NRS: CHAPTER 586 - NEVADA PESTICIDES ACT

[Rev. 6/29/2024 4:33:16 PM--2023]

CHAPTER 586 - NEVADA PESTICIDES ACT

GENERAL PROVISIONS

NRS 586.010 Short title.

NRS 586.020 Definitions.

NRS 586.030 “Active ingredient” defined.

NRS 586.040 “Adulterated” defined.

NRS 586.050 “Antidote” defined.

NRS 586.052 “Brand” defined.

NRS 586.053 “Certified applicator” defined.

NRS 586.055 “Defoliant” defined.

NRS 586.057 “Desiccant” defined.

NRS 586.060 “Device” defined.

NRS 586.071 “Director” defined.

NRS 586.090 “Fungi” defined.

NRS 586.100 “Fungicide” defined.

NRS 586.110 “Herbicide” defined.

NRS 586.130 “Inert ingredient” defined.

NRS 586.135 “Ingredient statement” defined.

NRS 586.140 “Insect” defined.

NRS 586.150 “Insecticide” defined.

NRS 586.160 “Label” defined.

NRS 586.170 “Labeling” defined.

NRS 586.180 “Misbranded” defined.

NRS 586.185 “Nematocide” defined.

NRS 586.186 “Nematode” defined.

NRS 586.188 “Neonicotinoid pesticide” defined.

NRS 586.195 “Pesticide” defined.

NRS 586.197 “Plant regulator” defined.

NRS 586.200 “Registrant” defined.

NRS 586.205 “Restricted-use pesticide” defined.

NRS 586.210 “Rodenticide” defined.

NRS 586.220 “Weed” defined.

DIRECTOR OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

NRS 586.230 Jurisdiction.

NRS 586.234 Adoption of standards prescribed by United States Environmental Protection Agency.

NRS 586.237 Adoption of rules and regulations; classification of restricted-use pesticides.

NRS 586.241 Identification of pests; determination of toxicity of pesticides and standards for coloring.

NRS 586.245 Elimination of dangerous, nonbeneficial or misrepresented pesticides; program for evaluation of pesticides.

NRS 586.247 Examination of pesticides or devices to determine compliance with chapter; authority to impose civil penalty.

REGISTRATION OF BRANDS

NRS 586.250 Registration required; annual renewal.

NRS 586.260 Registrant’s statement; updated information upon renewal of registration.

NRS 586.270 Fees established by regulation; deposit and use of money.

NRS 586.280 Submission of formula for pesticide to Director; registration of article by Director.

NRS 586.290 Notice to registrant of failure of compliance of registered article; effect of registration on commission of offense.

NRS 586.295 Grounds for cancellation, denial or suspension of registration.

NRS 586.300 Registration not required for interplant shipments.

RESTRICTED-USE PESTICIDES

NRS 586.403 Regulations governing use; permit required; grounds for denial, revocation or suspension of permit.

NRS 586.405 Special use permit.

NRS 586.406 Registration of seller: Application; annual renewal; fee; maintenance of records and filing of monthly reports.

NRS 586.4065 Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of seller’s registration.

PESTICIDES USED ON MARIJUANA AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA

NRS 586.550 Requirements for use of certain pesticides by cannabis establishments; publication of list of approved pesticides for use on cannabis and cannabis products.

NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDES

NRS 586.600 Prohibition on purchase and use for certain purposes; exceptions; application for commercial agricultural use; regulations.

UNLAWFUL ACTS AND PENALTIES

NRS 586.900 Distribution, sale or transportation of unregistered brand or pesticide that differs from registration unlawful.

NRS 586.905 Distribution, sale or transportation of pesticide without required container and labeling unlawful.

NRS 586.910 Distribution, sale or transportation of pesticide containing substance highly toxic to humans without additional labeling unlawful.

NRS 586.915 Distribution, sale or transportation of certain pesticides without proper coloration or discoloration unlawful; exemption.

NRS 586.920 Distribution, sale or transportation of adulterated or misbranded pesticide unlawful.

NRS 586.925 Penalties for certain violations inapplicable to certain persons; exclusion from violations for certain articles.

NRS 586.930 Detachment of labels or addition or removal of substances from pesticide unlawful.

NRS 586.935 Personal use or disclosure of information relating to formula disclosed to Director pursuant to NRS 586.280 unlawful; exceptions.

NRS 586.940 Restricted-use pesticides: Unlawful sale or delivery.

NRS 586.945 Unlawful application of restricted-use pesticides and neonicotinoid pesticides.

NRS 586.960 Seizure and confiscation of pesticide or device not registered, adulterated, misbranded or otherwise not compliant with chapter; condemnation and disposal; exception for owner who pays costs.

NRS 586.965 Civil penalties; deposit and use of money.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS

NRS 586.010 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Nevada Pesticides Act.

[1:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1133; 1975, 187; 2015, 3631)

NRS 586.020 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 586.030 to 586.220, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

[Part 2:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1133; 1975, 187; 1993, 1775; 1999, 3716; 2003, 613; 2015, 3631; 2023, 389)

NRS 586.030 “Active ingredient” defined. “Active ingredient” means in the case of:

1. A pesticide, other than a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant, an ingredient which will prevent, destroy, repel or mitigate insects, nematodes, fungi, rodents, weeds or other pests.

2. A plant regulator, an ingredient which, through physiological action, will accelerate or retard the rate of growth or rate of maturation or otherwise alter the behavior of ornamental or crop plants or the produce thereof.

3. A defoliant, an ingredient which will cause the leaves or foliage to drop from a plant.

4. A desiccant, an ingredient which will artificially accelerate the drying of plant tissue.

[Part 2:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1134)

NRS 586.040 “Adulterated” defined. “Adulterated” shall apply to any pesticide if its strength or purity falls below the professed standard or quality as expressed on labeling or under which it is sold, or if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the article, or if any valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or in part abstracted.

[Part 2:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1134)

NRS 586.050 “Antidote” defined. “Antidote” means the most practical immediate treatment in case of poisoning and includes first aid treatment.

[Part 2:269:1955]

NRS 586.052 “Brand” defined. “Brand” means any and all words, terms, designs or trademarks used in connection with a pesticide.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 613)

NRS 586.053 “Certified applicator” defined. “Certified applicator” means any person who is certified by the Director as qualified to use or supervise the use of any restricted-use pesticide.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 186; A 1977, 312; 1993, 1775; 1999, 3716)

NRS 586.055 “Defoliant” defined. “Defoliant” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for causing the leaves or foliage to drop from a plant, with or without causing abscission.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1131)

NRS 586.057 “Desiccant” defined. “Desiccant” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for artificially accelerating the drying of plant tissues.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1131)

NRS 586.060 “Device” defined. “Device” means any instrument or contrivance intended for trapping, destroying, repelling or mitigating insects or rodents, or destroying, repelling or mitigating fungi or weeds, or such other pests as designated by the Director. The term does not include equipment used for the application of pesticides when sold separately therefrom.

[Part 2:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1134; 1993, 1775; 1999, 3716)

NRS 586.071 “Director” defined. “Director” means the Director of the State Department of Agriculture.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 3716)

NRS 586.090 “Fungi” defined. “Fungi” means all non-chlorophyll-bearing thallophytes (that is, all non-chlorophyll-bearing plants of a lower order than mosses and liverworts) as, for example, rusts, smuts, mildews, molds, yeasts and bacteria, except those on or in living humans or other animals.

[Part 2:269:1955]

NRS 586.100 “Fungicide” defined. “Fungicide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any fungi.

[Part 2:269:1955]

NRS 586.110 “Herbicide” defined. “Herbicide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any weed.

[Part 2:269:1955]

NRS 586.130 “Inert ingredient” defined. “Inert ingredient” means an ingredient which is not an active ingredient.

[Part 2:269:1955]

NRS 586.135 “Ingredient statement” defined. “Ingredient statement” means either:

1. A statement of the name and amount by percentage of weight of each active ingredient, together with the total amount by percentage of weight of the inert ingredients, in the pesticide; or

2. A statement of the name of each active ingredient, together with the name of each and total amount by percentage of weight of the inert ingredients, if any there be, in the pesticide (except subsection 1 shall apply if the preparation is highly toxic to humans, determined as provided in NRS 586.241).

Ê In addition to subsections 1 and 2, in case the pesticide contains arsenic, lead or mercury in any form, a statement of the percentages of weights of total and water-soluble arsenic, lead or mercury, each calculated as elemental arsenic, lead or mercury.

[Part 2:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 567; 1963, 30; 1971, 1134)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.120)

NRS 586.140 “Insect” defined. “Insect” means any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the class Insecta, comprising six-legged, usually winged forms, as, for example, beetles, bugs, bees, flies, and to other allied classes of arthropods whose members are wingless and usually have more than 6 legs, as, for example, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes and wood lice.

[Part 2:269:1955]

NRS 586.150 “Insecticide” defined. “Insecticide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any insects which may be present in any environment whatever.

[Part 2:269:1955]

NRS 586.160 “Label” defined. “Label” means the written, printed or graphic matter on or attached to the pesticide or device, or the immediate container thereof, and the outside container or wrapper of the retail package, if any there be, of the pesticide or device.

[Part 2:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1135)

NRS 586.170 “Labeling” defined. “Labeling” means all labels and other written, printed or graphic matter:

1. Upon the pesticide or device or any of its containers or wrappers;

2. Accompanying the pesticide or device at any time; or

3. To which reference is made on the label or in literature accompanying the pesticide or device, except when accurate, nonmisleading reference is made to current official publications of the United States Departments of Agriculture or Interior, the United States Public Health Service, state experiment stations, state agricultural colleges, or other similar federal institutions or official agencies of this state or other states authorized by law to conduct research in the field of pesticides.

[Part 2:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1135)

NRS 586.180 “Misbranded” defined. “Misbranded” shall apply:

1. To any pesticide or device if its labeling bears any statement, design or graphic representation relative thereto or to its ingredients which is false or misleading in any particular.

2. To any pesticide:

(a) If it is an imitation of, or is offered for sale under the name of, another pesticide;

(b) If its labeling bears any reference to registration under this chapter;

(c) If the labeling accompanying it does not contain instructions for use which are necessary and, if complied with, adequate for the protection of the public;

(d) If the label does not contain a warning or caution statement which may be necessary and, if complied with, adequate to prevent injury to living human beings and other vertebrate animals;

(e) If the label does not bear an ingredient statement on that part of the immediate container and on the outside container or wrapper, if there be one through which the ingredient statement on the immediate container cannot be clearly read, of the retail package which is presented or displayed under customary conditions of purchase;

(f) If any word, statement or other information required by or under the authority of this chapter to appear on the labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or graphic matter in the labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use;

(g) If in the case of a pesticide, when used as directed, or in accordance with commonly recognized practice, it shall be injurious to living human beings or other vertebrate animals or vegetation, except weeds, to which it is applied, or to the person applying such pesticide; or

(h) If in the case of a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant, when used as directed, it shall be injurious to human beings or other vertebrate animals, or vegetation to which it is applied; but physical or physiological effects on plants or parts thereof shall not be deemed to be injury when this is the purpose for which the plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant was applied, in accordance with the label claims and recommendations.

[Part 2:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1135; 2015, 3631)

NRS 586.185 “Nematocide” defined. “Nematocide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating nematodes.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1131)

NRS 586.186 “Nematode” defined. “Nematode” means invertebrate animals of the phylum nemathelminthes and class Nematoda, that is, unsegmented round worms with elongated, fusiform or sac-like bodies covered with cuticle, and inhabiting soil, water, plants or plant parts, also called nemas or eelworms.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1131)

NRS 586.188 “Neonicotinoid pesticide” defined. “Neonicotinoid pesticide” means any pesticide containing a chemical belonging to the neonicotinoid class of chemicals, including, without limitation:

1. Acetamiprid;

2. Clothianidin;

3. Dinotefuran;

4. Imidacloprid;

5. Nithiazine;

6. Thiacloprid; and

7. Thiamethoxam.

(Added to NRS by 2023, 388)

NRS 586.195 “Pesticide” defined. “Pesticide” includes, but is not limited to:

1. Any substance or mixture of substances, including any living organisms, any product derived therefrom and any fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, nematocide and rodenticide, intended to prevent, destroy, control, repel, attract or mitigate any insect, rodent, nematode, snail, slug, fungus, weed and any other form of plant or animal life or virus, except a virus on or in living humans or other animals, which is normally considered to be a pest or which the Director declares to be a pest.

2. Any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used as a plant regulator, defoliant, desiccant, and any other substance intended for that use as named by the Director by regulation.

[Part 2:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 567; 1971, 1134; 1993, 1775; 1999, 3716)

NRS 586.197 “Plant regulator” defined. “Plant regulator” means any substance or mixture of substances, intended through physiological action, for accelerating or retarding the rate of growth or rate of maturation, or for otherwise altering the behavior of ornamental or crop plants or the produce thereof, but shall not include substances to the extent that they are intended as plant nutrients, trace elements, nutritional chemicals, plant inoculants and soil amendments.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1131)

NRS 586.200 “Registrant” defined. “Registrant” means the person registering any brand of pesticide pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

[Part 2:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1136; 2003, 613; 2015, 3632)

NRS 586.205 “Restricted-use pesticide” defined. “Restricted-use pesticide” means any pesticide, including any highly toxic pesticide, which:

1. The Director has determined after a hearing, to be:

(a) Injurious to persons, pollinating insects, bees, animals, crops or land, other than pests or vegetation it is intended to prevent, destroy, control or mitigate; or

(b) Detrimental to:

(1) Vegetation, except weeds;

(2) Wildlife; or

(3) Public health and safety; or

2. Has been classified for restricted use by or under the supervision of a certified applicator in accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1131; A 1975, 187; 1977, 312; 1993, 1776; 1999, 3717; 2023, 222)

NRS 586.210 “Rodenticide” defined. “Rodenticide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating rodents or any other vertebrate animal which the Director declares to be a pest.

[Part 2:269:1955]—(NRS A 1993, 1776; 1999, 3717)

NRS 586.220 “Weed” defined. “Weed” means any plant which is or is likely to be a public nuisance, detrimental or destructive, or difficult to control.

[Part 2:269:1955]—(NRS A 2015, 3632)

DIRECTOR OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

NRS 586.230 Jurisdiction. Jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the distribution, sale and transportation of pesticides and devices is, pursuant to this chapter, vested exclusively in the Director.

[13:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 568; 1971, 1136; 1993, 1776; 1999, 3717; 2015, 3632)

NRS 586.234 Adoption of standards prescribed by United States Environmental Protection Agency. To avoid confusion endangering the public health resulting from diverse requirements, particularly as to the labeling and coloring of pesticides, and to avoid increased costs to the residents of this state because of the necessity of complying with diverse requirements in the manufacture and sale of pesticides, it is desirable that there be uniformity between the requirements of the several states and the Federal Government relating to pesticides. To this end the Director may, after a public hearing, adopt such regulations applicable to and in conformity with the primary standards established by this chapter as have been or may be prescribed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency with respect to pesticides.

[Part 5:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 569; 1971, 1138; 1987, 94; 1993, 1777; 1999, 3718; 2015, 3633)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.330)

NRS 586.237 Adoption of rules and regulations; classification of restricted-use pesticides.

1. The Director shall adopt regulations governing the application and distribution of any pesticides which the Director finds must necessarily be applied in pest control but which unless carefully used are likely to be:

(a) Injurious to persons, pollinating insects, bees, animals, crops or land, other than the pest or vegetation it is intended to prevent, destroy, control or mitigate; or

(b) Detrimental to:

(1) Vegetation, except weeds;

(2) Wildlife; or

(3) Public health and safety.

2. The Director in classifying pesticides as restricted-use pesticides shall determine if:

(a) They are highly toxic to humans or other animals, including wildlife.

(b) The regulations governing their application and distribution are reasonably calculated to avoid injury and are necessary for their proper use.

(c) The benefit received from their use is of greater public value than a detriment to the environment, public health and safety.

(d) They can be used by permit for purposes other than their registered purposes.

3. The Director may adopt such other rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to:

(a) The collection and examination of pesticides.

(b) The use of certain types of containers or packages for specific pesticides, applicable to construction, strength or size to avoid the danger of spillage, breakage or misuse.

(d) The information to be recorded and maintained of the sale, use and distribution of pesticides classified for restricted use.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1132; A 1975, 188; 1993, 1779; 1999, 3720)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.401)

NRS 586.241 Identification of pests; determination of toxicity of pesticides and standards for coloring. The Director may, after providing an opportunity for a hearing:

1. Declare as a pest any form of plant life or animal life or virus which is injurious to plants, humans, domestic animals, articles or substances.

2. Determine whether pesticides are highly toxic to humans.

3. Determine standards of coloring or discoloring for pesticides, and to subject pesticides to the requirements of NRS 586.915.

[Part 5:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 569; 1971, 1137; 1993, 1777; 1999, 3718)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.310)

NRS 586.245 Elimination of dangerous, nonbeneficial or misrepresented pesticides; program for evaluation of pesticides.

1. The Director shall endeavor to eliminate from use in this state any pesticide:

(a) Which endangers the agricultural or nonagricultural environment;

(b) Which is not beneficial for the purposes for which it is sold; or

2. In carrying out this responsibility, the Director shall develop an orderly program for the continuous evaluation of all pesticides the brands of which have actually been registered.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1131; A 1993, 1778; 1999, 3719; 2003, 614)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.335)

NRS 586.247 Examination of pesticides or devices to determine compliance with chapter; authority to impose civil penalty. The examination of pesticides or devices must be made under the direction of the Director to determine whether they comply with the requirements of this chapter. If it appears from the examination that a pesticide or device fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, the Director shall cause appropriate notice to be given to the person. Any person so notified must be given an opportunity to present the person’s views, orally or in writing, and if thereafter in the opinion of the Director it appears that the provisions of this chapter have been violated by the person, the Director may impose a civil penalty pursuant to NRS 586.965. The provisions of this chapter do not require the Director to commence formal proceedings for any act or failure to act if the Director believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in writing.

[6:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 571; 1971, 1140; 1993, 1782; 1999, 3723; 2003, 616; 2015, 3634)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.430)

REGISTRATION OF BRANDS

NRS 586.250 Registration required; annual renewal.

1. Each brand of pesticide which is distributed, sold or offered for sale within this state, or delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state, must be registered in the office of the Director.

2. All registrations expire on December 31 and are renewable annually.

[Part 4:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 568; 1971, 1136; 1993, 1776; 1999, 3717; 2003, 614; 2015, 3632)

NRS 586.260 Registrant’s statement; updated information upon renewal of registration.

1. The registrant shall file with the Director a statement including:

(a) The name and address of the registrant and the name and address of the person whose name will appear on the label, if other than the registrant.

(b) The brand of the pesticide.

(c) A complete copy of the labeling accompanying the brand of pesticide and a statement of all claims to be made for it, including directions for use.

(d) If requested by the Director, a full description of the tests made and the results thereof upon which the claims are based.

2. In the case of the renewal of registration, a statement is required only with respect to information which is different from the information that was furnished when the brand of pesticide was registered or last reregistered.

[Part 4:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 568; 1971, 1136; 1993, 1776; 1999, 3717; 2003, 614)

NRS 586.270 Fees established by regulation; deposit and use of money.

1. A registrant shall pay an annual registration fee in an amount established by regulation of the Director for each brand of pesticide registered.

2. The Director shall, for each annual registration fee collected, deposit in a separate account the amount established for that purpose by regulation of the Director. The money deposited in the account must be used:

(a) For the disposal of pesticides;

(b) To monitor pesticides;

(d) For the control of noxious weeds.

3. A registrant who offers a pesticide for sale before registering the brand of pesticide shall pay an amount equal to twice the registration fee for registering the brand of pesticide.

4. As used in this section, “noxious weed” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 555.005.

[Part 4:269:1955]—(NRS A 1960, 32; 1961, 568; 1963, 30; 1971, 118, 1137; 1977, 261; 1983, 405; 1993, 1193, 1777; 1995, 579; 1999, 3600, 3718; 2003, 614; 2005, 935; 2015, 3632)

NRS 586.280 Submission of formula for pesticide to Director; registration of article by Director.

1. If the Director deems it necessary in the administration of this chapter, the Director may require the submission of the complete formula of any pesticide.

2. If it appears to the Director that the composition of the article is such as to warrant the proposed claims for it, and if the article and its labeling and other material required to be submitted comply with the requirements of NRS 586.900 to 586.945, inclusive, the Director shall register the article.

[Part 4:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 568; 1971, 1137; 1993, 1777; 1999, 3718; 2015, 3632)

NRS 586.290 Notice to registrant of failure of compliance of registered article; effect of registration on commission of offense.

1. If it does not appear to the Director that the article is such as to warrant the proposed claims for it, or if the article and its labeling and other material required to be submitted do not comply with the provisions of this chapter, the Director shall notify the registrant of the manner in which the article, labeling or other material required to be submitted fails to comply with this chapter to allow the registrant an opportunity to make the necessary corrections.

2. The registration of an article is not a defense for the commission of any offense prohibited under NRS 586.900 to 586.945, inclusive.

[Part 4:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 569; 1965, 32; 1971, 1137; 1993, 1777; 1999, 3718; 2015, 3632)

NRS 586.295 Grounds for cancellation, denial or suspension of registration.

1. Pursuant to NRS 586.245, the Director may, after a hearing, cancel the registration of, or refuse to register, any brand of pesticide if:

(a) The pesticide has demonstrated serious uncontrollable adverse effects within or outside the agricultural environment.

(b) The use of the pesticide is of less public value or greater detriment to the environment than the benefit received by its use.

(c) There is a reasonably effective and practicable alternate material or procedure to the pesticide which is demonstrably less destructive to the environment.

(d) The pesticide, when properly used, is detrimental to:

(1) Vegetation, except weeds;

(2) Domestic animals; or

(3) Public health and safety.

(e) The pesticide is of little or no value for the purpose for which it is intended.

(f) Any false or misleading statement concerning the pesticide is made or implied by the registrant or an agent of the registrant, orally or in writing, or in the form of any advertising literature.

2. In making any such determination, the Director may require such practical demonstrations as are necessary to determine the facts.

3. If the Director has a reason to believe that any of the conditions stated in subsection 1 are applicable to any pesticide the brand of which is registered and that the use or continued use of the pesticide constitutes an immediate substantial danger to persons or to the environment, the Director may, after notice to the registrant, suspend the registration of the brand of pesticide pending a hearing and final decision.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1132; A 1993, 1778; 1999, 3719; 2003, 614)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.339)

NRS 586.300 Registration not required for interplant shipments. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, registration is not required in the case of a pesticide shipped from one plant within this state to another plant within this state operated by the same person.

[Part 4:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1137; 2015, 3633)

RESTRICTED-USE PESTICIDES

NRS 586.403 Regulations governing use; permit required; grounds for denial, revocation or suspension of permit.

1. The regulations governing the use of restricted-use pesticides may:

(a) Provide the time when and the conditions under which they may be used in this State.

(b) Prohibit their use in areas of this State.

(c) Provide that they shall be used only under a permit for each application; and the permit may set forth the time, conditions, quantity and concentration of its use.

2. Every permit which is issued under the regulations adopted pursuant to this section is conditioned upon compliance with such regulations and upon such other specified conditions as may be deemed necessary to avoid injury.

3. Any permit may be refused, revoked or suspended for violation of any of the conditions of such permit, or for violation of any provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1133; A 2015, 3634)

NRS 586.405 Special use permit.

1. The Director may issue a special use permit authorizing the use of a pesticide for a purpose other than that for which it is registered. The permit must set forth:

(a) The name and dosage rate of the pesticide or other material to be used.

(b) The type of pest to be controlled.

2. The special use permit may limit the time, quantity, area and manner of application.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1133; A 1993, 1780; 1999, 3721)

NRS 586.406 Registration of seller: Application; annual renewal; fee; maintenance of records and filing of monthly reports.

1. It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell at the retail level or distribute or deliver for transportation for delivery to the consumer or user a pesticide classified for restricted use pursuant to NRS 586.237 or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq., unless the person is registered with the Director.

2. Each person applying for registration must provide a statement including:

(a) The name and address of the person registering; and

(b) The name and address of any person who, on behalf of the person registering, sells, offers to sell, distributes or delivers for transportation a restricted-use pesticide.

3. All registrations expire on December 31 and are renewable annually.

4. Each person registering shall pay:

(a) An annual registration fee established by regulation of the State Board of Agriculture; and

(b) A penalty fee of $5 if the person’s previous registration has expired by the failure to reregister on or before February 1, unless the person’s registration is accompanied by a signed statement that no person named on the registration statement has sold or distributed any restricted-use pesticides during the year the registration was not in effect.

5. Each person who is registered shall maintain for 2 years, at each place of business at which a person sells or distributes restricted-use pesticides, a record of each sale and distribution of restricted-use pesticides in accordance with the requirements for State certification plans set forth in 40 C.F.R. § 171.303(b)(7)(vii).

6. Each person registered pursuant to this section shall, on or before the 15th day of each month, file a report with the Director specifying the restricted-use pesticides sold or distributed during the previous month. The Director shall provide the form for the report. The form must be filed regardless of whether the person sold or distributed any pesticides during the previous month.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 186; A 1993, 1194, 1780; 1995, 579; 1999, 3600, 3721; 2021, 170; 2023, 222)

NRS 586.4065 Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of seller’s registration. The Director may refuse to grant or renew a registration under NRS 586.406 or may suspend or revoke the registration if, after notice and a hearing, the Director is satisfied that:

1. The person registered has, without reasonable cause, failed to record information as required by NRS 586.406 or a regulation adopted by the Director;

2. The person registered has made a fictitious or false entry in the required records; or

3. The applicant has made sales or delivery of restricted-use pesticides without registering with the Director.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 186; A 1993, 1781; 1999, 3722)

PESTICIDES USED ON MARIJUANA AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA

NRS 586.550 Requirements for use of certain pesticides by cannabis establishments; publication of list of approved pesticides for use on cannabis and cannabis products.

1. A cannabis establishment may use a pesticide in the cultivation and production of cannabis and cannabis products if the pesticide:

(a) Is exempt from registration pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 152.25 or allowed to be used on Crop Group 19, as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 180.41(c)26, hops or unspecified crops or plants;

(b) Has affixed a label which allows the pesticide to be used at the intended site of application; and

2. The State Department of Agriculture shall, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, establish and publish a list of pesticides allowed to be used on cannabis or cannabis products pursuant to this section and accept requests from pesticide manufacturers and cannabis establishments, or a representative thereof, to add pesticides to the list.

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Cannabis establishment” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 678A.095.

(b) “Cannabis products” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 678A.120.

(Added to NRS by 2015, 3103; A 2017, 3724; 2019, 3884)

NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDES

NRS 586.600 Prohibition on purchase and use for certain purposes; exceptions; application for commercial agricultural use; regulations.

1. A person shall not purchase or use neonicotinoid pesticides on plants in this State, except for commercial agricultural purposes.

2. Neonicotinoid pesticides may be purchased and used in this State for purposes other than for use on plants, including, without limitation:

(a) Pet care.

(b) Veterinary treatment.

(d) Pest control pesticides that are for indoor use.

(e) Outdoor items and structures, other than plants. This paragraph does not authorize the spraying or application of a neonicotinoid pesticide on any plant.

(f) Pesticides that are intended to act as a wood preservative and pesticide-treated wood products.

(g) Structural insulation.

Ê Any purchase or use of neonicotinoid pesticides pursuant to this section must be in accordance with the on-label use of such neonicotinoid pesticide and as directed by the instructions.

3. The Director shall make available on the Internet website of the State Department of Agriculture an application for a certificate of commercial agricultural use. The certificate must, without limitation:

(a) State that the use of neonicotinoid pesticides is limited to commercial agricultural purposes; and

(b) Include a space for the business identification number of the person seeking a certificate of commercial agricultural use.

4. Any person seeking to apply neonicotinoid pesticides for commercial agricultural purposes must obtain a certificate of commercial agricultural use from the Internet website of the State Department of Agriculture.

5. The Director may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

6. As used in this section, “commercial agricultural purposes” means the cultivation of plants or the use of farm and agricultural land to produce an agricultural product to be sold in commerce.

(Added to NRS by 2023, 389)

UNLAWFUL ACTS AND PENALTIES

NRS 586.900 Distribution, sale or transportation of unregistered brand or pesticide that differs from registration unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale within this state, or deliver for transportation or transport in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state, any pesticide the brand of which has not been registered pursuant to the provisions of NRS 586.250 to 586.300, inclusive, or any pesticide if any of the claims made for it or any of the directions for its use differ in substance from the representations made in connection with its registration, or if the composition of a pesticide differs from its composition as represented in connection with its registration, except that, in the discretion of the Director, a change in the labeling or formula of a pesticide may be made within a registration period without requiring reregistration of the brand of pesticide.

[Part 3:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 570; 1971, 1138; 1993, 1778; 1999, 3719; 2003, 615)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.350)

NRS 586.905 Distribution, sale or transportation of pesticide without required container and labeling unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale within this state, or deliver for transportation or transport in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state, any pesticide unless it is in the registrant’s or the manufacturer’s unbroken immediate container and there is affixed to the container, and to the outside container or wrapper of the retail package, if there is one through which the required information on the immediate container cannot be clearly read, a label bearing:

1. The name and address of the manufacturer, registrant or person for whom manufactured.

2. The brand under which the article is sold.

3. The net weight or measure of the content, subject to such reasonable variations as the Director may permit.

[Part 3:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1138; 1993, 1779; 1999, 3720; 2003, 615)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.360)

NRS 586.910 Distribution, sale or transportation of pesticide containing substance highly toxic to humans without additional labeling unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale within this State or deliver for transportation or transport in intrastate commerce or between points within this State through any point outside this State any pesticide which contains any substance or substances in quantities highly toxic to humans, determined as provided in NRS 586.241, unless the label shall bear, in addition to any other matter required by this chapter:

1. The skull and crossbones.

2. The word “poison” prominently, in red, on a background of distinctly contrasting color.

3. A statement of an antidote for the pesticide.

[Part 3:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1138; 2015, 3633)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.370)

NRS 586.915 Distribution, sale or transportation of certain pesticides without proper coloration or discoloration unlawful; exemption.

1. It is unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale within this State, or deliver for transportation or transport in intrastate commerce or between points within this State through any point outside this State, the pesticides commonly known as standard lead arsenate, basic lead arsenate, calcium arsenate, magnesium arsenate, zinc arsenate, zinc arsenite, sodium fluoride, sodium fluorosilicate, and barium fluorosilicate, and those containing mercurial compounds, unless they have been distinctly colored or discolored as provided by the regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or any other white powder pesticide which the Director, after investigation of and after public hearing on the necessity for such action for the protection of the public health and the feasibility of the coloration or discoloration, by regulation requires to be distinctly colored or discolored, unless it has been so colored or discolored.

2. The Director may exempt any pesticide to the extent that it is intended for a particular use from the coloring or discoloring required or authorized by this section if the Director determines that the coloring or discoloring for that use is not necessary to protect the public health.

[Part 3:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 570; 1971, 1139; 1993, 1779; 1999, 3720; 2015, 3633)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.380)

NRS 586.920 Distribution, sale or transportation of adulterated or misbranded pesticide unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale within this state or deliver for transportation or transport in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state any pesticide which is adulterated or misbranded or any device which is misbranded.

[Part 3:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1139)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.390)

NRS 586.925 Penalties for certain violations inapplicable to certain persons; exclusion from violations for certain articles.

1. The penalties provided for violations of NRS 586.900 to 586.920, inclusive, do not apply to:

(a) Any carrier while lawfully engaged in transporting a pesticide within this state, if the carrier, upon request, permits the Director or the Director’s designated agent to copy all records showing the transactions in and movement of the articles.

(b) Public officers of this state and the Federal Government engaged in the performance of their duties.

(1) By or under the supervision of an agency of this state or of the Federal Government authorized by law to conduct research in the field of pesticides; or

(2) By other persons if the pesticide is not sold and if the container thereof is plainly and conspicuously marked “For experimental use only—Not to be sold,” together with the manufacturer’s name and address, but if a written permit has been obtained from the Director, pesticides may be sold for experimental purposes subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be set forth in the permit.

2. An article shall not be deemed in violation of the provisions of this chapter if intended solely for export to a foreign country and if prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the purchaser. If not so exported, all the provisions of this chapter apply.

[7:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 570; 1971, 1139; 1993, 1781; 1999, 3723; 2003, 616; 2015, 3634)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.420)

NRS 586.930 Detachment of labels or addition or removal of substances from pesticide unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to detach, alter, deface or destroy, in whole or in part, any label or labeling provided for in this chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder, or to add any substance to, or take any substance from, a pesticide in a manner that may defeat the purpose of this chapter.

[Part 3:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1139; 2015, 3634)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.400)

NRS 586.935 Personal use or disclosure of information relating to formula disclosed to Director pursuant to NRS 586.280 unlawful; exceptions.

1. It is unlawful for any person to use for the person’s own advantage, or to reveal, other than to the Director or proper officers or employees of the State, or to the courts of this State in response to a subpoena, or to physicians, or in emergencies to pharmacists and other qualified persons, for use in the preparation of antidotes, any information relating to the formulas of products acquired by authority of NRS 586.280.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if any person, with intent to defraud, uses or reveals information relative to formulas of products acquired under authority of NRS 586.280, the person shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

[Part 3:269:1955] + [Part 8:269:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 570; 1993, 1781; 1999, 3722)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.410 and part of NRS 586.450)

NRS 586.940 Restricted-use pesticides: Unlawful sale or delivery. It is unlawful for any person to sell or deliver any restricted-use pesticide to any person who is required by the regulations adopted by the Director to have a permit to use that material, unless the person or the agent of the person to whom delivery is made signs a written statement in a form prescribed by the Director stating that the person holds a valid permit to use the kind and quantity of the restricted-use pesticide which is delivered.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1133; A 1993, 1781; 1999, 3722)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.407)

NRS 586.945 Unlawful application of restricted-use pesticides and neonicotinoid pesticides. It shall be unlawful for any person to apply:

1. Any restricted-use pesticide for which regulations have been adopted, except as provided in such regulations; and

2. Any neonicotinoid pesticide in violation of the requirements of NRS 586.600.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1133; A 2023, 389)

1. Any pesticide or device that is distributed, sold or offered for sale within the State of Nevada, or delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state is liable to be proceeded against in any district court in any county of this state where it may be found and seized for confiscation by process of libel for condemnation:

(a) In the case of a pesticide:

(1) If it is adulterated or misbranded.

(2) If the brand of the pesticide has not been registered under the provisions of NRS 586.250 to 586.300, inclusive.

(3) If it is a white powder pesticide and is not colored as required under this chapter.

(4) If it fails to bear on the label the information required by this chapter.

(b) In the case of a device, if it is misbranded.

2. If the article is condemned, it must, after the entry of the decree, be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may direct, and the proceeds must be paid to the State Treasurer and deposited in the State General Fund. The article seized must not be sold or destroyed contrary to the provisions of this chapter. The article must not be sold or destroyed if the owner thereof pays the costs of condemnation and executes a good and sufficient bond conditioned that the article must not be disposed of unlawfully. The court shall then order that the article condemned must be delivered to the owner thereof for relabeling or reprocessing as the case may be.

3. When a decree of condemnation is entered against the article, court costs, fees and storage charges, and other proper expenses, must be awarded against the person, if any, intervening as claimant of the article.

[9:269:1955]—(NRS A 1971, 1141; 2003, 617; 2015, 3635)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 586.440)

NRS 586.965 Civil penalties; deposit and use of money.

1. Any person violating any provision of this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed:

(a) For the first violation, $250.

(b) For a second violation, $500.

2. Any money collected from the imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to subsection 1 must be accounted for separately and:

(a) Fifty percent of the money must be used to fund a program selected by the Director that provides loans to persons who are engaged in agriculture and who are 21 years of age or younger; and

(b) The remaining 50 percent of the money must be deposited in the Account for the Control of Weeds established by NRS 555.035.

[8:269:1955]—(NRS A 2015, 3636)—(Substituted in revision for part of NRS 586.450)