NRS 678B.215: 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.

1. 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.