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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.1471 - Issuance of citation by Board containing order of abatement or order to pay administrative fine; contents; penalty for failure to comply; regulations.

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS:
1. The Board may issue to a licensee a citation which may contain an order of abatement or an order to pay an administrative fine assessed by the Board when the licensee is in violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the Board.
2. A citation must be in writing and describe with particularity the nature of the violation, including specific reference to the provision of law or the regulation determined to have been violated, and the amount of the fine, if any. A citation must be issued for each violation of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the Board.
3. Where appropriate, the citation must contain an order of abatement fixing a reasonable time for abatement of the violation.
4. The administrative fine assessed by the Board must not exceed $5,000 for each violation. In assessing a fine the Board shall give consideration to the appropriateness of the amount of the fine with respect to such factors as the gravity of the violation, the good faith of the licensee and the history of previous violations.
5. A citation must inform the licensee that if he or she desires a hearing to contest the finding of a violation or the amount of the fine assessed, the hearing must be requested by written notice to the Board within 30 days after the date of issuance of the citation. If a hearing is not requested pursuant to this section, a settlement does not constitute an admission of the violation charged unless the settlement agreement stipulates to such an admission.
6. Failure of a licensee to pay a fine within 30 days after the date of assessment, unless the citation is being appealed, may result in disciplinary action being taken by the Board. Where a citation is not contested and a fine is not paid, the full amount of the fine that is assessed must be added to the fee for renewal of the license. A license must not be renewed without payment of the renewal fee and fine.
7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where a fine is paid to satisfy an assessment based on the finding of a violation, payment of the fine constitutes a satisfactory resolution of the matter for purposes of public disclosure of the disposition of the violation.
8. The Board may adopt regulations to carry out this section. It may also adopt regulations to establish similar provisions for the issuance of a citation to a person who is practicing veterinary medicine without a license.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2068; A 1995, 1687; 2005, 779)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.148 - Judicial review.

1. Any person against whom disciplinary action has been taken by the Board is entitled to judicial review of the Board’s order.
2. Every order of the Board imposing a sanction pursuant to NRS 638.147 is effective from the date the President and Executive Director certify the order until the date the order is modified or reversed by a final judgment of the court.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1248; A 1989, 1658; 1995, 1688; 2003, 1227)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.151 - Legal representation of Board at hearing.

In a manner consistent with the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, at all hearings the Attorney General, or an attorney employed by the Board, shall represent the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1246; A 2005, 780)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.1515 - Requirements for proof.

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, in any disciplinary proceeding:
(a) Proof of actual injury need not be established where the charge is deceptive or unethical professional conduct.
(b) If proof of actual injury is an issue, proof of actual injury may be established by the testimony and opinion of a witness who is not an expert witness.
(c) A certified copy of the record of a court or a licensing agency showing a conviction or the suspension, limitation, modification, denial or revocation of a license of a veterinarian or veterinary technician is conclusive evidence of its occurrence. A plea of nolo contendere is a conviction for the purpose of this section.
2. As used in this section, "actual injury" means any type of injury, abuse or mistreatment, whether or not the injury, abuse or mistreatment results in substantial or permanent physical harm or death.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1248; A 1995, 1688; 2003, 1227; 2005, 780)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.152 - Immunity from civil action.

In addition to any other immunity provided by the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, the Board, a veterinary society, or any person who or other organization which initiates or assists in any lawful investigation or proceeding concerning a veterinarian or veterinary technician, is immune from any civil action for that initiation or assistance or any consequential damages, if the person or organization acted without malicious intent.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1249; A 1995, 1689; 2005, 781)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.1521 - Practice of veterinary medicine without establishment of veterinarian-client-patient relationship prohibited; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person may not practice veterinary medicine in this State except within the context of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship.
2. A licensed veterinarian may, in good faith and without the establishment of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship, provide emergency or urgent care to an animal when a client cannot be identified.
3. A veterinarian has a veterinarian-client-patient relationship concerning an animal if the veterinarian:
(a) Assumes responsibility for making medical judgments concerning the health of the animal and the need for medical treatment of the animal;
(b) Has knowledge of the present care and health of the animal sufficient to provide at least a general or preliminary diagnosis of the medical condition of the animal, which knowledge must have been acquired by:
(1) Conducting a physical examination of the animal; or
(2) Visiting, within a period of time that is appropriate for the medical issue in question, the premises where the animal is kept;
(c) Obtains an agreement with the client to follow the instructions provided by the veterinarian for the care and medical treatment of the animal;
(d) Is readily available for follow-up evaluation or has arranged for:
(1) Emergency or urgent care coverage; or
(2) Continuing medical care and treatment which has been designated by the veterinarian to be provided by another licensed veterinarian who:
(I) Has access to the medical records of the animal; or
(II) Can provide reasonable and appropriate medical care; and
(e) Provides oversight of treatment.
4. A veterinarian-client-patient relationship is not established solely through veterinary telemedicine. However, once established, a veterinarian-client-patient relationship may be maintained via veterinary telemedicine between:
(a) Medically necessary examinations; or
(b) Visits, within periods of time that are appropriate for the medical issue in question, to the premises where the animal is kept.
5. In the absence of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), any advice which is provided through electronic means must be general and not specific to a particular animal or its diagnosis or treatment.
(b) Advice and recommendations may be provided via veterinary telemedicine in an emergency, but only until the animal can be examined in person by a licensed veterinarian.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 872)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.1525 - Unlawful for licensee to provide medical assistance, treatment or counsel to human being; exception; ground for disciplinary action; suspension of license; penalty; reporting of violation.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.500, a person licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not provide medical assistance, treatment or counsel to a human being. Such conduct is a ground for disciplinary action.
2. The Board shall immediately suspend the license of a person who violates the provisions of this section.
3. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
4. The Board may report an alleged violation of this section to the Attorney General or any district attorney. Upon receiving a report from the Board, the Attorney General or district attorney shall institute necessary proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction against the person responsible for the alleged violation of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1675; A 1997, 540, 1192)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.153 - Criminal prosecution not precluded by disciplinary or other action.

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, the filing and review of a complaint, its dismissal without further action or its transmittal to the Attorney General, and any subsequent disposition by the Board, the Attorney General or any reviewing court do not preclude any appropriate criminal prosecution by the Attorney General or a district attorney based upon the same or other facts.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1249; A 2005, 781)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.155 - Injunctive relief for violations of chapter.

Whenever any person has violated or is about to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, the district court of any county, on application of the Board, may issue an injunction or other appropriate order restraining the act or practice.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 55)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.1551 - Injunctive relief for unprofessional conduct.

1. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the Board, through its President or the Attorney General, may apply to a court to enjoin any unprofessional conduct of a veterinarian or veterinary technician, or to limit his or her practice or suspend his or her license.
2. The court may issue a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction for such purposes:
(a) Without proof of actual damage sustained by any person, this provision being a preventive as well as punitive measure; and
(b) Pending proceedings for disciplinary action by the Board. Such proceedings must be instituted and determined as promptly as practicable.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1246; A 1995, 1689)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.1555 - Allegation necessary for injunction.

Any person seeking to enjoin another person from acting as a veterinarian or veterinary technician without a license need allege only that the other person did, on a specified date in this State, so act without having a license.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1251; A 1995, 1689)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.160 - Prosecution of violators by Attorney General or district attorneys.

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, when requested by the Board, the Attorney General or the district attorneys of the respective counties of this State shall prosecute violators of this chapter.
[Part 9:17:1919; 1919 RL p. 3206; NCL § 7798]—(NRS A 1975, 1152; 2005, 781)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 638 - Veterinary Medicine; Euthanasia Technicians › NRS 638.170 - Criminal penalties.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3 of this section and NRS 638.1525, a person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. A person who practices veterinary medicine without a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. A person who practices as a veterinary technician without a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days, or by a fine of not more than $2,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
[Part 9:17:1919; 1919 RL p. 3206; NCL § 7798]—(NRS A 1985, 1257; 1995, 1311, 1689; 1997, 540; 2013, 992)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.001 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 639.0015 to 639.016, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1651; A 1975, 422; 1977, 191; 1979, 1683; 1983, 1505; 1985, 868, 876; 1987, 948, 1649; 1989, 1751; 1991, 368, 791, 1157; 1993, 630, 2154; 1995, 289; 2001, 1067; 2003, 2279; 2009, 1319; 2015, 627; 2017, 634, 2521, 4435; 2019, 723, 2136; 2021, 3270)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0015 - "Advanced practice registered nurse" defined.

"Advanced practice registered nurse" means a registered nurse who holds a valid license as an advanced practice registered nurse issued by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to NRS 632.237.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 791; A 2013, 2076)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.004 - "Chart order" defined.

"Chart order" means an order entered on the chart of a patient in a hospital, recovery center, facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing which is licensed as such by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services or on the chart of a patient under emergency treatment in a hospital by a practitioner or on the written or oral order of a practitioner authorizing the administration of a drug to the patient.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1651; A 1971, 683; 1973, 774; 1979, 1683; 1985, 1768; 2019, 723)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0051 - "Collaborative drug therapy management" defined.

"Collaborative drug therapy management" means initiating, monitoring, modifying or discontinuing a patient’s drug therapy by one or more pharmacists under the supervision of one or more practitioners in accordance with a collaborative practice agreement.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2518)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0052 - "Collaborative practice agreement" defined.

"Collaborative practice agreement" means an agreement that meets the requirements of NRS 639.2627 between one or more pharmacists and one or more practitioners which authorizes a pharmacist to engage in the collaborative practice of pharmacy or collaborative drug therapy management.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2518)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.00525 - "Collaborative practice of pharmacy" defined.

"Collaborative practice of pharmacy" means the performance of tests to address chronic diseases and public health issues, including, without limitation, outbreaks and occurrences of specific diseases and disorders, by one or more pharmacists in collaboration with one or more practitioners in accordance with a collaborative practice agreement.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2518)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.006 - "Conviction" defined.

"Conviction" means a plea or verdict of guilty or guilty but mentally ill or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere to a charge of a felony, any offense involving moral turpitude or any violation of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 453 or 454 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1651; A 1971, 2039; 1995, 2477; 2003, 1499; 2007, 1472)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0061 - "Course of treatment" defined.

"Course of treatment" means all treatment of a patient for a particular disease or symptom of a disease, including, without limitation, a new treatment initiated by any practitioner, other than a veterinarian, for a disease or symptom for which the patient was previously receiving treatment.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2136)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0065 - "Dispense" defined.

1. "Dispense" means to deliver a controlled substance or dangerous drug to an ultimate user, patient or subject of research by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing by a practitioner, administering, packaging, labeling or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery.
2. The term does not include the furnishing of a controlled substance by a hospital pharmacy for inpatients.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 287)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.007 - "Drug" and "medicine" defined.

"Drug" and "medicine" mean:
1. Articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, the official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them;
2. Articles and devices intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in humans or other animals;
3. Articles, other than food, aspirin and effervescent saline analgesics, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals;
4. Articles intended for use as a component of any article specified in subsection 1, 2 or 3; and
5. Any controlled substance.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1651; A 1971, 2039; 1983, 1505; 1987, 1566)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0074 - "Hospital" defined.

"Hospital" means any facility which is licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services as a hospital and which provides care and treatment for human illness or other abnormal physical or mental conditions on an inpatient basis, including any such facility operated by this State or a political subdivision of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 948)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.008 - "Hypodermics" defined.

"Hypodermics" means any syringe, needle, instrument, device or implement intended or capable of being adapted for the purpose of administering drugs by subcutaneous, intramuscular or intravenous injection.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1651)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0082 - "Initial prescription" defined.

"Initial prescription" means a prescription originated for a new patient of a practitioner, other than a veterinarian, or a new prescription to begin a new course of treatment for an existing patient of a practitioner, other than a veterinarian. The term does not include any act concerning an ongoing prescription that is issued by a practitioner to continue a course of treatment for a new or existing patient of the practitioner.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4430)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0085 - "Institutional pharmacy" defined.

"Institutional pharmacy" means a pharmacy or other storage place as defined by regulations adopted by the Board which is a part of or is operated in conjunction with a medical facility as that term is defined in NRS 449.0151. The term includes:
1. A pharmacy on the premises of the medical facility which provides a system of distributing and supplying medication to the facility, whether or not operated by the facility; and
2. A pharmacy off the premises of the medical facility which provides services only to the patients of the facility and provides a system of distributing medication based upon chart orders from the medical facility.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1504; A 1987, 1649; 1993, 1989)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.00855 - "Interchangeable biological product" defined.

"Interchangeable biological product" means a biological product that the Food and Drug Administration has:
1. Licensed and determined meets the standards for interchangeability pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 262(k)(4); or
2. Determined is therapeutically equivalent as set forth in the most recent edition or supplement of the
Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations
, published by the Food and Drug Administration.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 633)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.00865 - "Internet pharmacy" defined.

1. "Internet pharmacy" means a person located within or outside this State who knowingly:
(a) Uses or attempts to use the Internet, in whole or in part, to communicate with or obtain information from another person; and
(b) Uses or attempts to use such communication or information, in whole or in part, to fill or refill a prescription or otherwise engage in the practice of pharmacy.
2. As used in this section, "Internet" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 453.3625.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1066)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.009 - "Manufacturer" defined.

"Manufacturer" means a person who:
1. Derives, produces, prepares, compounds, mixes, cultivates, grows or processes any drug or medicine;
2. Repackages any drug or medicine for the purposes of resale; or
3. Produces or makes any devices or appliances that are restricted by federal law to sale by or on the order of a physician.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1651; A 1993, 630, 1219)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0095 - "Nuclear pharmacist" defined.

"Nuclear pharmacist" means a pharmacist who:
1. Is licensed to practice in this State; and
2. Meets the requirements of training and experience concerning the handling of radioactive materials pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1750)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0097 - "Nuclear pharmacy" defined.

"Nuclear pharmacy" means a pharmacy:
1. Where radiopharmaceuticals are stored, compounded or dispensed; and
2. Which is licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to handle radioactive materials.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1750)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0105 - "Parenteral solutions" and "parenterals" defined.

"Parenteral solutions" or "parenterals" means those drugs which are administered into the human body by injection under or through one or more layers of skin or mucous membrane.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 867; A 1991, 1157)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0115 - "Pharmaceutical technician in training" defined.

"Pharmaceutical technician in training" means a person who is:
1. Registered with the Board in order to obtain the training and experience required to be a pharmaceutical technician; or
2. Enrolled in a program of training for pharmaceutical technicians that is approved by the Board.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2278)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.012 - "Pharmacy" defined.

1. "Pharmacy" means every store or shop licensed by the Board where drugs, controlled substances, poisons, medicines or chemicals are stored or possessed, or dispensed or sold at retail, or displayed for sale at retail, or where prescriptions are compounded or dispensed.
2. "Pharmacy" includes:
(a) Pharmacies owned or operated by the State of Nevada and political subdivisions and municipal corporations therein.
(b) Institutional pharmacies.
(c) Pharmacies in correctional institutions.
(d) Nuclear pharmacies.
(e) Internet pharmacies.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1652; A 1973, 774; 1979, 1683; 1983, 1505; 1987, 1649; 1989, 1751; 2001, 1067)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0123 - "Pharmacy in a correctional institution" defined.

"Pharmacy in a correctional institution" means a pharmacy or other storage place for medicines, controlled substances and dangerous drugs which is a part of or is operated in conjunction with a correctional institution or facility, including a jail and facilities for the detention of juveniles.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1649)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0124 - "Practice of pharmacy" defined.

1. "Practice of pharmacy" includes, but is not limited to, the:
(a) Performance or supervision of activities associated with manufacturing, compounding, labeling, dispensing and distributing of a drug, including the receipt, handling and storage of prescriptions and other confidential information relating to patients.
(b) Interpretation and evaluation of prescriptions or orders for medicine.
(c) Participation in drug evaluation and drug research.
(d) Advising of the therapeutic value, reaction, drug interaction, hazard and use of a drug.
(e) Selection of the source, storage and distribution of a drug.
(f) Maintenance of proper documentation of the source, storage and distribution of a drug.
(g) Interpretation of clinical data contained in a person’s record of medication.
(h) Development of written guidelines and protocols in collaboration with a practitioner which authorize collaborative drug therapy management. The written guidelines and protocols must comply with NRS 639.2629.
(i) Implementation and modification of drug therapy, administering drugs and ordering and performing tests in accordance with a collaborative practice agreement.
(j) Prescribing, dispensing and administering of drugs for preventing the acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus and ordering and conducting laboratory tests necessary for therapy that uses such drugs pursuant to the protocol prescribed pursuant to NRS 639.28085.
(k) Dispensing a self-administered hormonal contraceptive pursuant to NRS 639.28078.
(l) Assessing a patient and prescribing and dispensing a drug for medication-assisted treatment in accordance with NRS 639.28079.
2. The term does not include the changing of a prescription by a pharmacist or practitioner without the consent of the prescribing practitioner, except as otherwise provided in NRS 639.2583, 639.28078 and 639.28085.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 367; A 2003, 2279; 2011, 3078; 2017, 2521; 2021, 1660, 3201, 3270; 2023, 2367)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0125 - "Practitioner" defined.

"Practitioner" means:
1. A physician, dentist, veterinarian or podiatric physician who holds a license to practice his or her profession in this State;
2. A hospital, pharmacy or other institution licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer drugs in the course of professional practice or research in this State;
3. An advanced practice registered nurse who has been authorized to prescribe controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices;
4. A physician assistant who:
(a) Holds a license issued by the Board of Medical Examiners; and
(b) Is authorized by the Board to possess, administer, prescribe or dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs or devices under the supervision of a physician as required by chapter 630 of NRS;
5. A physician assistant who:
(a) Holds a license issued by the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; and
(b) Is authorized by the Board to possess, administer, prescribe or dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs or devices under the supervision of an osteopathic physician as required by chapter 633 of NRS;
6. An optometrist who is certified by the Nevada State Board of Optometry to prescribe and administer pharmaceutical agents pursuant to NRS 636.288, when the optometrist prescribes or administers pharmaceutical agents within the scope of his or her certification;
7. A dental hygienist who:
(a) Holds a valid license to practice dental hygiene in this State;
(b) Is authorized to prescribe and dispense the dangerous drugs and devices listed in NRS 631.3105 in accordance with the provisions of that section and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto; and
(c) Holds a certificate issued pursuant to NRS 639.1374 by the State Board of Pharmacy authorizing him or her to so prescribe;
8. A pharmacist who is registered pursuant to NRS 639.28079 to prescribe and dispense drugs for medication-assisted treatment; or
9. A certified registered nurse anesthetist who orders, prescribes, possesses or administers controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs or devices in accordance with NRS 632.2397.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1696; A 1985, 876; 1989, 1121; 1991, 791; 1993, 2224; 1995, 1711; 1997, 687; 2001, 408, 775, 1631, 1635; 2007, 1844; 2013, 2077; 2019, 3656; 2023, 1446, 2368, 3429)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.013 - "Prescription" defined.

1. "Prescription" means:
(a) An order given individually for the person for whom prescribed, directly from the practitioner to a pharmacist or indirectly by means of an order signed by the practitioner or by an electronic transmission from the practitioner to a pharmacist.
(b) A chart order written for an inpatient specifying drugs which the inpatient is to take home upon discharge.
2. The term does not include a chart order written for an inpatient for use while he or she is an inpatient.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1652; A 1973, 774; 1979, 343, 1684; 1987, 1650; 1991, 1948)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0143 - "Radiopharmaceutical" defined.

"Radiopharmaceutical" means any substance defined as a drug in 21 U.S.C. § 321(g)(1) which:
1. Exhibits spontaneous disintegration of unstable nuclei which emit nuclear particles or photons; or
2. Is intended to be made radioactive.
The term includes nonradioactive reagent kits and nuclide generators which are used in the preparation of any substance. The term does not include drugs containing compounds of carbon or potassium or salts containing potassium which contain trace quantities of naturally occurring radionuclides.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1750)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0144 - "Recovery center" defined.

"Recovery center" means any public or private facility that provides only short-term care, not to exceed 72 hours, to a person recovering from surgery, which is licensed as such by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 723)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.015 - "Registered pharmacist" defined.

"Registered pharmacist" means:
1. A person registered in this State as such on July 1, 1947;
2. A person registered in this State as such in compliance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of section 3 of chapter 195, Statutes of Nevada 1951; or
3. A person who has complied with the provisions of NRS 639.120, 639.134, 639.136 or 639.1365 and whose name has been entered in the registry of pharmacists of this State by the Executive Secretary of the Board and to whom a valid certificate or certificate by endorsement as a registered pharmacist or valid renewal thereof has been issued by the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1652; A 2003, 2280; 2015, 3019, 3897)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0151 - "Remote site" defined.

"Remote site" means:
1. A pharmacy staffed by a pharmaceutical technician and equipped to facilitate communicative access to a pharmacy and its registered pharmacists; or
2. An office of a dispensing practitioner that is staffed by a dispensing technician and equipped to facilitate communicative access to the dispensing practitioner,
electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics, including, without limitation, through telehealth, during regular business hours from within or outside this State or the United States.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1318; A 2013, 2019; 2015, 627)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0153 - "Satellite consultation site" defined.

"Satellite consultation site" means a site that only dispenses filled prescriptions which are delivered to that site after the prescriptions are prepared:
1. At a pharmacy where a registered pharmacist provides consultation to patients; or
2. At an office of a dispensing practitioner where the dispensing practitioner provides consultation to patients,
electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics, including, without limitation, through telehealth, during regular business hours from within or outside this State or the United States.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1319; A 2013, 2020; 2015, 627)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.01531 - "Self-administered hormonal contraceptive" defined.

"Self-administered hormonal contraceptive" means a self-administered contraceptive that utilizes a hormone and is approved for use by the United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy. The term includes, without limitation, an oral contraceptive, a vaginal contraceptive ring, a contraceptive patch and any other method of hormonal contraceptive identified by the protocol established by the Board pursuant to NRS 639.28077.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3268)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0154 - "Telepharmacy" defined.

"Telepharmacy" means:
1. A pharmacy; or
2. An office of a dispensing practitioner,
that is accessible by a remote site or a satellite consultation site electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics, including, without limitation, through telehealth, from within or outside this State or the United States.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1319; A 2013, 2020; 2015, 627)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0155 - "Wholesale distribution" defined.

"Wholesale distribution" means the distribution of drugs to persons other than consumers or patients, but does not include:
1. Sales within a company.
2. The purchase or other acquisition of a drug by a health care facility or a pharmacy that is a member of a purchasing organization.
3. The sale, purchase or trade of a drug or an offer to sell, purchase or trade a drug:
(a) By a charitable organization, as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), to a nonprofit affiliate of the organization.
(b) Between health care facilities or pharmacies that are under common control.
(c) For emergency medical reasons.
(d) Pursuant to a prescription.
4. A transfer of drugs, in an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the total annual sales, by a retail pharmacy to another retail pharmacy to alleviate a temporary shortage.
5. The distribution of drug samples by a representative of the manufacturer or distributor.
6. The sale, purchase or exchange of blood or blood components for transfusions.
As used in this section, "health care facility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 162A.740.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1155; A 2009, 212)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.016 - "Wholesaler" defined.

"Wholesaler" means a wholesale distributor as defined by 21 C.F.R. § 205.3(g) who supplies or distributes drugs, medicines or chemicals or devices or appliances that are restricted by federal law to sale by or on the order of a physician to a person other than the consumer or patient, except where authorized by NRS 639.573. The term includes a person who derives, produces, prepares or repackages drugs, medicines or chemicals or devices or appliances that are restricted by federal law to sale by or on the order of a physician on sales orders for resale. The term does not include a nonprofit cooperative agricultural organization which supplies or distributes veterinary drugs and medicines only to its own members.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1652; A 1991, 1157; 1993, 1220; 2023, 312)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.018 - Inapplicability of chapter to certain veterinary biologic products and pharmaceutical technicians of Armed Forces or Federal Government in discharge of official duties.

1. The provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto do not apply to:
(a) A veterinary biologic product that is:
(1) Licensed for production under a product license; and
(2) Directly marketed by a manufacturing facility holding an establishment license for administration to livestock.
(b) A pharmaceutical technician of the Armed Forces of the United States or a pharmaceutical technician of any division or department of the United States in the discharge of his or her official duties, including, without limitation, providing care in a hospital in accordance with an agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 449.2455.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Establishment license" means a U. S. Veterinary Biologics Establishment License issued by the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 151 to 159, inclusive, and any amendments to or replacements of the Act, and any regulations adopted pursuant to the Act.
(b) "Livestock" has the meaning ascribed to it in subsections 1 and 3 to 6, inclusive, of NRS 571.022.
(c) "Product license" means a U. S. Veterinary Biological Product License issued by the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 151 to 159, inclusive, and any amendments to or replacements of the Act, and any regulations adopted pursuant to the Act.
(d) "Veterinary biologic product" has the meaning ascribed to "biological product" in 9 C.F.R. § 101.2.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 724; A 2023, 423)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.020 - Creation; number and appointment of members.

The State Board of Pharmacy, consisting of seven members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created.
[Part 5:286:1913; A 1947, 667; 1943 NCL § 5044]—(NRS A 1965, 307; 1973, 811; 1977, 1256; 1989, 2036)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.030 - Qualification and terms of members; oath; vacancies; grounds for removal from office.

1. The Governor shall appoint:
(a) Six members who are registered pharmacists in the State of Nevada, are actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy in the State of Nevada and have had at least 5 years’ experience as registered pharmacists preceding the appointment.
(b) One member who is a representative of the general public and is not related to a pharmacist registered in the State of Nevada by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree.
2. Appointments of registered pharmacists must be representative of the practice of pharmacy.
3. Within 30 days after appointment, each member of the Board shall take and subscribe an oath to discharge faithfully and impartially the duties prescribed by this chapter.
4. After the initial terms, the members of the Board must be appointed to terms of 3 years. A person may not serve as a member of the Board for more than three consecutive terms. If a vacancy occurs during a member’s term, the Governor shall appoint a person qualified under this chapter to replace that member for the remainder of the unexpired term.
5. The Governor shall remove from the Board any member, after a hearing, for neglect of duty or other just cause.
[Part 5:286:1913; A 1947, 667; 1943 NCL § 5044]—(NRS A 1963, 474; 1975, 1307; 1977, 1256; 1987, 1817; 1989, 2036; 2007, 1844)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.040 - Election of President and Treasurer; qualifications, employment, duties and compensation of Executive Secretary.

1. The Board shall elect a President and a Treasurer from among its members.
2. The Board shall employ an Executive Secretary, who is not a member of the Board. The Executive Secretary must have experience as a licensed pharmacist in this State or in another state with comparable licensing requirements. The Executive Secretary shall keep a complete record of all proceedings of the Board and of all certificates issued, and shall perform such other duties as the Board may require, for which services the Executive Secretary is entitled to receive a salary to be determined by the Board.
[Part 5:286:1913; A 1947, 667; 1943 NCL § 5044] + [Part 6:286:1913; A 1947, 667; 1943 NCL § 5045]—(NRS A 1987, 1818; 1989, 1701, 2036; 1999, 239; 2003, 2280; 2005, 1615)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.050 - Meetings; quorum; salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees.

1. The Board shall hold a meeting at least once in every 6 months.
2. Four members of the Board constitute a quorum.
3. Meetings of the Board which are held to prepare, grade or administer examinations are closed to the public.
4. Each member of the Board is entitled to receive:
(a) A salary of not more than $150 per day, as fixed by the Board, while engaged in the business of the Board; and
(b) A per diem allowance and travel expenses at a rate fixed by the Board, while engaged in the business of the Board. The rate must not exceed the rate provided for state officers and employees generally.
5. While engaged in the business of the Board, each employee of the Board is entitled to receive a per diem allowance and travel expenses at a rate fixed by the Board. The rate must not exceed the rate provided for state officers and employees generally.
[Part 6:286:1913; A 1947, 667; 1943 NCL § 5045] + [Part 7:286:1913; A 1951, 290; 1953, 588]—(NRS A 1963, 156; 1967, 1643; 1975, 1307; 1979, 1684; 1981, 1994; 1987, 948; 1989, 1702, 2037; 2007, 2952; 2021, 1016)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.060 - Biennial report to Governor.

Before September 1 of each even-numbered year, for the biennium ending June 30 of that year, the Board shall report to the Governor upon the condition of pharmacy in the State of Nevada. The report must contain:
1. A summary of the proceedings of the Board for the year.
2. The names of all pharmacists registered under this chapter.
3. A complete statement of all fees received.
[Part 7:286:1913; A 1951, 290; 1953, 588]—(NRS A 1965, 62; 1967, 1643; 1969, 1459; 1983, 1505)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.063 - Annual report concerning drugs returned or transferred to pharmacies from certain facilities and institutions and reissued to fill other prescriptions.

1. The Board shall prepare an annual report concerning drugs that are returned or transferred to pharmacies pursuant to NRS 433.801, 435.700, 449.2485, 639.2675 and 639.2676 and are reissued to fill other prescriptions. The report must include, without limitation:
(a) The number of drugs that are returned to dispensing pharmacies.
(b) The number of drugs that are transferred to nonprofit pharmacies designated by the Board pursuant to NRS 639.2676.
(c) The number of drugs that are reissued to fill other prescriptions.
(d) An estimate of the amount of money saved by reissuing such drugs to fill other prescriptions.
(e) Any other information that the Board deems necessary.
2. The report must be:
(a) Available for public inspection during regular business hours at the office of the Board; and
(b) Posted on a website or other Internet site that is operated or administered by or on behalf of the Board.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1373; A 2009, 1089; 2013, 3068)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.065 - Annual report concerning immunizations administered by pharmacists.

The Board shall prepare an annual report concerning immunizations administered by pharmacists that includes, without limitation, the number of immunizations which were administered by pharmacists during the previous year, any problems or complaints reported to the Board concerning immunizations administered by pharmacists and any other information that the Board determines would be useful in determining whether pharmacists should continue to administer immunizations in this State. The report must be available for public inspection during regular business hours at the office of the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2722)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.067 - Posting of information relating to pharmaceutical manufacturers on website.

The Board shall post on a website or other Internet site that is operated or administered by or on behalf of the Board:
1. A general description of the basic elements of the
Compliance Program Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
that is published by the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or links to websites or other Internet sites that are operated or administered by or on behalf of the Office of Inspector General where such information may be obtained;
2. A general description of the process for reporting unlawful or unethical conduct by pharmaceutical manufacturers to the Office of Inspector General, or links to websites or other Internet sites that are operated or administered by or on behalf of the Office of Inspector General where such information may be obtained; and
3. A current telephone number for the Office of Inspector General.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1213)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0725 - Regulations: Internet pharmacies.

1. The Board shall adopt such regulations as are necessary for the safe and efficient operation of pharmacies and wholesalers that offer their services to persons in this State via the Internet.
2. For the purposes of this section, "pharmacy" includes any person who sells or offers to sell drugs to persons in this State via the Internet.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.0727 - Regulations: Remote sites, satellite consultation sites and telepharmacies; dispensing practitioners and dispensing technicians; practicing electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics.

The Board shall adopt regulations:
1. As are necessary for the safe and efficient operation of remote sites, satellite consultation sites and telepharmacies;
2. To define the terms "dispensing practitioner" and "dispensing technician," to provide for the registration and discipline of dispensing practitioners and dispensing technicians, and to set forth the qualifications, powers and duties of dispensing practitioners and dispensing technicians;
3. To authorize registered pharmacists to engage in the practice of pharmacy electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics, including, without limitation, through telehealth, from within or outside this State; and
4. To authorize prescriptions to be filled and dispensed to patients as prescribed by practitioners electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics, including, without limitation, through telehealth, from within or outside this State or the United States.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1319; A 2013, 2020; 2015, 627)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › NRS 639.073 - Regulations: Restricting sale of drugs except under supervision of registered pharmacist.

1. If the public interest would best be served, the Board may adopt regulations restricting the sale of drugs to sale by or under the direct supervision of a registered pharmacist.
2. Any regulation adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall also include the conditions under which such drugs shall be stored in a pharmacy and the circumstances under which such drugs may be sold.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1652; A 1973, 774; 1979, 1685)