NRS463.01715. “Manufacture” defined.

      1.  “Manufacture” means:

      (a) To manufacture, produce, program, design, control the design of or make modifications to a gaming device, cashless wagering system, mobile gaming system or interactive gaming system for use or play in Nevada;

      (b) To direct, control or assume responsibility for the methods and processes used to design, develop, program, assemble, produce, fabricate, compose and combine the components and other tangible objects of any gaming device, cashless wagering system, mobile gaming system or interactive gaming system for use or play in Nevada; or

      (c) To assemble, or control the assembly of, a gaming device, cashless wagering system, mobile gaming system or interactive gaming system for use or play in Nevada.

      2.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Assume responsibility” means to:

             (1) Acquire complete control over, or ownership of, the applicable gaming device, cashless wagering system, mobile gaming system or interactive gaming system; and

             (2) Accept continuing legal responsibility for the gaming device, cashless wagering system, mobile gaming system or interactive gaming system, including, without limitation, any form of manufacture performed by an affiliate or independent contractor.

      (b) “Independent contractor” means, with respect to a manufacturer, any person who:

             (1) Is not an employee of the manufacturer; and

             (2) Pursuant to an agreement with the manufacturer, designs, develops, programs, produces or composes a control program used in the manufacture of a gaming device. As used in this subparagraph, “control program” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.0155.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 273; A 2011, 1643)