Registry identification cards: General requirements concerning designation of primary caregiver; user of medical marijuana not to have more than one designated primary caregiver; timing of issuance of card to caregiver if caregiver designated after initial issuance of card to patient.
1. If a person who applies to the Department for a registry identification card or to whom the Department or its designee has issued a registry identification card pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 453A.220 desires to designate a primary caregiver, the person must:
(a) To designate a primary caregiver at the time of application, submit to the Department the information required pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 2 of NRS 453A.210; or
(b) To designate a primary caregiver after the Department or its designee has issued a registry identification card to him, submit to the Department the information required pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 453A.230.
2. A person may have only one designated primary caregiver at any one time.
3. If a person designates a primary caregiver after the time that he initially applies for a registry identification card, the Department or its designee shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 of NRS 453A.210, issue a registry identification card to the designated primary caregiver as soon as practicable after receiving the information submitted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1.
Last modified: February 26, 2006