Nevada Code § 581.067

Duties: Standards; enforcement; exemptions; investigations; civil penalties; inspections, tests and approval of commercial weights and measures and cannabis weighing and measuring equipment; verification of packaged commodities; prescription of appropriate terms and units; provision of training for governmental employees; determination of accuracy of prices
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The State Sealer of Measurement Standards
shall:
1. Adopt regulations establishing such
primary standards, secondary standards, field reference standards and transfer
standards for weights and measures for use in this State as the State Sealer of
Measurement Standards determines appropriate.
2. Maintain traceability of the state
standards to the national standards of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology.
3. Enforce the provisions of this chapter.
4. Adopt other reasonable regulations for
the enforcement of this chapter.
5. Establish requirements for:
(a) Labeling;
(b) The presentation of information relating to
cost per unit; and
(c) Standards of weight, measure or count, and
reasonable standards of fill, for any packaged commodity.
6. Grant such exemptions from the
provisions of this chapter or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto as the
State Sealer of Measurement Standards determines appropriate to the maintenance
of good commercial practices within this State.
7. Conduct investigations to ensure
compliance with this chapter.
8. Delegate to appropriate personnel any
of the responsibilities of the Division as needed for the proper administration
of the Division.
9. Adopt regulations establishing a
schedule of civil penalties for any violation of NRS 581.415 and for any point-of-sale
system or cash register determined not to be in compliance with the provisions
of subsection 20.
10. Inspect and test commercial weights
and measures that are kept, offered or exposed for sale.
11. Inspect and test, to ascertain if they
are correct, weights and measures that are commercially used to:
(a) Determine the weight, measure or count of
commodities or things that are sold, or offered or exposed for sale, on the
basis of weight, measure or count; or
(b) Compute the basic charge or payment for
services rendered on the basis of weight, measure or count.
12. Inspect and test, to ascertain if it
is correct, all cannabis weighing and measuring equipment other than equipment
that is used for a noncommercial purpose by a cannabis independent testing
laboratory, as defined in NRS 678A.115 .
13. Test all weights and measures used in
checking the receipt or disbursement of supplies by entities funded by
legislative appropriations.
14. Approve for use such commercial
weights and measures and cannabis weighing and measuring equipment as the State
Sealer of Measurement Standards determines are correct and appropriate other
than equipment that is used for a noncommercial purpose by a cannabis
independent testing laboratory, as defined in NRS 678A.115 . The State Sealer of
Measurement Standards may mark such commercial weights and measures and
cannabis weighing and measuring equipment. The State Sealer of Measurement
Standards shall reject and order to be corrected, replaced or removed any commercial
weights and measures and cannabis weighing and measuring equipment found to be
incorrect. Weights and measures that have been rejected may be seized if they
are not corrected within the time specified or if they are used or disposed of
in a manner not specifically authorized. The State Sealer of Measurement
Standards shall remove from service and may seize weights and measures found to
be incorrect that are not capable of being made correct.
15. Weigh, measure or inspect packaged
commodities that are kept, offered or exposed for sale, sold or in the process
of delivery to determine whether the packaged commodities contain the amounts
represented and whether they are kept, offered or exposed for sale in
accordance with this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. In
carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the State Sealer of Measurement
Standards shall employ recognized sampling procedures, including, without
limitation, sampling procedures adopted by the National Conference on Weights
and Measures.
16. Adopt regulations prescribing the
appropriate term or unit of weight or measure to be used whenever the State
Sealer of Measurement Standards determines that an existing practice of
declaring the quantity of a commodity, or of setting charges for a service by
weight, measure, numerical count or time, or any combination thereof, does not
facilitate value comparisons by consumers or may confuse consumers.
17. Allow reasonable variations from the
stated quantity of contents that entered intrastate commerce, which must
include those variations caused by loss or gain of moisture during the course
of good distribution practices or by unavoidable deviations in good
manufacturing practices.
18. Provide for the training of persons
employed by any governmental entity within this State, including, without
limitation, state, county and municipal personnel, who enforce the provisions
of this chapter and chapter 582 of NRS, and
any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, relating to weights and measures. The
State Sealer of Measurement Standards may establish by regulation minimum
training and performance requirements which must be met by all such persons.
19. Verify advertised prices and price
representations, as necessary, to determine their accuracy.
20. Without charging and collecting a fee,
conduct random tests of point-of-sale systems and cash registers to determine
the accuracy of prices, including advertised prices and price representations,
and computations and the correct use of the equipment, and, if such systems
utilize scanning or coding means in lieu of manual entry, the accuracy of
prices printed or recalled from a database.
21. Employ recognized procedures for
making verifications and determinations of accuracy, including, without
limitation, any appropriate procedures designated by the National Institute of
Standards and Technology.
22. Adopt regulations and issue orders
regarding standards for the accuracy of advertised prices and automated systems
for retail price charging, point-of-sale systems and cash registers, and for
the enforcement of those standards.
23. Conduct investigations to ensure
compliance with the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 22.

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