IMPORANT MESSAGE
During the 83rd Legislative Session (2025) Senate
Bill (SB) 466 transferred the authority to regulate and permit food
establishments from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health to the Nevada
Department of Agriculture (NDA). The bill was signed by the Governor on June
10, 2025, and became effective on July 1, 2025. A separate bill SB 494 created
the Nevada Health Authority (NHA). These bills reorganized the Environmental
Health Section into two separate programs. The NDA is responsible for all the
food programs regulated in NRS and NAC 446, 583, 585 and 445A. The NHA will
provide support for all non-food programs regulated under NRS/NAC 444, 585 and
447.
Please contact us at the Nevada Health Authority, Environmental
Health Section
Phone: 775-684-1061
General Information
The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health is responsible for controlling the manufacture and distribution of drugs within the State of Nevada. A complete set of plans for a new drug facility, must be submitted and approved before a license to manufacture is issued to the establishment. Permitted drug facilities must have formulations and labels reviewed and approved for all products before manufacturing begins. For drug applications or additional information, please contact your local field office.
In addition, you must register your firm with the federal Food and Drug Administration and obtain pre-market approval for any new drug products you will be producing. If you will be making any drugs which requires a prescription or a controlled substance, as defined by the federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention Control Act of 1970, your firm will also need to register with the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the U.S. Department of Justice. See our Partners page for a link to the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy.