Licensing of medical cannabis establishments: Prohibition on issuing or renewing licenses on or after January 1, 2024; exception for medical cannabis establishment located in covered jurisdiction; issuance of adult-use cannabis establishment license to holder of medical cannabis establishment license if local governmental jurisdiction ceases to be covered jurisdiction.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 678B.215
in effect1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Board shall not, on or after January 1, 2024, issue any additional medical cannabis establishment licenses or renew a medical cannabis establishment license pursuant to NRS 678B.210 .
2. The Board may, on or after January 1, 2024:
(a) Issue a medical cannabis establishment license to an applicant pursuant to NRS 678B.210 if the proposed medical cannabis establishment will be located in a local governmental jurisdiction that is a covered jurisdiction.
(b) Renew the medical cannabis establishment license of a medical cannabis establishment pursuant to NRS 678B.210 so long as the local governmental jurisdiction in which the medical cannabis establishment is located is a covered jurisdiction.
3. If a local governmental jurisdiction that is a covered jurisdiction ceases to be a covered jurisdiction, a person who holds a medical cannabis establishment license for a medical cannabis establishment located in the local governmental jurisdiction may, upon expiration of the license, submit an application to the Board for the issuance of an adult-use cannabis establishment license of the same type.
4. An application submitted pursuant to subsection 3 must:
(a) Contain the same information as required for the renewal of a medical cannabis establishment license pursuant to NRS 678B.210 ; and
(b) Be accompanied by a fee in an amount that is equal to the fee for the renewal of an adult-use cannabis establishment license of the same type as that of the medical cannabis establishment license which has expired, as set forth in NRS 678B.390 .
5. If the Board determines that the applicant would have been eligible to renew the medical cannabis establishment license which has expired, the Board shall issue to the applicant an adult-use cannabis establishment license of the same type.
6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, an adult-use cannabis establishment license issued by the Board pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be an adult-use cannabis establishment license issued by the Board pursuant to NRS 678B.250 .
7. An adult-use cannabis establishment license issued by the Board pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be a medical cannabis establishment license of the same type for the purposes of NRS 678B.220 , 678B.230 , 678B.260 and 678B.270 .
8. As used in this section, covered jurisdiction means a local governmental jurisdiction that has adopted local cannabis control measures which prohibit the operation of adult-use cannabis establishments in the local governmental jurisdiction.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-678B.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026