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NRS 678B.649

Regulations regarding requirements for testing cannabis and cannabis products

(Added to NRS by 2025, 2278)

1. The Board shall adopt regulations setting forth requirements for licensees and registrants relating to the testing of cannabis and cannabis products.

2. The regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must require:

(a) Representative samples of each lot to be tested by a cannabis independent testing laboratory;

(b) The collection of representative samples of a lot to be conducted in accordance with standards established by the Board, which must align with the most recent version of the ASTM International Standard ASTM D8334/8334M, “Standard Practice for Sampling of Cannabis/Hemp Post-Harvest Batches for Laboratory Analyses”; and

(c) For each lot of cannabis flower, the total aggregate weight of all representative samples to be collected for testing from the lot to be:

(1) For a lot weighing less than 5 pounds, not less than 10 grams;

(2) For a lot weighing 5 pounds or more but less than 10 pounds, not less than 15 grams; and

(3) For a lot weighing 10 pounds or more but not more than 15 pounds, not less than 20 grams.

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Harvest batch” means the useable flower and trim contained within one or more specific lots of cannabis grown by a cannabis cultivation facility from one or more seeds or cuttings of the same strain of cannabis and harvested on or before a specified final date of harvest.

(b) “Lot” means:

(1) The flowers from one or more cannabis plants of the same harvest batch, in a quantity that weighs 15 pounds or less;

(2) The leaves or other plant matter from one or more cannabis plants of the same harvest batch, other than full female flowers, in a quantity that weighs 45 pounds or less; or

(3) The wet flower, leaves or other plant matter from one or more cannabis plants of the same harvest batch used only for extraction, in a quantity that weighs 150 pounds or less, within 2 hours of harvest.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.