. “Official mark” means the official inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by regulations of the Officer to identify the status of any article or animal. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.405 “Poultry” defined. “Poultry” means any domesticated bird, whether live or dead. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.407 “Poultry product” defined. “Poultry product” means any poultry carcass, or part thereof, or any product which is made wholly or in part from any poultry carcass or part thereof, excepting ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.408 “Poultry products broker” defined. “Poultry products broker” means any person engaged in the business of buying or selling poultry products on commission, or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.411 “Processed” defined. “Processed” means slaughtered, canned, salted, stuffed, rendered, boned, cut up or otherwise manufactured or processed. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.413 “Renderer” defined. “Renderer” means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of rendering carcasses or parts or products of the carcasses of poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.415 “Shipping container” defined. “Shipping container” means any container used or intended for use in packaging the article packed in an immediate container. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.425 “Wholesome Meat Act” defined. “Wholesome Meat Act” means the Wholesome Meat Act, 34 Stat. 1260-1265, as amended, 21 U.S.C. §§ 601 et seq. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.429 “Wholesome Poultry Products Act” defined. “Wholesome Poultry Products Act” means the Wholesome Poultry Products Act, 82 Stat. 791, 21 U.S.C. §§ 451 et seq. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.435 Declaration of policy; responsibilities of Health Division of the Department of Human Resources.
1. Meat, meat food products, and poultry products are an important source of the supply of ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.439 Compliance required in intrastate commerce. A person shall not, with respect to any poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, rabbits, game mammals or birds, or any ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.445 Ante mortem and postmortem inspection; quarantine; condemnation.
1. The Officer, an inspector or a person acting as an inspector shall make an ante mortem inspection of livestock, poultry and ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.448 Authorization by State Health Officer for person to act as inspector. The Officer may: 1. Enter into a contract with a person to perform the duties of an inspector. Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.451 Authority of owner or operator of official establishment to act as inspector. An owner or operator of an official establishment may act as an inspector for ante mortem and postmortem ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.453 Official establishment: Requirements for permit; transferability and posting of permit.
1. A person shall not operate an official establishment unless he receives a permit issued to him by the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.455 Official establishment: Method of operation; requirements for approval; licensing by local government.
1. Each official establishment at which livestock, poultry or game mammals or birds are slaughtered or carcasses ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.458 Official establishment: Suspension and reinstatement of permit; revocation of permit. 1. The Officer may suspend a permit if the holder fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.465 Labeling and marking of carcasses.
1. Each carcass of livestock, poultry or game mammals or birds and each primal part of such a carcass must bear an official inspection ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.469 False or misleading markings, labels or containers: Use prohibited; stop orders; hearings; appeal.
1. No article subject to the provisions of NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, shall be sold ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.472 Unlawful advertising of meat or meat products; penalty.
1. It is unlawful for the owner, proprietor or manager of a retail meat market, by himself or through another, to ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.475 Prohibited acts. It is unlawful for any person:
1. To process, sell or offer for sale, transport or deliver or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any livestock or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.476 Return of processed carcass of livestock, game mammal or bird: Return of carcass other than one delivered for processing prohibited under certain circumstances; marking of certain carcass required; penalty.
... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.477 Equine carcasses or parts: Identification marks or labels required; separate processing may be required.
1. No person, firm or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.481 Registration of name, address and trade name of business required. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in business, in or for intrastate commerce:
1. As a meat broker, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.485 Records; examination of facilities and inventory.
1. Persons engaged in the business of slaughtering, freezing, packing, labeling, buying and selling for intrastate commerce or transporting, shipping or receiving in ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.495 Penalties.
1. A person who: (a) Violates any of the provisions of NRS 583.475 and 583.485 is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Is once convicted of violating ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.505 Reporting of violations. Before any person is prosecuted for violation of NRS 583.475 and 583.485, the Officer shall give such person against whom such proceeding is contemplated reasonable notice of ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.515 Exemptions.
1. The State Board of Health shall, by regulation and under such conditions as to labeling and sanitary standards, practices and procedures as it may prescribe, exempt from ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.525 Denial of inspection. The Officer may withdraw or otherwise deny approval with respect to any establishment, for such period as he deems necessary, to effectuate the purposes of NRS 583.255 ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.527 Inspection of articles not intended for use as food for humans prohibited; denaturing or other identification required.
1. Inspection shall not be provided pursuant to NRS 583.255 to 583.555, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.529 Detention of articles for investigation of violations; removal of official marks.
1. Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.535 Regulations of State Board of Health; appointment of necessary personnel.
1. The State Board of Health shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out its ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.537 Regulation of commerce in dead or diseased animals or poultry. No person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling or transporting in intrastate commerce, or importing, dead, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.539 Regulation of storage and handling of carcasses and products. The Officer may by regulations prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products of poultry, cattle, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.543 Penalty for acceptance of bribes. If an inspector or the Officer accepts any money, gift or other thing of value from a person, firm or corporation with the knowledge that ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.545 Inapplicability of state law; agreements with Federal Government.
1. NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, do not apply to any act or transaction subject to regulation under the Wholesome Poultry ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.549 Injunctive relief; specific enforcement. The district courts of this state are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce and to prevent and restrain violations of NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.555 Costs of inspection; schedule of killing days.
1. The cost of inspection of an official establishment must be paid by the owner or operator of the establishment. 2. ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.001 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 584.005 to 584.009, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.005 “Commission” defined. “Commission” means the State Dairy Commission created pursuant to NRS 584.031. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.006 “Dairy foods manufacturing plant” defined. “Dairy foods manufacturing plant” means:
1. Any place, structure or building where milk or other dairy products are received or handled for manufacturing or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.007 “Milk plant” defined. “Milk plant” means any place, structure or building where a distributor receives fluid milk or fluid cream and weighs or tests or standardizes or pasteurizes or homogenizes ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.009 “Single-service plant” defined. “Single-service plant” means a place, structure or building where a person engages in the business of manufacturing a single-service container or closure for use by a milk ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.031 Creation; number of members. The State Dairy Commission, consisting of three members, is hereby created within the Department of Business and Industry. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.033 Members: Appointment; qualifications; Chairman; connection with dairy industry prohibited; removal.
1. The Governor shall appoint the members of the Commission, who must have the following qualifications: (a) One ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.037 Governor may remove member for absence from two consecutive meetings. Absence from two consecutive meetings of the Commission constitutes good and sufficient cause for removal of a member by the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.039 Meetings; hearings; quorum; employment of attorney.
1. The members of the Commission shall meet at least once each month and may meet at the call of the Chairman or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.041 Compensation of members and employees; expenditure of money by Commission.
1. Each member of the Commission is entitled to receive a salary of not more than $80 per day, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.043 Executive Director; other employees.
1. The Commission shall appoint an Executive Director, who shall serve ex officio as its Secretary. 2. The Executive Director may appoint such assistants, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.047 Authority to enter into contracts to assist in carrying out duties.
1. The Commission may enter into contracts with any person to assist it in carrying out the duties ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.049 Instrumentality of state. The Commission is hereby declared to be the instrumentality of this state for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and to execute ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.051 Seal. The Commission shall adopt a seal for its own use which shall have imprinted thereon the words “State Dairy Commission, State of Nevada.” The Secretary of the Commission shall ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.053 Dairy Commission Fund: Creation; deposits; expenditures; interest and income to be credited to Fund.
1. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special revenue fund designated as ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.057 Dairy Commission Fund: Commission to keep separate record of credits and disbursements. The Commission shall keep a separate record of the classes and sources of income credited to the Dairy ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.059 Report submitted to Governor: Frequency; contents; availability for public inspection.
1. The Commission shall, within 30 days before each general session of the Legislature, submit to the Governor a ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.061 Collection and dissemination of statistical and other data. In addition to the compilation of information pertaining to fluid milk and fluid cream from the reports required by NRS 584.325 to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.063 Records. A full and accurate record of business or acts performed or of testimony taken by the Commission in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter must be kept and ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.067 Regulations: Adoption. 1. The Commission may adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter. 2. The Commission shall adopt regulations establishing procedures for: Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.069 Regulations: Review by State Board of Health in certain circumstances. Before the Commission may adopt a regulation pursuant to NRS 584.099 to 584.285, inclusive, the Commission shall submit the regulation ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.071 Regulations: Publication; distribution. A copy of every regulation adopted by the Commission must be published immediately after adoption and issued in pamphlet form for distribution to local health officers and, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.072 Annual fees.
1. The Commission shall charge and collect the following annual fees: (a) For a dairy that produces: (1) One thousand gallons or less per day............................................................ ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.073 State Health Officer to consult with Commission upon request. The State Health Officer shall, if requested, consult with the Commission on any matter concerning the public health and welfare of ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.077 Licensing of distributors and registration of producers. The Commission may issue licenses to distributors and require the registration of producers. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.079 Power of Commission to refuse to grant, revoke or suspend license or permit.
1. The Commission may refuse to grant any license or permit provided in this chapter and ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.081 Investigations; records of producers and distributors.
1. The Commission may investigate, upon reasonable notice, any and all transactions between producers and distributors or among distributors or between distributors and ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.083 Hearings: Powers; oaths; subpoenas; witnesses.
1. For the purposes of this chapter, the Commission may hold hearings, administer oaths, certify to official acts, take depositions, issue subpoenas, summon witnesses ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.087 Hearings: Notification and appearance of Bureau of Consumer Protection in Office of Attorney General.
1. Written notice of any hearing held by the Commission must be mailed to the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.089 Enforcement of chapter and provisions of certain stabilization and marketing plans. The Commission shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and any stabilization and marketing plan initiated pursuant to the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.091 Assistance in enforcement of chapter by constables, police officers and sheriffs. Constables, police officers and sheriffs may, upon request, render assistance to the Commission, any member of the Commission or ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.093 Injunction against violation of law or order; joinder of defendants.
1. The Commission may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of any provisions of this ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.099 Definitions. As used in NRS 584.099 to 584.107, inclusive:
1. “Frozen dessert” means any clean frozen or partially frozen combination of two or more of the following: Milk or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.101 Requirements for sale of frozen dessert as ice cream or ice milk.
1. As used in this section: (a) “Candy” includes candies, cakes, cookies, glaceed fruits, prepared cereals ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.103 Regulations of Commission: Adoption; scope. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Commission shall adopt, and may amend and repeal, reasonable regulations governing:
1. The production, manufacturing, mixing, preparing, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.107 Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 584.103, or refuses or neglects to obey any lawful order of the Commission, is guilty of ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.110 Classification. For the purposes of NRS 584.110 to 584.160, inclusive, butter shall be classified as “wholesome” or “impure.” ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.115 “Impure butter” defined. For the purposes of NRS 584.110 to 584.160, inclusive, “impure butter” is defined to be all butter other than that which is wholesome as defined in NRS ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.125 “Wholesome butter” defined. For the purposes of NRS 584.110 to 584.160, inclusive, “wholesome butter” is defined to be butter made from cream and milk wherein the entire procedure from dairy ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.130 Inspections and determinations by Commission. The inspection of butter under the provisions of NRS 584.110 to 584.160, inclusive, and the determination of the same as wholesome or impure, are hereby ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.135 Regulations. The Commission shall make such regulations, within the meaning and purposes of NRS 584.110 to 584.160, inclusive, as may be necessary in their administration, and which may include the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.140 List of makers of wholesome or impure butter. The Commission shall supply local dealers in butter with a list of persons, firms and creameries commonly supplying butter for local consumption ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.145 Pasteurizing plants to be equipped with self-registering devices; availability of records. Pasteurizing plants must be equipped with a self-registering device for recording the time and temperature of pasteurizing. Such a ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.150 Sale or exchange of impure butter unlawful; imported butter; confiscation and destruction of impure butter; penalties.
1. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.155 Duties of district attorneys. On complaint by the Commission of the violation of NRS 584.150 by any person, firm or corporation, the district attorney of the county in which the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.160 Applicability of NRS 584.110 to 584.160, inclusive. The provisions of NRS 584.110 to 584.160, inclusive, shall not apply where the butter is retailed by the maker in quantities ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.165 Duty of manufacturer to label; penalty. Every person who shall manufacture for sale any article or substance in semblance of butter that is not the legitimate product of the dairy, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.170 Sale of unlabeled oleomargarine or margarine unlawful; penalty.
1. Every person who shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.175 Size of print on labels and brands. The branding or marking required in NRS 584.165 and 584.170, if on rolls or prints, shall be in letters not less than one-fourth ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.176 “Substitute dairy product” defined. As used in NRS 584.177, “substitute dairy product” means any substance, mixture or compound intended for human consumption as a food product other than milk or ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.177 Restrictions on labels and marks on containers containing substitute dairy products.
1. No bottle, can, package or other container which contains a substitute dairy product may be labeled or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.179 Penalty. Any person who violates NRS 584.177 is guilty of a misdemeanor. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.1792 Dairy foods manufacturing plant required to obtain permit to receive for sale, produce, sell, offer for sale or store manufactured dairy product; transfer of permit prohibited. A dairy foods manufacturing ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.180 Sale or offer for sale of fresh fluid milk or cream without permit prohibited; exception.
1. A person, firm, association or corporation shall not sell or offer to sell ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.185 Application. The application for the permit required by NRS 584.180 must:
1. Be submitted in writing on a form prescribed by the Commission. 2. Include the name and ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.190 Inspection of dairy farms, milk plants and facilities of applicant. If it appears to the satisfaction of the Commission that the applicant has complied with all regulations governing the sanitation ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.195 Issuance of permit; retention and availability of records concerning permits.
1. If, after the application and inspection, it appears to the satisfaction of the Commission that the applicant has ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.200 Inspection of dairy farms, milk plants or facilities outside of State: Applicant or permittee to pay expenses; deposit and use of expenses; failure to pay expenses constitutes ground for denial, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.205 Commission to direct periodic inspections of facilities of permittees; sale of imported milk and milk products without inspection; authority of Commission to conduct inspections upon reasonable belief of violation of ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.207 Certified raw milk: Definition; county milk commission.
1. Certified raw milk is unpasteurized, marketed milk which conforms to the regulations and standards adopted by the county milk commission for ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.208 Certified raw milk: Conditions governing sale; handling; regulations.
1. Certified raw milk and products made from it may be sold if the milk has been: (a) Cooled to ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.210 Denial, suspension or revocation of permit: Notice and opportunity for hearing under certain circumstances; investigative and subpoena powers of Commission; records; appeal; entitlement of applicant or accused to submit subsequent ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.215 Testing of milk or cream on basis of amount of butterfat to be done by licensed tester using Babcock test; alternate methods of testing; licensing of tester.
1. Except ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.216 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for milk tester’s license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Commission. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.217 Suspension of milk tester’s license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.218 Application for milk tester’s license to include social security number of applicant. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.220 License required for receipt or purchase of milk or cream on basis of butterfat content; requirements for issuance.
1. Every creamery, shipping station, milk factory, cheese factory, ice cream ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.225 Licenses: Fee for milk tester’s license; expiration; exemption.
1. The fee for issuing and renewing a milk tester’s license is $10 for a full year or fraction thereof. ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.230 Revocation of licenses. A license may be revoked by the Commission if, after due notice, the licensee fails or has failed to comply with the laws, rules and regulations under ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.235 Regulations: Adoption; printing and distribution. The Commission shall make uniform regulations for the proper enforcement of NRS 584.215 to 584.285, inclusive. The regulations must be printed in the State Printing ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.240 Licensed tester to record tests in permanent book of record; inspection of record.
1. A licensed tester shall, in addition to the records required to be kept by NRS ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.245 Duty of licensed tester to retain testable samples of milk and cream. A licensed tester also shall retain in testable condition a sample of all milk or cream so tested ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.250 Testing of cream sold on basis of richness or percentage of milk fat. All cream sold in the State of Nevada on the basis of the richness or the percentage ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.255 Commission to inspect periodically apparatus used to determine percentage of fat in milk or cream. The Commission shall, from time to time, inspect and examine as to their accuracy, or ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.260 Specifications of state’s standard measure. The state’s standard measure, or pipette, shall have a capacity of 17.6 cubic centimeters, and the standard test tubes or bottles for milk shall have ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.265 Analyses of milk and cream samples by representative or appointee of Commission. The Commission’s duly authorized representative or appointee shall make analyses of all samples of milk or cream deemed ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.270 Commission to investigate and test milk upon complaint of licensed milk producer. The Commission, on complaint of any licensed milk producer, showing good cause therefor, that the tests made by ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.275 Unlawful acts concerning official test; cream to be weighed into bottle.
1. It is unlawful for any person for himself or as the agent, servant, employee or officer of ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.280 Fraudulent manipulation of weight, measure or test unlawful.
1. It shall be unlawful for any hauler of milk or cream, other than a common carrier, or any person, firm ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.285 Penalty. Any person violating any provision of NRS 584.215 to 584.285, inclusive, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.325 Definitions. As used in NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 584.335 to 584.385, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.335 “Consumer” defined. “Consumer” means any person who purchases fluid milk, fluid cream or dairy products for consumption. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.340 “Dairy products” defined. “Dairy products” includes any product manufactured from milk or any derivative or product of milk. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.345 “Distributor” defined.
1. “Distributor” means any person, whether or not the person is a producer or an association of producers, who purchases or handles fluid milk, fluid cream or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.350 “Fluid cream” defined. “Fluid cream” means cream as defined in NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, and any combination of cream and milk, or any fluid product of milk or cream ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.355 “Fluid milk” defined. “Fluid milk” means any and all whole or concentrated milk that is produced in conformity with applicable health regulations for market milk of the place where such ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.357 “Fresh dairy products” defined. “Fresh dairy products” includes, but is not limited to, buttermilk, skim milk, chocolate drink, ice cream, ice milk mix, sherbet, sour cream, sour cream dressing and ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.360 “Marketing area” defined. “Marketing area” is any area within this state declared to be such in the manner prescribed in NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.370 “Producer” defined.
1. “Producer” means any person who produces fluid milk from five or more cows or goats in conformity with the applicable health regulations of the place in ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.375 “Producer-distributor” defined.
1. “Producer-distributor” means any person who is both a producer and a distributor of fluid milk and fluid cream. 2. For the purposes of NRS 584.325 ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.380 “Retail store” defined. “Retail store” means any person owning or operating a retail grocery store, restaurant, confectionery or other similar business, where fluid milk, fluid cream or any fresh dairy ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.385 “Stabilization and marketing plan” defined. “Stabilization and marketing plan” means any plan formulated and made effective by the Commission within the legislative standards provided by NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.390 Business affected with public interest; purpose of provisions. The production and distribution of fluid milk and of fluid cream is hereby declared to be a business affected with a public ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.395 Statements of fact and policy. The Legislature declares that:
1. Fluid milk and fluid cream are necessary articles of food for human consumption. 2. The production and maintenance ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.400 Necessity for marketing areas; administrative authority of Commission. It is recognized by the Legislature that conditions within the milk industry of this state are such that it is necessary to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.405 Legislative determination. The foregoing statements in NRS 584.390, 584.395 and 584.400, of facts, policy and application of NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, are hereby declared a matter of legislative determination. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.410 Purposes of NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive. The purposes of NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, are:
1. To provide money for the administration and enforcement of the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.415 Construction.
1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the powers conferred in NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, shall be liberally construed. 2. Nothing in NRS 584.325 ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.419 Applicability to retail stores. NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, apply to retail stores in the following particulars only:
1. The examination by the Commission of the purchase records of ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.547 Authority to formulate plan. The Commission may formulate any stabilization and marketing plan as prescribed in NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, and declare the same effective after public hearing and ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.550 Designation of marketing areas; additional areas; modification or consolidation of areas.
1. The Commission shall designate marketing areas which it deems necessary or advisable to effectuate the purposes of ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.555 Hearing to determine whether producers desire fluid milk plan. The Commission shall, prior to the formulation of a stabilization and marketing plan for fluid milk for any marketing area, conduct ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.560 Hearing to determine whether producers desire fluid cream plan. The Commission shall, prior to the formulation of a stabilization and marketing plan for fluid cream for any marketing area, conduct ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.565 Formulation of plan: Notice; hearing; order declaring plan in effect.
1. If the Commission finds that a stabilization and marketing plan is necessary to accomplish the purposes of NRS ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.566 Amendment or termination of plan: Procedure.
1. In addition to procedures provided for in subsections 3 and 4, the Commission may amend or terminate any stabilization and marketing plan, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.567 Amendment or termination of plan: Petition; hearing.
1. An amendment or termination of a stabilization and marketing plan may be initiated by filing a petition with the Commission. The ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.568 Minimum prices; discounts.
1. Each stabilization and marketing plan may contain provisions fixing the price at which fluid milk and fluid cream is sold by producers, distributors and retailers ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.569 Discount on dairy products sold to elderly consumers.
1. A retailer may sell dairy products at a discount to an elderly consumer. The discount must not be given to ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.575 Report to producer. Each stabilization and marketing plan may contain provisions whereby distributors shall report to each producer from whom fluid milk is secured, the volume of fluid milk received ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.578 Cooperation with other authorities; enforcement of plans. The Commission may confer, enter into agreements, or otherwise arrange with the constituted authorities of this state, other states or agencies of the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.580 Purchase of milk from noncomplying producers; limitation on production. No distributor subject to the provisions of any stabilization and marketing plan shall purchase milk from producers who cannot comply with ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.581 Certain practices of distributors prohibited whether stabilization and marketing plan in effect or not.
1. No distributor may engage in any of the practices set forth in paragraphs (a) ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.582 Unlawful manipulation of prices. It is unlawful for any distributor or retailer to manipulate the prices of fluid milk, fluid cream, butter or any fresh dairy product for the purpose ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.583 Sale of milk, cream, butter or fresh dairy products below cost.
1. No distributor or retailer may sell fluid milk, fluid cream, butter or any fresh dairy product below ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.5835 Restrictions on sale of substitute dairy products by distributor. 1. A distributor shall not sell a substitute dairy product, as defined in NRS 584.176, below its cost to him. Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.584 Distributor may meet competitive prices in sale of butter, fresh dairy products, fluid milk or fluid cream; information to be filed with Commission.
1. The provisions of NRS 584.583 ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.585 Duty of Commission to prescribe unfair trade practices and investigate marketing and pricing practices. Pursuant to the declaration and statement of facts, policy and purposes set forth in NRS 584.325 ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.590 Investigation of prices in marketing area: Notice; hearing; record.
1. In investigating prices in any marketing area, the Commission may first make an investigation in the marketing area to ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.595 License required to distribute dairy products; procedure for application; renewal; amendment; notification of Commission required if certain civil or criminal actions are brought against licensee or member of senior management ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.600 Bond: Amount; form and conditions; proceedings for enforcement.
1. Every distributor, before purchasing any fluid milk or fluid cream from a producer, must execute and deliver to the Commission ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.605 Amount of bond. The amount of the bond required by NRS 584.600 shall be based upon the highest daily average of fluid milk purchased by the distributor in any calendar ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.610 Increase of purchases. In the event that any distributor so increases his purchases of fluid milk during the license year that such purchases exceed the amount for which the distributor ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.615 Applicability of provisions requiring licenses and bonds.
1. The licenses and bonds provided for in NRS 584.595 to 584.645, inclusive, shall be required for each distributor, and for the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.625 Failure to execute and deliver bond or post additional bond. Failure of any distributor who purchases fluid milk or fluid cream from producers to execute and deliver the bond as ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.640 Distributor purchasing from producer-distributor: When bond not required; notice to Commission; record of purchases; reports.
1. No bond is required of any distributor who purchases fluid milk, fluid cream ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.643 Emergency cases: Shortening time for hearing; service of notice; place of hearing.
1. Whenever the Commission is satisfied, either by investigation or after hearing, that a distributor is unable ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.645 Inapplicability of NRS 584.595 to 584.645, inclusive, to retail stores. The provisions of NRS 584.595 to 584.645, inclusive, with respect to licenses shall not apply to retail stores ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.647 Assessments on fluid milk and fluid cream. The Commission shall assess each distributor of fluid milk or fluid cream a sum not exceeding one-quarter cent per pound on all fluid ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.648 Assessments on butter and fresh dairy products.
1. The Commission shall assess each distributor of butter a sum not exceeding 2 cents per pound on all butter distributed by ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.649 Commission may lower rate of assessment; date on which assessment is due; penalty for delinquent payment.
1. The Commission may lower the rate of any assessment required to be ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.650 Records of distributors and cooperative organizations of producers. Every distributor who purchases fluid milk or fluid cream from a producer and every producer cooperative organization which handles milk for its ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.655 Confidentiality of records and reports. Any record or report made to the Commission pursuant to the provisions of NRS 584.650 shall be confidential and shall not be divulged except when ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 584.670 Criminal and civil penalties; grounds for refusal, suspension or revocation of license.
1. The violation of any provision of NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, or of any stabilization and ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.010 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Nevada Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.020 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the words and terms defined in NRS 585.030 to 585.150, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.030 “Advertisement” defined. “Advertisement” means all representations disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or which are likely to induce, directly ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.040 “Commissioner” defined. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.050 “Contaminated with filth” defined. “Contaminated with filth” applies to any food, drug, device or cosmetic not securely protected from dust, dirt and, as far as may be necessary by all ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.060 “Cosmetic” defined.
1. “Cosmetic” means: (a) Articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled or sprayed on, introduced into or otherwise applied to the human body or any part ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.070 “Device” defined. Except when used in NRS 585.170, “device” means instruments, apparatus and contrivances, including their components, parts and accessories, intended:
1. For use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.080 “Drug” defined.
1. “Drug” means: (a) Articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States or official National Formulary, or any supplement ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.090 “Federal Act” defined. “Federal Act” means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq., as that act exists on June 30, 1983. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.100 “Food” defined. “Food” means:
1. Articles used for food or drink for man or other animals; 2. Chewing gum; and 3. Articles used for components of any ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.110 “Immediate container” defined. “Immediate container” does not include package liners. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.120 “Label” defined. “Label” means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article; and a requirement made by or under authority of this chapter ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.130 “Labeling” defined. “Labeling” means all labels and other written, printed or graphic matter:
1. Upon an article or any of its containers or wrappers; or 2. Accompanying such ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.140 “New drug” defined. “New drug” means any drug the composition of which is such that the drug:
1. Is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.150 “Official compendium” defined. “Official compendium” means the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, official National Formulary or any supplement to any of them. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.170 Factors to be considered in determining whether label or advertisement is misleading. If an article is alleged to be misbranded because the labeling is misleading, or if an advertisement is ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.180 Construction of representation that drug is antiseptic. The representation of a drug, in its labeling or advertisement, as an antiseptic shall be considered to be a representation that it is ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.190 Scope of provisions regulating sales.
1. The provisions of this chapter regarding the selling of foods, drugs, devices or cosmetics shall be considered to include: (a) The manufacture, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.200 Appointment of Commissioner of Food and Drugs. The Administrator of the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources shall designate and appoint, for the enforcement of this chapter, a ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.210 Regulations.
1. The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this chapter is hereby vested in the Commissioner. 2. The Commissioner is hereby authorized to make ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.220 Hearings. Hearings authorized or required by this chapter shall be conducted by the Commissioner or such officer, agent or employee as the Commissioner may designate for the purpose. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.230 Record of adulterated, mislabeled or misbranded foods, drugs, devices and cosmetics; biennial report of Commissioner; dissemination of information.
1. The Commissioner shall keep a record of adulterated, mislabeled or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.240 Inspection of factories and vehicles: Purposes; examination of samples.
1. The Commissioner or his duly authorized agent is entitled to free access at all reasonable hours to any factory, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.245 Licensing of persons manufacturing, compounding, processing or packaging drugs, devices or cosmetics: Regulations; fees; inspection.
1. The Commissioner shall adopt regulations for the licensing of every person who manufactures, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.250 Tagging of articles believed to be dangerous to health: Contents of tag; unlawful sales.
1. Whenever the Commissioner, any of his authorized agents, or any member or inspector of ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.260 Removal of tag or marking from detained or quarantined article; liability of person removing tag or other marking.
1. When the Commissioner, his authorized agent, or a member or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.270 Petition for condemnation and destruction of adulterated or misbranded article. When an article quarantined under NRS 585.250 has been found by the Commissioner, his authorized agent, or a member or ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.280 Destruction of article found to be adulterated or misbranded. If the court finds that a quarantined article is adulterated or misbranded, such article shall, after entry of the decree, be ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.290 Correction of defect by proper labeling or processing. When the adulteration or misbranding can be corrected by proper labeling or processing of the article to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.300 Adulterated food: Poisonous or insanitary ingredients. A food shall be deemed to be adulterated if:
1. It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.310 Adulterated food: Absence, substitution or addition of constituents. A food shall be deemed to be adulterated:
1. If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.320 Adulterated food: Standards of purity, quality or strength. A food shall be deemed to be adulterated if it falls below the standard of purity, quality or strength which it purports ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.330 Adulterated food: Confectionery containing nonnutritive substance.
1. A food shall be deemed to be adulterated if it is confectionery and it bears or contains any nonnutritive article or substance ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.350 Misbranded food. A food shall be deemed to be misbranded:
1. If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. 2. If it is offered for sale ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.355 Use of “honey” in product label or designation restricted; “honey” defined. A person shall not prepare, package, deliver for shipment, ship, transport or sell:
1. Any food product which ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.360 Food containing filthy, decomposed or putrid substance declared nuisance; condemnation or destruction by Commissioner. Whenever the Commissioner or any of his authorized agents shall find in any room, building or ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.370 Adulterated drugs and devices: Poisonous or insanitary ingredients. A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated if:
1. It consists in whole or in part of any ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.380 Adulterated drugs and devices: Strength, quality or purity differing from official compendium.
1. A drug shall be deemed to be adulterated if it is represented as a drug, the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.390 Adulterated drugs and devices: Misrepresentation of strength, quality or purity if drug not in compendium. A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated if it is not subject ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.400 Adulterated drugs and devices: Mixture with or substitution of another substance. A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated if it is a drug and any substance has ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.410 Misbranded drugs and devices: False or misleading label. A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.420 Misbranded drugs and devices: Contents of label on package.
1. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3, a drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded if ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.430 Misbranded drugs and devices: Habit-forming substances. A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded if it is for use by man and contains any quantity of narcotic or ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.440 Misbranded drugs and devices: Designation of drug by name not in compendium.
1. A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded if it is a drug and ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.450 Misbranded drugs and devices: Directions for use and warnings on label.
1. A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded unless its label bears: (a) Adequate ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.460 Misbranded drugs and devices: Misleading container; imitation; offer for sale under another name. A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded:
1. If it is a drug ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.470 Misbranded drugs and devices: Health-endangering when used as prescribed. A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded if it is dangerous to health when used in the dosage ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.480 Misbranded drugs and devices: Drug containing amidopyrine, barbituric acid, cinchophen, dinitrophenol or sulfanilamide sold without prescription. A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded if it is a ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.485 Restrictions on sale of dimethyl sulfoxide; penalty.
1. Dimethyl sulfoxide may be sold, whether by wholesalers or retailers, in quantities of 1 gallon or more. 2. Dimethyl sulfoxide ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.490 Introduction or delivery for introduction of new drug into intrastate commerce before application is effective prohibited. No person shall introduce or deliver for introduction into intrastate commerce any new drug ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.495 Licensing of manufacture of amygdalin and procaine hydrochloride; duties and powers of Commissioner; injunctive relief.
1. State Board of Health shall license amygdalin (laetrile) and procaine hydrochloride with preservatives ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.497 Assessment on gross receipts from sale of amygdalin and procaine hydrochloride.
1. An assessment of 10 percent, payable quarterly to the Department of Taxation, is imposed upon the gross ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.500 Adulterated cosmetics. A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated:
1. If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to users under ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.510 Misbranded cosmetics. A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded:
1. If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. 2. If in package form unless it ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.520 Prohibited acts. The following acts and the causing thereof within the State of Nevada are hereby prohibited:
1. The manufacture, sale or delivery, holding or offering for sale of ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.530 When advertisement deemed false. An advertisement of a food, drug, device or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.535 Unlawful to sell or offer to sell beverage container opened by detaching metal ring or tab; exceptions; penalty.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.540 Duties of Attorney General and district attorneys; hearing by Commissioner before institution of criminal proceedings.
1. The Attorney General or any district attorney to whom the Commissioner or any ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 585.550 Penalties.
1. A person who manufactures, compounds, processes or packages any drug in a factory, warehouse, laboratory or other location in this state without a license required by NRS ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.010 Short title. NRS 586.010 to 586.450, inclusive, may be cited as the Nevada Pesticides Act. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.020 Definitions. As used in NRS 586.010 to 586.450, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 586.030 to 586.220, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.030 “Active ingredient” defined. “Active ingredient” means in the case of:
1. A pesticide, other than a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant, an ingredient which will prevent, destroy, repel or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.040 “Adulterated” defined. “Adulterated” shall apply to any pesticide if its strength or purity falls below the professed standard or quality as expressed on labeling or under which it is sold, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.050 “Antidote” defined. “Antidote” means the most practical immediate treatment in case of poisoning and includes first aid treatment. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.052 “Brand” defined. “Brand” means any and all words, terms, designs or trademarks used in connection with a pesticide. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.053 “Certified applicator” defined. “Certified applicator” means any person who is certified by the Director as qualified to use or supervise the use of any restricted-use pesticide. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.055 “Defoliant” defined. “Defoliant” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for causing the leaves or foliage to drop from a plant, with or without causing abscission. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.057 “Desiccant” defined. “Desiccant” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for artificially accelerating the drying of plant tissues. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.060 “Device” defined. “Device” means any instrument or contrivance intended for trapping, destroying, repelling or mitigating insects or rodents, or destroying, repelling or mitigating fungi or weeds, or such other pests ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.071 “Director” defined. “Director” means the Director of the State Department of Agriculture. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.090 “Fungi” defined. “Fungi” means all non-chlorophyll-bearing thallophytes (that is, all non-chlorophyll-bearing plants of a lower order than mosses and liverworts) as, for example, rusts, smuts, mildews, molds, yeasts and bacteria, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.100 “Fungicide” defined. “Fungicide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any fungi. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.110 “Herbicide” defined. “Herbicide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any weed. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.120 “Ingredient statement” defined. “Ingredient statement” means either:
1. A statement of the name and amount by percentage of weight of each active ingredient, together with the total amount by ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.130 “Inert ingredient” defined. “Inert ingredient” means an ingredient which is not an active ingredient. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.140 “Insect” defined. “Insect” means any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the class Insecta, comprising ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.150 “Insecticide” defined. “Insecticide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any insects which may be present in any environment whatever. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.160 “Label” defined. “Label” means the written, printed or graphic matter on or attached to the pesticide or device, or the immediate container thereof, and the outside container or wrapper of ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.170 “Labeling” defined. “Labeling” means all labels and other written, printed or graphic matter:
1. Upon the pesticide or device or any of its containers or wrappers; 2. Accompanying ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.180 “Misbranded” defined. “Misbranded” shall apply:
1. To any pesticide or device if its labeling bears any statement, design or graphic representation relative thereto or to its ingredients which is ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.185 “Nematocide” defined. “Nematocide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating nematodes. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.186 “Nematode” defined. “Nematode” means invertebrate animals of the phylum nemathelminthes and class Nematoda, that is, unsegmented round worms with elongated, fusiform or sac-like bodies covered with cuticle, and inhabiting soil, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.195 “Pesticide” defined. “Pesticide” includes, but is not limited to:
1. Any substance or mixture of substances, including any living organisms, any product derived therefrom and any fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.197 “Plant regulator” defined. “Plant regulator” means any substance or mixture of substances, intended through physiological action, for accelerating or retarding the rate of growth or rate of maturation, or for ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.200 “Registrant” defined. “Registrant” means the person registering any brand of pesticide pursuant to the provisions of NRS 586.010 to 586.450, inclusive. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.205 “Restricted-use pesticide” defined. “Restricted-use pesticide” means any pesticide, including any highly toxic pesticide, which:
1. The Director has determined after a hearing, to be: (a) Injurious to persons, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.210 “Rodenticide” defined. “Rodenticide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating rodents or any other vertebrate animal which the Director declares to be a ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.220 “Weed” defined. “Weed” means any plant which grows where not wanted. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.230 Jurisdiction of Director. Jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the distribution, sale and transportation of pesticides and devices is, pursuant to NRS 586.010 to 586.450, inclusive, vested exclusively in the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.250 Registration of brands of pesticides with Director; renewal. Each brand of pesticide which is distributed, sold or offered for sale within this state, or delivered for transportation or transported in ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.260 Registrant’s statement: Contents; renewal of registration.
1. The registrant shall file with the Director a statement including: (a) The name and address of the registrant and the name ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.270 Fee for registration: Amount established by regulation; deposit and use of proceeds.
1. A registrant shall pay an annual registration fee in an amount established by regulation of the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.280 Submission of formula for pesticide to Director; registration of article by Director.
1. If the Director deems it necessary in the administration of NRS 586.010 to 586.450, inclusive, he ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.290 Notice to registrant of failure of compliance of article for registration; effect of registration on commission of offense.
1. If it does not appear to the Director that the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.300 Registration not required for interplant shipments. Notwithstanding any other provision of NRS 586.010 to 586.450, inclusive, registration is not required in the case of a pesticide shipped from one plant ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.310 Determination by Director: Identification of pests; toxicity of pesticides; standards of coloring. The Director may, after providing an opportunity for a hearing:
1. Declare as a pest any form ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.330 Adoption of standards prescribed by United States Environmental Protection Agency. To avoid confusion endangering the public health resulting from diverse requirements, particularly as to the labeling and coloring of pesticides, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.335 Elimination of dangerous, nonbeneficial or misrepresented pesticides; program for evaluation of pesticides.
1. The Director shall endeavor to eliminate from use in this state any pesticide: (a) Which ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.339 Cancellation, refusal or suspension of registration of brand of pesticide.
1. Pursuant to NRS 586.335, the Director may, after a hearing, cancel the registration of, or refuse to register, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.350 Unlawful distribution, sale or transportation of pesticide: Unregistered brand; pesticide that differs from its registration. It is unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale within this ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.360 Sale or distribution of pesticide without required container and labeling unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale within this state, or deliver for ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.370 Sale or distribution of pesticide containing substance highly toxic to man: Additional information required on label. It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.380 Sale or distribution of certain pesticides unlawful unless colored or discolored; exemption.
1. It is unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale within this State, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.390 Sale or distribution of adulterated or misbranded pesticide unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale within this state or deliver for transportation ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.400 Detachment of labels or addition or removal of substances from pesticide unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to detach, alter, deface or destroy, in whole or in part, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.401 Regulations of Director: General authority; application, distribution and criteria for classification of restricted-use pesticides.
1. The Director shall adopt regulations governing the application and distribution of any pesticides which ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.403 Restricted-use pesticides: Regulations governing use; permits.
1. The regulations governing the use of restricted-use pesticides may: (a) Provide the time when and the conditions under which they may ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.405 Restricted-use pesticides: Permit authorizing special use.
1. The Director may issue a special use permit authorizing the use of a pesticide for a purpose other than that for which ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.406 Restricted-use pesticides: Registration of seller; registration fee established by regulation; records and monthly reports.
1. It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell at the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.4065 Restricted-use pesticides: Denial, suspension or revocation of seller’s registration. The Director may refuse to grant or renew a registration under NRS 586.406 or may suspend or revoke the registration if, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.407 Restricted-use pesticides: Unlawful sale or delivery. It is unlawful for any person to sell or deliver any restricted-use pesticide to any person who is required by the regulations adopted by ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.409 Restricted-use pesticides: Unlawful application. It shall be unlawful for any person to apply any restricted-use pesticide for which regulations have been adopted, except as provided in such regulations. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.410 Disclosure of information relative to formulas unlawful; exceptions. It is unlawful for any person to use for his own advantage, or to reveal, other than to the Director or proper ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.420 Exclusions from violations.
1. The penalties provided for violations of NRS 586.350 to 586.390, inclusive, do not apply to: (a) Any carrier while lawfully engaged in transporting a ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.430 Enforcement: Duties of Director and district attorney.
1. The examination of pesticides or devices must be made under the direction of the Director to determine whether they comply with ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.440 Seizure for confiscation of nonregistered, adulterated or misbranded pesticides and devices: Libel for condemnation; disposal by destruction or sale.
1. Any pesticide or device that is distributed, sold or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.450 Penalties.
1. Any person violating NRS 586.350 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if any person, with intent to defraud, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.460 “Dangerous caustic or corrosive substance” defined. As used in NRS 586.460 to 586.520, inclusive, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires, “dangerous caustic or corrosive substance” means each and ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.470 “Misbranded parcel, package or container” defined. As used in NRS 586.460 to 586.520, inclusive, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires, “misbranded parcel, package or container” means a retail ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.480 Sale of dangerous caustic or corrosive substance for household use in misbranded parcel, package or container prohibited. No person shall sell, barter or exchange, or receive, hold, pack, display, or ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.490 Misbranded dangerous caustic or corrosive substance may be proceeded against in justice’s court; condemnation, destruction or sale; disposition of sale proceeds.
1. Any dangerous caustic or corrosive substance in ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.500 Enforcement by Commissioner of Food and Drugs; approval and registration of brands and labels.
1. The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall enforce the provisions of NRS 586.460 to ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.510 Duties of district attorney. Every district attorney to whom there is presented, or who in any way procures, satisfactory evidence of any violation of the provisions of NRS 586.460 to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 586.520 Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of NRS 586.460 to 586.510, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.001 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 587.003 and 587.005 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.003 “Department” defined. “Department” means the State Department of Agriculture. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.005 “Director” defined. “Director” means the Director of the Department. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.015 Definitions. As used in NRS 587.015 to 587.123, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 587.017 to 587.073, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.017 “Advertisement” defined. “Advertisement” means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, relating to seed within the scope of NRS 587.015 to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.019 “Agricultural seeds” defined. “Agricultural seeds” includes the seeds of grass, forage, cereal and fiber crops and any other kinds of seeds commonly recognized within this state as agricultural seeds, lawn ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.021 “Certified seed” defined. “Certified seed” means seed that has been produced and labeled in accordance with the procedures and in compliance with the requirements of an officially recognized certifying agency ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.023 “Certifying agency” defined. “Certifying agency” means:
1. An agency authorized under the laws of a state, territory or possession of the United States officially to certify seed; or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.025 “Consumer” defined. “Consumer” means any person who purchases or otherwise obtains seed for sowing but not for resale. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.031 “Flower seeds” defined. “Flower seeds” includes seeds of herbaceous plants grown for their blooms, ornamental foliage or other ornamental parts, and commonly known and sold under the name of flower ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.033 “Grower’s or tree seedsman’s declaration” defined. “Grower’s or tree seedsman’s declaration” is a statement signed by the grower or tree seedsman giving, for a lot of seed, the lot number, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.035 “Hybrid” defined. “Hybrid” means the first generation seed of a cross produced by controlling the pollination and by combining:
1. Two or more inbred lines; 2. One inbred ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.037 “Kind” defined. “Kind” means one or more related species or subspecies which singly or collectively are known by one common name, for example, corn, oats, alfalfa and timothy. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.039 “Labeling” defined. “Labeling” includes all labels and other written, printed or graphic representations, in any form whatever, accompanying or pertaining to any seed, whether in bulk or in containers, and ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.041 “Lot” defined. “Lot” means a definite quantity of seed identified by a lot number or other mark, every portion or bag of which is uniform within recognized tolerances for the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.042 “Noxious weed” defined. “Noxious weed” means a weed the presence of whose seed among other seeds is prohibited or restricted pursuant to this chapter. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.043 “Origin” defined. “Origin” for an indigenous stand of trees is the area on which the trees are growing; for a nonindigenous stand, it is the place from which the seeds ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.051 “Record” defined. “Record” includes all information relating to the shipment or shipments involved and includes a file sample of each lot of seed. For tree and shrub seed the record ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.055 “Screenings” defined. “Screenings” means chaff, seed, weed seeds, inert matter and other materials removed from seed in preparing it for use. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.057 “Seizure” defined. “Seizure” means a legal process carried out by court order against an amount of seed or screenings. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.059 “Stop sale” defined. “Stop sale” means an administrative order provided by law, restraining the sale, use, disposition or movement of a definite amount of seed or screenings. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.061 “Treated” defined. “Treated” means that the seed has received an application of a substance, or that the seed has been subjected to a process for which a claim is made. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.063 “Tree and shrub seeds” defined. “Tree and shrub seeds” includes seeds of woody plants commonly known and sold as tree and shrub seeds in this state. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.065 “Tree seedsman” defined. “Tree seedsman” is any person who makes a business of producing, or collecting and processing and selling tree seed. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.067 “Type” defined. “Type” means a group of varieties so nearly similar that the individual varieties cannot be clearly differentiated except under special conditions. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.069 “Variety” defined. “Variety” means a subdivision of a kind characterized by growth, yield, plant, fruit, seed or other characteristics, by which it can be differentiated from other plants of the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.071 “Vegetable seeds” defined. “Vegetable seeds” includes the seeds of those crops which are grown in gardens or on truck farms and are generally known and sold under the name of ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.073 “Weed seeds” defined. “Weed seeds” includes the seeds and bulblets of all plants generally recognized as weeds within this state. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.075 Administration and enforcement of provisions. The Director shall administer and enforce the provisions of NRS 587.015 to 587.123, inclusive. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.077 Official seed-certifying agency for State; standards governing certification; fees. The Department is designated as the official seed-certifying agency for the State of Nevada. The Director shall, by rules or regulations, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.079 Service grain grading; schedule of fees. The Director may do service grain grading, including testing for dockage and moisture, and may establish a schedule of fees for that grading and ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.081 Sampling, inspection, analysis and testing of seeds; notification of violations. The Director or his authorized representatives shall:
1. Sample, inspect, make analysis of and test seeds subject to NRS ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.083 Adoption of regulations.
1. The Director shall adopt regulations: (a) Governing the terms and methods used in sampling, inspecting, analyzing, testing and examining seeds subject to NRS 587.015 ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.085 Entry of premises or conveyance for examination of seeds, screenings or records; issuance of stop-sale order. The Director or his authorized representatives may:
1. Enter upon or within any ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.087 Stop-sale orders: Effect; notification of shippers and consignors; appeals.
1. A stop-sale order issued pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 587.085 may prohibit the sale, processing or movement of ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.089 Cooperation with United States Department of Agriculture and other agencies. The Director shall cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and other appropriate agencies in seed law enforcement. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.091 Seeds of agricultural crops, flowers, vegetables, herbs, trees and shrubs: General requirements for labels.
1. Each container of seeds of agricultural crops, flowers, vegetables, herbs, trees and shrubs which ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.093 Seeds of agricultural crops: Requirements for labels. The labeling of containers for seeds of agricultural crops must state, in addition to the requirements of NRS 587.091:
1. The kind ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.097 Seeds of vegetables: Requirements for labels for containers of 1 pound or less. The labeling of containers for seeds of vegetables in containers of 1 pound or less must state, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.099 Seeds of vegetables: Requirements for labels for containers of more than 1 pound. The labeling of containers for seeds of vegetables in containers of more than 1 pound must state, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.101 Seeds of flowers: Requirements for labels for packets prepared for use in home gardens or plantings for households; preplanted containers. The labeling for seeds of flowers in packets prepared for ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.103 Seeds of flowers: Requirements for labels for other containers. The labeling of containers for seeds of flowers in containers other than packets prepared for use in home gardens or plantings ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.105 Seeds of trees and shrubs: Requirements for labels. Except for seed supplied by a seedsman of trees to a consumer under a contractual agreement, which may be labeled by invoice ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.107 Retention and inspection of records and samples. Each person whose name appears on a label as handling seeds subject to any of the provisions of NRS 587.015 to 587.123, inclusive, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.109 Inspection of seed potatoes imported into State; disposal of diseased potatoes.
1. Any person importing any white or Irish potatoes intended for seed purposes into the State of Nevada ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.111 Prohibitions. It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale or transport for sale any seeds of agricultural crops, flowers, vegetables, herbs, trees or shrubs within this state:
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.113 Further prohibitions. It is unlawful for any person within this state:
1. To detach, alter, deface or destroy any label provided for in NRS 587.015 to 587.123, inclusive, or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.114 Sale of uncertified seed by variety name unlawful. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale by variety name, seed not certified by an official seed certifying agency, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.115 Exemptions. The provisions of NRS 587.091 to 587.105, inclusive, do not apply:
1. To seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes. 2. To seed only while being ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.117 When seller not subject to penalty for incorrect labeling or representations. A person who sells or offers to sell seeds which are subject to the provisions of NRS 587.015 to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.119 Permit required for removal of screenings or cleanings from premises; treatment of screenings.
1. If a seed is prepared for use, all screenings or cleanings must be removed from ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.121 Seizure.
1. Any lot of seed found or reasonably suspected to be in violation of any of the provisions of NRS 587.015 to 587.119, inclusive, is subject to seizure ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.123 Penalty. Any person who violates any of the provisions of NRS 587.015 to 587.119, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.131 Definitions. As used in NRS 587.131 to 587.185, inclusive, unless the context requires otherwise:
1. “Advisory Board” means the Alfalfa Seed Advisory Board. 2. “Alfalfa seed” means the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.135 Alfalfa Seed Advisory Board: Creation; number and qualifications of members.
1. The Alfalfa Seed Advisory Board consisting of seven members is hereby created. 2. Six members of the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.141 Alfalfa Seed Advisory Board: Members not paid. The members of the Advisory Board serve without pay. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.145 Alfalfa Seed Advisory Board: Powers and duties. The Advisory Board has:
1. Only such powers and duties as are authorized by law; and 2. The following powers and ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.151 Powers and duties of State Board of Agriculture.
1. The State Board of Agriculture has the following powers and duties: (a) To appoint the members of the Advisory ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.153 Deposit of gifts and grants in Alfalfa Seed Research and Promotion Account. All gifts or grants of money which the Board is authorized to accept must be deposited with the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.155 Levy and collection of special assessment; deposits to and refunds from Alfalfa Seed Research and Promotion Account.
1. The Department shall, on or before August 1 of each year, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.161 Liability for payment of special assessment. All assessments levied pursuant to the provisions of NRS 587.155 must be paid to the Department by the person, either grower or dealer, by ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.165 Penalty for failure to file return or pay assessment. Any grower or dealer who fails to file a return or to pay any assessment pursuant to NRS 587.155 within the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.171 Recovery of delinquent assessment and penalties. Any assessment levied constitutes a personal debt of every person so assessed. If a person fails to pay the assessment, including all penalties, the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.175 Records of dealers.
1. Every dealer shall maintain accurate records of all Nevada alfalfa seed handled, packed, shipped or processed by him. 2. The records must be: ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.181 Requirements for growers shipping out of State. Alfalfa seed growers who ship their alfalfa seed directly to dealers outside the State of Nevada shall remit assessment fees to and file ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.185 Penalty. Any person who violates any of the provisions of NRS 587.131 to 587.181, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.290 “Agricultural products” defined. As used in NRS 587.290 to 587.450, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “agricultural products” includes horticultural, viticultural, dairy, bee and farm products. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.310 Administration by State Quarantine Officer. The State Quarantine Officer is designated as the authority to administer NRS 587.290 to 587.450, inclusive. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.360 State inspectors: Designation; fees for services.
1. The State Quarantine Officer may designate any competent employee or agent of the Department to inspect or classify agricultural products in accordance ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.370 County inspectors: Employment; compensation; license required; allocation of inspection fees.
1. The board of county commissioners of any county may employ one or more inspectors to assist in carrying ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.380 License to inspect or classify agricultural products; regulations; compensation of licensees; suspension and revocation of licenses. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.380 License to inspect or classify agricultural products; regulations; compensation of licensees; suspension and revocation of licenses. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.382 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of State Quarantine Officer. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.384 Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.386 Application for license to include social security number of applicant. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.390 Official standards for grading and classifying agricultural products and farm product containers: Adoption by State Quarantine Officer; changes. In order to promote, protect, further and develop the agricultural interests of ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.400 Notice of effective date of standard or of alterations or modifications; dissemination of information concerning standards.
1. In promulgating the standards or any alterations or modification of such standards, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.410 Adoption of federal standards; cooperation with United States.
1. The State Quarantine Officer is authorized to fix and promulgate as the official standard for this state for any agricultural ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.420 Appeals to State Quarantine Officer from findings of inspectors; fees.
1. Whenever any quantity of any agricultural product shall have been inspected under NRS 587.290 to 587.450, inclusive, and ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.430 Certificates as prima facie evidence. A certificate when not superseded by a finding on appeal, or a finding on appeal of the grade, classification, quality or condition of any agricultural ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.440 Unlawful acts; penalty. Any employee or agent employed under NRS 587.290 to 587.450, inclusive, or any inspector licensed thereunder, who shall knowingly inspect, grade or classify improperly any agricultural product ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.450 Fraudulent representations and unlawful use of containers; penalty.
1. If any quantity of any agricultural product shall have been inspected and a certificate issued under NRS 587.290 to 587.450, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.460 Definitions. As used in NRS 587.460 to 587.660, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 587.470 to 587.530, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.470 “Bulk lot” and “bulk load” defined. “Bulk lot” or “bulk load” of any fresh or dried fruit, nut or vegetable means any one group of specimens of such product which ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.480 “Deceptive arrangement” and “deceptive display” defined. “Deceptive arrangement” or “deceptive display” of fresh or dried fruits, nuts or vegetables means any bulk lot or load, arrangement or display of such ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.490 “Deceptive pack” defined. “Deceptive pack” means any container or subcontainer which has in the outer layer or any exposed surface fruits, nuts or vegetables which are in quality, size, condition ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.500 “Mature” defined. “Mature,” except when otherwise specifically defined, means having reached that stage of ripeness which will ensure the completion of the ripening process to a degree which will ensure ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.510 “Mislabel” defined. “Mislabel” means the placing or presence of any false or misleading statement, design or device upon any of the following: Any container, the label or lining of any ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.520 “Overripe” defined. “Overripe” means having reached an advance stage of maturity which causes the product to be undesirable for human consumption in a fresh state. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.530 “Transport” defined. “Transport” does not include the owners of vehicles employed in for-hire transportation. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.540 Enforcement of provisions. The Director and the deputies and inspectors under his supervision and control shall enforce the provisions of NRS 587.460 to 587.660, inclusive. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.550 Adoption of regulations. The Director may adopt regulations:
1. Prescribing methods of selecting samples of lots or containers of fruits, nuts and vegetables on a basis of size or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.560 Cooperation with counties in enforcement. The Director may cooperate financially or otherwise with any county in accordance with the provisions of NRS 244.327 and 561.245 in the enforcement of the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.570 Potatoes: Grade requirements; marking and labeling of containers.
1. All potatoes sold or offered for sale for human consumption within this state must meet the U.S. No. 2 grade ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.580 Onions: Grade requirements; marking and labeling of containers.
1. All onions sold or offered for sale for human consumption within this state must meet the U.S. No. 2 grade ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.590 Conformity to provisions of NRS 587.460 to 587.660, inclusive, required. It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, deliver for sale, load, ship, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.600 Deceptive packs, loads or displays unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, load, ship, transport or sell a deceptive pack, bulk lot, bulk ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.610 Mislabeling, false or misleading statements or advertising unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to mislabel any fruit, nut or vegetable, or place or have any false or misleading statement ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.620 Unlawful to violate or remove hold order. It is unlawful for any person to remove or dispose of any fruits, nuts, vegetables or their containers to which any hold order ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.630 Packing requirements.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to pack any fruits, nuts or vegetables in layers in any container which ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.640 Refusal to permit inspection unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to refuse to submit any container, subcontainer, load or display of fruits, nuts or vegetables to the inspection of ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.650 Unlawful to pack, transport or sell defective or damaged products. It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, deliver for sale, load, ship, transport or ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.660 NRS 587.590 to 587.650, inclusive, applicable only when specific standards of quality not otherwise established. The provisions of NRS 587.590 to 587.650, inclusive, apply only to those fruits, nuts or ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.670 Definitions. As used in this section and NRS 587.680 and 587.690:
1. “Commercial feed” means all materials except seed, whole or processed, which are distributed for use as feed ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.680 Adoption of rules and regulations. The Director may adopt such rules and regulations for commercial feed for livestock as are necessary for the efficient enforcement of the provisions of NRS ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.690 Requirements for labels; information to be furnished to purchaser; exceptions.
1. It is unlawful to sell, offer to sell or distribute in this state any commercial feed for livestock ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.700 Definitions. As used in NRS 587.700 to 587.830, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 587.715 to 587.780, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.715 “Agricultural product” defined. “Agricultural product” has the meaning ascribed to it in 7 U.S.C. § 6502, as that section existed on July 1, 2003. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.720 “Animal product” defined. Repealed. (See chapter 43, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 401.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.730 “Certifying agent” defined. Repealed. (See chapter 43, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 401.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.740 “Federal Act” defined. “Federal Act” means the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, 7 U.S.C. §§ 6501 et seq., as amended. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.750 “Handler” defined. “Handler” has the meaning ascribed to it in 7 U.S.C. § 6502, as that section existed on July 1, 2003. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.760 “Organic agricultural product” defined. Repealed. (See chapter 43, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 401.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.770 “Processing” defined. Repealed. (See chapter 43, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 401.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.780 “Producer” defined. “Producer” has the meaning ascribed to it in 7 U.S.C. § 6502, as that section existed on July 1, 2003. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.790 “Vegetable product” defined. Repealed. (See chapter 43, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 401.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.800 Director authorized to establish program for certification of producers and handlers of organic agricultural products; approval of program by Secretary of Agriculture.
1. The Director may establish a program ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.810 Advisory Council for Organic Agricultural Products: Creation; members; powers.
1. An Advisory Council for Organic Agricultural Products is hereby created in the Department. The Advisory Council consists of: ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.820 Advisory Council for Organic Agricultural Products: Terms of members; vacancy; election of officers; meetings; compensation of members.
1. The State Board of Agriculture shall appoint three of the first ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.830 Regulations for administration and enforcement of program for certification of producers and handlers of organic agricultural products; fees. If the Director establishes a program for the certification of producers and ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.840 State Board of Agriculture to consider Federal Act and regulations of other states when adopting regulations. Repealed. (See chapter 43, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 401.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 587.850 Unlawful acts; penalties; deposit of money collected as penalty; payment of attorney’s fees or costs of investigation. Repealed. (See chapter 43, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 401.) ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 588.020 to 588.150, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.020 “Agricultural minerals” defined. “Agricultural minerals” means substances, mixtures of mineral substances, and mixtures of mineral and organic substances, containing less than 5 percent in available form of nitrogen, phosphorus pentoxide, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.030 “Auxiliary plant chemicals” defined. “Auxiliary plant chemicals” means substances such as hormones, auxins, materials for reducing preharvest drop of fruit, materials for promoting rooting of cuttings, bacterial inoculants, and similar ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.040 “Brand” defined. “Brand” means any and all words, terms, designs or trademarks used in connection with one or several grades of fertilizers or agricultural minerals. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.050 “Commercial fertilizers” defined. “Commercial fertilizers” means substances and mixtures of substances containing 5 percent or more of nitrogen, available phosphoric acid, phosphorus pentoxide, or potassium oxide soluble in distilled water, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.061 “Department” defined. “Department” means the State Department of Agriculture. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.065 “Director” defined. “Director” means the Director of the Department. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.070 “Distributor” defined. “Distributor” means any person who offers for sale, sells, barters or otherwise supplies commercial fertilizers or agricultural minerals. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.080 “Grade” defined.
1. As related to fertilizers, “grade” means the minimum percentage of total nitrogen, available phosphorus or phosphoric acid and soluble potassium or soluble potash stated in the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.090 “Manures” defined. “Manures” means the excreta of domestic animals or domestic fowls when not artificially mixed with any material or materials other than those which have been used for bedding, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.100 “Official sample” defined. “Official sample” means any sample of commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral taken by the Director or his agent according to the methods prescribed by the Director. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.110 “Percent” and “percentage” defined. “Percent” or “percentage” means the percentage by weight. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.121 “Restricted-use commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral” defined. “Restricted-use commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral” means a commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral classified for restricted use pursuant to NRS 588.164. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.130 “Sell” and “sale” defined. “Sell” or “sale” includes exchange. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.140 “Soil amendments” defined. “Soil amendments” means all substances except those included within NRS 588.020, 588.030, 588.050 and 588.090, and includes hays, straws, peat, leaf mold, sand and soil. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.145 “Substance” defined. “Substance” means any material or mixture of materials which is intended to be used to promote or stimulate the growth of plants, to increase the productiveness of plants, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.150 “Ton” defined. “Ton” means a net ton of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.160 Director administers chapter. The provisions of this chapter must be administered by the Director. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.162 Jurisdiction of Director over distribution, sale and transportation of commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals. The Director has jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the distribution, sale and transportation of commercial ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.164 Regulations: Application and distribution of injurious and detrimental commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals; classification of restricted-use commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals; additional authority to carry out chapter.
1. The ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.168 Elimination of dangerous, nonbeneficial or misrepresented commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals; program for evaluation of commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals. The Director shall:
1. Eliminate from use in this ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.170 Registration of brand and grade: Requirement; fees; provision of copy; expiration.
1. Each brand and grade of commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral must be registered with the Department before ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.180 Application: Contents; analysis of commercial fertilizers.
1. The application must include the following information in the following order: (a) The name and address of the person guaranteeing the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.190 Application: Analysis of agricultural minerals. The guaranteed analysis of agricultural minerals must be stated as follows:
1. Limestone, limerock, chalk, dolomite, dolomitic limestone, marl, oystershell, shells and every other ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.192 Cancellation, denial or suspension of registration: Grounds.
1. The Director may, after a hearing, cancel the registration of, or refuse to register, the brand and grade of any commercial ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.194 Cancellation or denial of registration: Fraudulent or deceptive practices to evade chapter. The Director may cancel the registration of any brand of commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral or refuse to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.200 Labels or tags: Attachment; statements thereon; bulk distribution.
1. Any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral offered for sale, sold or distributed in this state in bags, barrels or other ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.210 Fees; exemptions; forms for reporting sales.
1. There must be paid to the Department for all commercial fertilizers offered for sale, sold or distributed in this state a fee ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.215 Exemption of fertilizers and minerals not for agricultural purposes. Those commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals not used for agricultural purposes are exempt from the license fee and reporting requirements of ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.230 Sampling and analysis: Powers and duties of Director; methods.
1. The Director, who may act through his authorized agent, shall sample, inspect, make analyses of and test commercial fertilizers ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.240 Assessment and payment of penalties when fertilizer or mineral is short of guaranteed analysis; appeal.
1. If the analysis shows that any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral falls short ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.250 Annual determination and publication of values per pound of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and soluble potash. To determine the commercial values to be applied under the provisions of NRS 588.240, the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.260 Unlawful distribution of misbranded commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral.
1. A commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral is misbranded if it carries any false or misleading statement upon or attached ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.270 Publication of reports by Director; nondisclosure of information concerning operation of business.
1. At least annually, the Director shall publish, in such form as he may deem proper: ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.290 Penalty for short weight. If any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral in the possession of the consumer is found by the Director to be short in weight, the registrant of ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.295 Restricted-use commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals: Registration of seller, distributor or deliverer; fees; records of sales; reports.
1. It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer to ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.297 Restricted-use commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals: Denial, suspension or revocation of registration. The Director may refuse to grant or renew a registration pursuant to NRS 588.295 or may suspend or ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.300 Revocation or refusal of registration: Grounds; hearing. [Replaced in revision by NRS 588.194.] ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.320 Seizure of commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral not in compliance with chapter: Complaint to court; methods of disposal.
1. Any lot of commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral not in ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.330 Violations: Notice; hearing; prosecution; injunctive relief.
1. If it appears from the examination of any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral that any of the provisions of this chapter or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.340 Applicability. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed:
1. To restrict or avoid sales or exchanges of commercial fertilizers or agricultural minerals to each other by importers, manufacturers or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 588.350 Penalty. Any person violating any provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.010 Short title. NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, may be known and cited as the Nevada Petroleum Products Inspection Act. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.020 Definitions. As used in NRS 590.010 to 590.330, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Additives” means a substance to be added to a motor oil or lubricating oil ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.030 False branding prohibited.
1. It is unlawful for any person to sell, attempt to sell, offer for sale or assist in the sale of any gasoline, diesel fuel or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.040 Brand name must be shown; labeling of containers, dispensers, fill pipes for storage tanks and delivery outlets on tank delivery trucks; “no brand” products.
1. It is unlawful for ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.050 False or misleading advertising prohibited.
1. It is unlawful for any person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, engaged in or operating in the business of selling at ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.060 Adulterated, substituted, used or recycled products.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 590.063 and 590.065, it is unlawful for any person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.063 Pumps and devices for blending gasoline.
1. The use of pumps or other devices which are capable of withdrawing gasoline from each of two tanks containing different qualities of ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.065 Pumps and devices for blending gasoline and motor oil.
1. The use of pumps or other devices which are capable of withdrawing gasoline from one tank containing gasoline and ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.070 Standards for petroleum products used in internal combustion engines: Adoption by State Board of Agriculture; sale and delivery of nonconforming petroleum products unlawful; exception for aviation fuel; additional penalties.
... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.071 Powers and duties of State Board of Agriculture concerning standards relating to petroleum products.
1. The State Board of Agriculture shall: (a) Enforce the standards relating to petroleum ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.073 Specifications for aviation fuel.
1. It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale or assist in the sale of, or permit to be sold or offered ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.080 Specifications for motor or lubricating oil.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, crankcase drainings, lube-distillate, or any other petroleum product may not be sold, offered for sale, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.090 Specifications for heating products; designation of brand and grade of heating fuel contained in storage tanks, dispensers and petroleum tank trucks; designations of numerical grade.
1. It is unlawful ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.100 Powers and duties of State Sealer of Weights and Measures and Nevada Highway Patrol. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures is charged with the proper enforcement of NRS 590.010 ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.105 Certain measurement tables to be used in testing petroleum products. For the purpose of testing petroleum products as provided in NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, the ASTM-IP Petroleum Measurement Tables, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.110 Breaking or destroying seal or defacing notice of sealing unlawful. It is unlawful for any person other than the State Sealer of Weights and Measures or his appointees to break, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.120 Inspection fee for motor vehicle fuel or lubricating oil shipped, transported or held for sale; monthly reports.
1. Every person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, shipping or ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.130 Disposition of inspection fees. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 590.120, all inspection fees received by the Department of Motor Vehicles must be deposited with the State ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.140 Duties of district attorneys. The district attorney shall prosecute all violations of the provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, occurring within his county. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.150 Penalties; prima facie evidence.
1. Any person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, who violates any of the provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.065, inclusive, or 590.071 to ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.160 Administration. NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, shall be administered by the State Sealer of Weights and Measures. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.170 Display of price and certain words regarding sales of motor vehicle fuel and diesel fuel.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not keep, maintain ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.180 Phraseology indicating reduced price.
1. No person offering for sale or selling any motor vehicle fuel in the State of Nevada may post or display a sign or statement ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.190 Motor vehicle fuel without brand or trade name: Requisites. If motor vehicle fuel is offered for sale or advertised for sale from the premises of any place of business in ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.200 Size of letters, figures or numerals in designation of brand or lack thereof. All letters, figures or numerals used in designating the brand name or words “no brand” in any ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.210 Size of letters in designating gasoline or diesel fuel. All letters used in designating the word “gasoline” or the words “diesel fuel” must be at least 4 inches in height ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.220 Size of letters, figures or numerals in announcing prices of motor vehicle fuel. All letters, words, figures or numerals used on the advertising medium referred to in NRS 590.160 to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.230 Contents and form of advertising medium; use of terms stating condition of sale.
1. The advertising medium referred to in NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, must not contain any ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.240 Fractions as numerals. For the purpose of NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, fractions are considered one numeral. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.250 Numeral “1” and letter “l”: Uniformity of type and design. The numeral “1” or the letter “l” need not conform to specifications prescribed for other letters, words, figures or numerals ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.260 Visibility and color of letters, figures or numerals. All letters, words, figures or numerals appearing on any advertising medium referred to in NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, shall be plainly ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.270 Uniformity of color of letters, figures or numerals designating brands and prices. All words, letters, figures or numerals on the advertising medium referred to in NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.280 Placement of medium in misleading position as regards other advertising. No advertising medium may be placed on the premises of any place of business in this state in such a ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.290 Addition of words distorting meaning of medium advertising other goods. It is unlawful to place letters, words, figures or numerals on any advertising medium located or maintained on the premises ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.300 Advertising of “motor oil” or “lubricating oil”: General requirements.
1. No person shall keep, maintain or display on the premises or near any place of business in this state ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.310 Advertising of “motor oil” or “lubricating oil”: Uniformity, size, color and legibility of letters.
1. All letters, figures or numerals, used in designating the brand name or the words ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.320 Advertising of product not sold by advertiser. It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of selling at retail any petroleum products for internal combustion engines, to display ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.330 Penalties. Any violation of the provisions of NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, shall be punished:
1. For the first conviction, by a fine of not more than $500. ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.340 Short title. NRS 590.340 to 590.450, inclusive, may be cited as the Nevada Antifreeze Act. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.350 Definitions. As used in NRS 590.340 to 590.450, inclusive, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. “Antifreeze” includes all substances and preparations intended for use as the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.360 Adulteration. An antifreeze shall be deemed to be adulterated:
1. If it consists in whole or in part of any substance which will render it injurious to the cooling ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.370 Misbranding. An antifreeze shall be deemed to be misbranded:
1. If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; or 2. If in package form it does ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.380 Sale or holding with intent to sell antifreeze without permit prohibited; application for permit; sample; fee established by regulation; issuance and cancellation of permit.
1. Before any antifreeze may ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.400 Enforcement.
1. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures shall enforce the provisions of NRS 590.340 to 590.450, inclusive, by inspections, chemical analyses or any other appropriate methods. All ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.420 List of brands and trademarks registered by State Sealer of Weights and Measures. The State Sealer of Weights and Measures may furnish upon request a list of the brands and ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.430 Advertising literature: References to inspections by State Sealer of Weights and Measures. No advertising literature relating to any antifreeze sold or to be sold in this state shall contain any ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.440 Institution of proceedings by district attorney. Whenever the State Sealer of Weights and Measures shall discover any antifreeze is being sold or has been sold in violation of NRS 590.340 ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.450 Penalty. If any person, partnership, corporation or association shall violate the provisions of NRS 590.340 to 590.440, inclusive, such person, partnership, corporation or association shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.465 Short title. NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, may be cited as the Nevada Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.475 Definitions. As used in NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. “Board” means the Board for the Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas. Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.485 Board for Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Creation; number, appointment, qualifications, terms and removal of members; compensation of members and employees.
1. The Board for the Regulation of Liquefied ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.495 Board for Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Meetings; quorum; officers; notice of meetings and certain hearings.
1. The Board shall hold three regular meetings per year in the months ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.505 Board for Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Seal; Executive Secretary and other personnel; policies and regulations; biennial report; records.
1. The Board may adopt a seal for its own ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.509 Board for Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Offices; 24-hour telephone number; availability of persons to offer assistance in emergency.
1. The Board shall maintain in such locations as it ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.515 Regulations of Board: Generally.
1. In addition to any other regulations it is authorized or required to adopt, the Board shall adopt such other regulations as are reasonably necessary ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.519 Regulations regarding safety; inspections; programs on safety.
1. The Board shall adopt regulations regarding safety for all: (a) Systems for the distribution of liquefied petroleum gas to nine ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.521 Minimum general standards for equipment. The Board may adopt regulations setting forth minimum general standards covering the design, construction, location, installation and operation of equipment for storing, handling, transporting by ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.525 Installation and maintenance of equipment. All equipment must be installed and maintained in a safe operating condition and in conformity with the regulations and specifications adopted by the Board pursuant ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.535 Use of containers; required licenses; exceptions.
1. No person, firm or corporation, other than the owner and those authorized by the owner so to do, shall sell, fill, refill, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.537 Dealer of leased tank to remove tank when requested at no charge; refund to customer.
1. Each dealer who leases a tank for the storage of liquefied petroleum gas ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.545 Ordinances of political subdivisions not to conflict with law or regulations of Board; exception.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no political subdivision may adopt or enforce ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.547 Proposals for location of facilities for storage: Hearings; payment of costs; physical inspection of site; considerations.
1. Any hearing held by the Board on the proposed location of a ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.549 Power of Board to issue, suspend and revoke licenses.
1. The Board may: (a) Prescribe the method and form of application for a license to sell, deliver, transport, ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.555 Applications for licenses: Requirement; contents; fees.
1. Applications for any licenses required by NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, must be made to the Board prior to conducting any business ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.565 Denial or issuance of licenses; copy of order denying license to be served on Governor and applicant.
1. The Board shall approve or disapprove all applications, and in the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.575 Classifications. For the purpose of administering the provisions of NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, and adopting the application and license fees to be remitted, the Board may classify any person, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.585 Contents of license.
1. Every license issued under NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, shall set forth the name of the person or persons to whom it is issued. ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.595 Licenses nontransferable; license fees not refunded.
1. Any license issued under the provisions of NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, shall not be transferable by the licensee or licensees to ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.605 Disciplinary action.
1. Whenever the Board has reasonable grounds to believe that any applicant or licensee under NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, is violating any of the provisions of ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.610 Variances from regulations. The Board may grant variances from its regulations when it deems it in the best interest of the safety of the public or the persons using materials ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.615 Variances from rules, regulations or specifications: Considerations. When the Board finds, under such conditions as may arise, a variation from its rules, regulations or specifications which does not impair the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.625 Attorney General is Board’s legal adviser. The Attorney General for the State of Nevada and his duly appointed deputies shall be the legal advisers of the Board on all matters, ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.635 Duties of sheriffs and police officers. The respective sheriffs within their counties, and all police officers of the State of Nevada, are charged with the duty, without further compensation, of ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.640 Penalties; injunctive relief available to Board.
1. Any person who violates any of the provisions of NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, or any of the rules, regulations or specifications ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.645 Promotion of safety by Division of Industrial Relations of Department of Business and Industry. The Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry may promote safety in ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.700 Definitions. As used in NRS 590.700 to 590.920, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 590.710 to 590.800, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.710 “Board” defined. “Board” means the Board to Review Claims. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.720 “Department” defined. “Department” means the Department of Motor Vehicles. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.725 “Diesel fuel of grade number 1” defined. “Diesel fuel of grade number 1” means a distillate from fuel oil which is of high volatility and used in high-speed diesel engines ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.726 “Diesel fuel of grade number 2” defined. “Diesel fuel of grade number 2” means a distillate from gas oil which is of low volatility and used in high-speed diesel engines ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.730 “Discharge” defined. “Discharge” means any release, leaking or spilling from a storage tank into water or soil, unless the discharge is authorized by state or federal law. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.740 “Division” defined. “Division” means the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.750 “Fund” defined. “Fund” means the Fund for Cleaning Up Discharges of Petroleum. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.760 “Heating oil” defined. “Heating oil” means diesel fuel of grade number 1 or 2 or any other form of petroleum used in an oil-fired furnace or boiler for space heating. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.765 “Motor vehicle fuel” defined. “Motor vehicle fuel” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 365.060. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.770 “Operator” defined. “Operator” means a person who owns, controls or is responsible for the operation of a storage tank. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.780 “Person” defined. “Person” includes the United States, this state, and any agency or political subdivision of this state. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.790 “Petroleum” defined. “Petroleum” means crude oil or any fraction thereof which is liquid at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.800 “Storage tank” defined. “Storage tank” means any tank used to store petroleum, except petroleum for use in a chemical process. ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.810 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that:
1. Protection of this state’s environment, particularly its supplies of water, requires the prompt cleaning up of any discharge of petroleum from a ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.820 Board to Review Claims: Creation; members; Chairman; administrative assistance; compensation of members.
1. The Board to Review Claims is hereby created in the Division. The Board consists of: ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.830 Fund for Cleaning Up Discharges of Petroleum: Creation; administration by Division; adoption of regulations by Board; claims; expenses and interest; resolutions adopted by Board concerning Fund.
1. The Fund ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.840 Collection of fee for certain fuels and heating oil; exempt products; payment of expenses of Department.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Department shall collect for ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.850 Registration of storage tanks: Collection of annual fee; exempt tanks; liability for noncompliance.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Division shall collect for deposit in the ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.860 Balance in Fund to determine collection of fees by Department. If the balance in the Fund at the end of any fiscal year is estimated at $7,500,000 or more, the ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.870 Report of discharge from tank required; Division to clean up discharge; exception; test of tank required for coverage.
1. The operator of every storage tank, and every person who ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.880 Allocation of costs resulting from discharge from certain storage tanks for heating oil. The costs resulting from a discharge from a storage tank which has a capacity of 1,100 gallons ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.890 Allocation of costs resulting from discharge from other storage tanks; requirement to hold public hearings under certain circumstances. If the costs resulting from a discharge from any other storage tank ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.900 Liability for costs to clean up discharge caused by willful or wanton misconduct, gross negligence or violation of statute or regulation.
1. Any person who, through willful or wanton ... Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.910 Pro rata reduction required if balance in Fund insufficient for full payment. If the balance in the Fund is insufficient to pay in full all amounts payable from it under ...
Nevada Revised Statutes Section 590.920 Tanks exempted from provisions of NRS 590.850 to 590.910, inclusive; optional coverage of exempted tank.
1. The provisions of NRS 590.850 to 590.910, inclusive, do not apply to any ... Last modified: February 27, 2006 |