Nevada

In Nevada, an attending healthcare provider may complete and sign the Attending Healthcare Provider Statement for a patient with a chronic or debilitating medical condition. The healthcare provider must be licensed in Nevada, in good standing with the appropriate Nevada licensing board, and authorized to prescribe for the patient’s chronic or debilitating medical condition.

A licensed healthcare provider may recommend the therapeutic use of cannabis for a patient under their care if the patient has been diagnosed with a qualifying chronic or debilitating medical condition.

Nevada law protects healthcare providers from professional discipline by licensing boards when they comply with the state’s medical cannabis law. Providers are responsible for explaining the potential risks and benefits of medical cannabis to patients. For minor patients, the provider must also obtain informed consent.

For more information on the laws and regulations, visit the State of Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board website.

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• • • • An anxiety disorder
      • An autism spectrum disorder
      • An autoimmune disease
      • Anorexia nervosa
      • Cancer
      • Dependence upon or addiction to opioids
      • Glaucoma
      • A medical condition or treatment for a medical condition that produces, for a specific patient, one or more of the following:

                  (a) Cachexia;

                  (b) Muscle spasms, including, without limitation, spasms caused by multiple sclerosis;

                  (c) Seizures, including, without limitation, seizures caused by epilepsy;

                  (d) Nausea; or

                  (e) Severe or chronic pain;

      • The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and any medical condition related to the human immunodeficiency virus;
      • A neuropathic condition, whether or not such a condition causes seizures, or
      • Any other medical condition or treatment for a medical condition that is:

                  (a) Classified as a chronic or debilitating medical condition by regulation of the Division; or

                  (b) Approved as a chronic or debilitating medical condition pursuant to a petition submitted.

For more information on the laws and regulations, visit the State of Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board website.

Patients who are enrolled in the Medical Cannabis Program must be recertified every year.

Medical professionals have a legal right to recommend cannabis as a treatment in any state, as protected by the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act (Title III section 301) which became law on December 2, 2022, and the First Amendment (established by a 2004 United States Supreme Court decision to uphold earlier federal court rulings that doctors, and their patients have a fundamental Constitutional right to freely discuss treatment options).

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