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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 639.Sec. 1.4 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An oncology group practice that wishes to
			 maintain a single inventory of dangerous drugs, excluding compounded drug
			 products, received at a site of practice in lieu of maintaining separate
			 inventories for each dispensing practitioner of the oncology group practice
			 must apply to the Board on an application provided by the Board for a
			 certificate of registration and submit the fee prescribed in NAC
			 639.220
			 for authorization of a practitioner, other than a licensed veterinarian, to
			 dispense dangerous drugs. An oncology group practice must submit a separate
			 application and fee for each site of practice at which the oncology group
			 practice wishes to maintain a single inventory of dangerous drugs, excluding
			 compounded drug products.
2. Upon
			 receipt of a fee and approval of an application, the Board will issue a
			 certificate of registration to an oncology group practice.
3. To renew a certificate of registration, an
			 oncology group practice must submit to the Board another completed application
			 and the fee prescribed in NAC
			 639.220
			 for biennial renewal of authorization of a practitioner, other than a licensed
			 veterinarian, to dispense dangerous drugs.
4. A certificate of registration issued
			 pursuant to this section:
(a) Entitles the
			 oncology group practice to maintain a single inventory of dangerous drugs,
			 excluding compounded drug products, at the site of practice for which the
			 oncology group practice received certification.
(b) Is a revocable privilege, and no holder
			 of such a certificate of registration acquires any vested right therein or
			 thereunder.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 639.Sec. 1.5 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Pursuant to section 1 of Assembly Bill No.
			 177, chapter 184, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 861 (NRS 639.28013) , each
			 pharmacy, except for an institutional pharmacy, shall, upon the request of the
			 prescribing practitioner, a patient or an authorized representative of a
			 patient, provide the information required by subsection 6 of
			 NRS
			 639.2801 in both English and any one of the
			 following languages:
(a) Spanish;
(b) Tagalog;
(c) Chinese, in both traditional and
			 simplified;
(d) Amharic;
(e) Somali;
(f) Vietnamese; or
(g) Korean.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 639.Sec. 2 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
For the purposes of
				NRS
				639.0727, the Board defines the term
				"dispensing practitioner" as set forth in subsection 5 of NAC
				639.010.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Pharmacy by
				R004-19A,
				eff. 12/17/2019
NRS
				639.070,
				639.0727
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 639.Sec. 2.3 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A euthanasia technician who possesses or
			 administers or proposes to possess or administer sodium pentobarbital pursuant
			 to NAC
			 638.510
			 must apply to the Board on a form prescribed by the Board for a certificate of
			 registration pursuant to
			 NRS
			 453.226.
2. Any certificate of registration issued
			 pursuant to subsection 1 is a revocable privilege and no holder of such a
			 certificate acquires any vested right therein or thereunder.
3. As used in this section, "euthanasia
			 technician" has the meaning ascribed to it in
			 NRS
			 638.005.
Added
				to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by
				R025-21A,
				eff. 4/11/2022
NRS
				453.226,
				639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 639.Sec. 3 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A dispensing practitioner who is employed
			 by or serving as an independent contractor of a federally-qualified health
			 center in this State and who wishes to transport dangerous drugs by using a
			 federally-qualified health center vehicle and dispense dangerous drugs to
			 patients of the federally-qualified health center from the federally-qualified
			 health center vehicle must apply to the Board on an application provided by the
			 Board for a certificate of registration to transport and dispense dangerous
			 drugs. The Board will issue the certificate of registration to the dispensing
			 practitioner if the Board determines that
(a)
			 The dispensing practitioner is registered pursuant to subsection 1 of
			 639.742.
(b) If the federally-qualified health center
			 is not wholly owned and operated by the dispensing practitioner, the owner or
			 owners of the federally-qualified health center have registered the
			 federally-qualified health center pursuant to subsection 2 of
			 639.742. The owner or owners are
			 not required to obtain a separate certificate of registration pursuant to
			 subsection 2 of
			 639.742 for the
			 federally-qualified health center vehicle.
(c) The federally-qualified health center
			 vehicle
(1) Is owned by the
			 federally-qualified health center that employs or contracts with the dispensing
			 practitioner;
(2) Was configured by
			 the federally-qualified health center for the purpose of transporting and
			 dispensing dangerous drugs to the patients of the federally-qualified health
			 center; and
(3) Has been inspected
			 and approved by the Board for the purpose of transporting and dispensing
			 dangerous drugs to the patients of the federally-qualified health center.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 639.Sec. 3.3 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in NAC
				639.205,
				an application for any certificate, license or permit issued by the Board is
				valid for 1 year after the date on which the application is received by the
				Board unless the Board extends the period of validity for the application. An
				applicant who fails to provide all required information or make all required
				appearances within 1 year after that date must submit a new application for the
				applicable certificate, license or permit.
Added
				to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by
				R025-21A,
				eff. 4/11/2022
NRS
				639.070,
				639.127,
				as amended by section 5 of Senate Bill No. 408, chapter 218, Statutes of Nevada
				2021, at page 1018
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Section 639.100 - Seal of Board

Current through June 11, 2024
The Board hereby adopts a seal for its own use. The seal has
				imprinted thereon the words and figures "Nevada State Board of
				Pharmacy-Organized May 6, 1901." The care and custody of the seal is in the
				hands of the Executive Secretary.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.015, eff. 6-26-80
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Section 639.110 - Inactive regulations: Duties of Executive Secretary

Current through June 11, 2024
When any regulation adopted by the Board and filed with the
				Secretary of State expires by its own terms, is repealed or is declared
				unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Executive Secretary
				shall so inform the Secretary of State and request that it be placed in an
				inactive file.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.030, eff. 6-26-80
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Section 639.120 - Conduct of disciplinary hearings

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Board will
			 convene a disciplinary hearing at the time and place specified in the notice of
			 hearing. The person presiding at the hearing may grant a continuance only upon:
(a) A joint stipulation of the
			 parties;
(b) The existence of an
			 emergency condition; or
(c) A
			 written request by a party filed at least 5 days before the date of the hearing
			 and actually served upon the other parties at least 1 day before the date of
			 the hearing.
A continuance based on a written request pursuant to paragraph
				(c) may be granted only upon a showing of good cause which term must be
				narrowly construed. A party requesting a continuance must appear on the date of
				the hearing and be prepared to proceed unless the request has been made
				pursuant to a joint stipulation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Section 639.130 - Representation by counsel at disciplinary hearings

Current through June 11, 2024
No respondent may be represented by counsel in a disciplinary
				hearing unless the counsel is admitted to practice before the highest court
				of:
1. The State of Nevada;
			 or
2. Another state and appears in
			 association with counsel who has been admitted to practice in this State and
			 maintains an office in this State.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.060, eff. 6-26-80
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.247
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Section 639.140 - Petitions to adopt, amend or repeal regulations

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A
			 petition requesting the Board to adopt, file, amend or repeal any regulation
			 must be in writing and signed by the petitioner. The petition must be
			 accompanied by a draft of the proposed regulation in a form suitable for
			 submission to the Legislative Counsel.
2. The original and six legible copies of the
			 petition and the original and seven legible copies of the proposed regulation
			 must be filed with the Executive Secretary.
3. A petition filed other than in conformity
			 with this section will be rejected.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.025, eff. 6-26-80
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Section 639.150 - Declaratory orders and advisory opinions

Current through June 11, 2024
A petition requesting a declaratory order or advisory opinion,
				pursuant to
				NRS
				233B.120, must be in writing and signed by
				the petitioner. An original and six legible copies of the petition must be
				filed with the Executive Secretary. The petition will be considered by the
				Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting. Within 30 days thereafter the
				Board will issue the declaratory order or advisory opinion requested.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.055, eff. 6-26-80
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Section 639.160 - Required time for receipt of application

Current through June 11, 2024
Any application required to be submitted to the Board must be
				received in one of the offices of the Board at least 15 days before the meeting
				of the Board at which action on the application will be taken. An application
				which is not submitted by the time required may still be considered by the
				Board for good cause.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy, eff. 6-16-86; A 6-14-90
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Section 639.170 - Waiver of regulation upon declaration of emergency: Authority; required notices

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The President,
			 Executive Secretary or General Counsel of the Board may waive any of the
			 requirements set forth in any regulation adopted by the Board governing the
			 practice of pharmacy if a federal, state or local official authorized to issue
			 a declaration of emergency concerning the health and welfare of the general
			 public submits a notice of such declaration of emergency to the
			 Board.
2. If the President,
			 Executive Secretary or General Counsel of the Board issues a waiver pursuant to
			 subsection 1, he or she shall:
(a) Provide
			 written notification of the waiver, identifying the requirements of the
			 applicable regulations that have been waived, any conditions of the waiver and
			 the period of the waiver, to each pharmacy, pharmacist or other person to whom
			 the Board deems necessary to effectuate the waiver; and
(b) Provide written notification of the
			 termination of the waiver, by the most accessible and efficient means, to the
			 same persons that were provided a written notification of the waiver pursuant
			 to paragraph (a).
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.200 - Temporary certificates, licenses and permits

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except
			 as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Executive Secretary may issue a
			 temporary certificate, license or permit required by chapter 453, 454 or 639 of
			 NRS to a qualified person for a period of effectiveness which ends not more
			 than 6 months after the next regular meeting of the Board following issuance,
			 except for a temporary certificate of reciprocal registration of a pharmacist,
			 which may not be effective for a period of more than 6 months after
			 issuance.
2. The Executive
			 Secretary may issue a temporary license to operate a pharmacy to a licensed
			 pharmacy which, because of a change of location of the pharmacy, requires a new
			 license before the next meeting of the Board. Before such a temporary license
			 is issued, a satisfactory examination of the premises of the pharmacy must be
			 conducted by the staff of the Board. At the next regular meeting of the Board
			 following the issuance of the temporary license, the Board will consider an
			 application for a permanent license for that pharmacy.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.020, eff. 6-26-80-NAC A 10-1-93; 11-9-95
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.205 - Application to register as pharmacist: Completion required within 1 year

Current through June 11, 2024
An applicant for a certificate as a registered pharmacist must
				provide all information and make all appearances required by the Board within 1
				year after having successfully passed the North American Pharmacist Licensure
				Examination prepared by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. An
				applicant who does not provide all information and make all appearances
				required by the Board within 1 year after having successfully passed the North
				American Pharmacist Licensure Examination must submit a new application.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.040, eff. 6-26-80-NAC A by R115-98, 9-9-98
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.127
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.208 - Qualifications: Practical pharmaceutical experience as intern pharmacist

Current through June 11, 2024
An applicant for a certificate as a registered pharmacist in
				this State by reciprocity pursuant to
				NRS
				639.134 may provide evidence that the
				applicant has satisfied the requirements of paragraphs (b) and (d) of
				subsection 1 of
				NRS
				639.120 by completing the requirements of
				reciprocation of the Electronic Licensure Transfer Program of the National
				Association of Boards of Pharmacy.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Pharmacy by
				R088-13,
				eff. 3/28/2014; A by
				R040-21A,
				eff. 4/11/2022
NRS
				639.070,
				639.120,
				639.134
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.210 - Educational qualifications: Approval of accredited programs of education in pharmacy

Current through June 11, 2024
For the purpose of determining the educational qualifications
				of applicants to become registered pharmacists, the Board hereby approves all
				colleges of pharmacy and departments of pharmacy of universities which are
				accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.035, eff. 6-26-80
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.212 - Educational qualifications: Advanced degree in pharmacy

Current through June 11, 2024
In considering the educational qualifications of an applicant
				to become a registered pharmacist, the Board will not accept an advanced degree
				in pharmacy, gained through a university's graduate program, as evidencing
				sufficient qualifications unless the applicant as an undergraduate earned all
				the required credits for a degree of bachelor of science in pharmacy or for a
				pharmaceutical doctorate at a college or department of pharmacy of a university
				accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and was awarded
				the degree by that university.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy, eff. 10-26-83
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.214 - Application for license to operate pharmacy: Information required

Current through June 11, 2024
In addition to any information required by
				NRS
				639.231, each application to conduct a
				pharmacy must, if the applicant or any person having an ownership interest in
				the applicant is:
1. A joint venture,
			 identify each member of the joint venture.
2. A partnership other than a limited
			 partnership, identify each partner.
3. A limited partnership, identify each:
(a) General partner;
(b) Limited partner who holds 10 percent or
			 more of the interest in the profits of the limited partnership; and
(c) General partner and limited partner who
			 is a practitioner.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.215 - Application for license to operate pharmacy: Appearance of applicant before Board; execution on behalf of partnership or corporation; payment of expenses for special meeting of Board

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Board may
			 require an applicant for a license to operate a pharmacy in the State of Nevada
			 to appear before the Board in support of the application:
(a) If the applicant:
(1) Is applying for a license to operate a
			 pharmacy in this State for the first time;
(2) Responded affirmatively to any of the
			 questions on the application regarding his or her character or competency;
			 or
(3) Is applying for the
			 licensure of a pharmacy located outside the State that will be shipping
			 compounded parenteral products into this State; or
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.218 - Application for inactive status

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A registered
			 pharmacist may apply to the Board to have his or her certificate of
			 registration placed on inactive status.
2. A registered pharmacist who wishes to have
			 his or her certificate of registration placed on inactive status must submit to
			 the Board:
(a) A completed application on a
			 form provided by the Board; and
(b)
			 A statement certifying that the pharmacist:
(1) Is not engaged in the practice of
			 pharmacy in this State; and
(2)
			 Will not engage in the practice of pharmacy in this State during the period
			 that his or her certificate of registration is placed on inactive
			 status.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.219 - Application for return to active status

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If a pharmacist
			 whose certificate of registration has been placed on inactive status wishes to
			 resume the practice of pharmacy in this State, the pharmacist must submit to
			 the Board a completed application for return to active status on a form
			 provided by the Board.
2. The Board
			 will grant an application for return to active status if the applicant submits
			 to the Board:
(a) Evidence that the applicant
			 holds an active certificate, license or registration to practice pharmacy in
			 another state; or
(b) Evidence that
			 the applicant has:
(1) Completed 30 units of
			 continuing professional education within the 2 years immediately preceding the
			 date on which the application for return to active status is filed;
			 and
(2) Passed the written
			 continuing education examination on law provided by the Board.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.225 - Notice to Executive Secretary of change of address

Current through June 11, 2024
Every registered pharmacist, pharmaceutical intern and
				pharmaceutical technician shall, within 10 days after changing his or her
				residence or place of practice, give written notice of the change to the
				Executive Secretary.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.185, eff. 6-26-80-NAC A 11-15-93
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.226 - Notice to Board by certain licensees of change of address

Current through June 11, 2024
A pharmacy, wholesaler, authorized warehouse, medical products
				provider or medical products wholesaler shall notify the Board of a change of
				address on a form prescribed by the Board.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy by R114-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.227 - Application or written notice to Board concerning change in ownership of pharmacy required under certain circumstances; suspension of license

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Not less than 15 business days before a
			 change of 50 percent or more of the beneficial interest of a pharmacy as
			 indicated on the application filed pursuant to
			 NRS
			 639.231, the person to whom the license to
			 operate the pharmacy was issued shall file with the Board an application for
			 change of ownership.
2. If the
			 person to whom the license to operate the pharmacy was issued is not a
			 corporation whose securities are publicly traded, then not more than 5 calendar
			 days after a change of less than 50 percent of the beneficial interest in a
			 pharmacy as indicated on the application filed pursuant to
			 NRS
			 639.231, the person to whom the license to
			 operate the pharmacy was issued shall file with the Board written notice of the
			 change.
3. If an application or
			 notice required by this section is not filed, the Board may initiate
			 proceedings, pursuant to
			 NRS
			 639.241 to
			 639.2576,
			 inclusive, to suspend the license to operate the pharmacy.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy by R011-99, eff. 11-3-99
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.230
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 639.230 - Voluntary surrender of certificate, license or registration to practice pharmacy in another state pursuant to agreement relating to disciplinary matter

Current through June 11, 2024
If a pharmacist voluntarily surrenders his or her certificate,
				license or registration to practice pharmacy in another state pursuant to an
				agreement entered into by the pharmacist and the authorizing agency of that
				state relating to a disciplinary matter, the Board will initiate proceedings,
				pursuant to
				NRS
				639.241 to
				639.2576,
				inclusive, to revoke the certificate of registration of the pharmacist to
				practice pharmacy in the State of Nevada.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy by R010-99, eff. 11-3-99
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNICIANS › Section 639.240 - Requirements for registration of pharmaceutical technicians

Current through June 11, 2024
1. No person may perform the duties of a
			 pharmaceutical technician until the person has been issued a certificate of
			 registration.
2. An applicant for
			 registration as a pharmaceutical technician must:
(a) Be 18 years of age or older;
(b) Be a high school graduate or the
			 equivalent;
(c) Have complied with
			 the requirements of subsection 4 of
			 NRS
			 639.1371, as amended by section 6 of Senate
			 Bill No. 408, chapter 218, Statutes of Nevada 2021 at page 1018; and
(d) Have complied with one of the following
			 requirements:
(1) The successful completion of
			 a program of training for pharmaceutical technicians, including, but not
			 limited to, a program of training offered by a postsecondary school, that is
			 approved by the Board pursuant to NAC
			 639.256.
The applicant must provide with the application a copy of a
				certificate evidencing successful completion of such a program.
(2) Active practice in good
			 standing in another state as a pharmaceutical technician. The applicant must
			 provide with the application:
(I) A form
			 prescribed by the Board that is notarized and signed by the managing pharmacist
			 of the pharmacy where the applicant was employed certifying that the applicant
			 has successfully completed 1,500 hours of training and experience as a
			 pharmaceutical technician providing the services set forth in paragraph (c) of
			 subsection 3 of
			 NRS
			 639.1371; and
(II) If required by that state to practice as
			 a pharmaceutical technician, a copy of the registration, license or certificate
			 issued to the applicant by that state.
(3) The successful completion of at least
			 1,500 hours of training and experience as a registered pharmaceutical
			 technician in training providing the services set forth in paragraph (c) of
			 subsection 3 of
			 NRS
			 639.1371 in a pharmacy in this State. The
			 applicant must provide with the application a form prescribed by the Board and
			 completed by the managing pharmacist of the pharmacy at which the applicant
			 received training certifying the successful completion of such training and
			 experience. A pharmaceutical technician in training may accumulate certified
			 hours of training from each place of employment.
(4) The successful completion of a program of
			 training for pharmaceutical technicians conducted by a branch of the Armed
			 Forces of the United States, the Indian Health Service of the United States
			 Department of Health and Human Services or the United States Department of
			 Veterans Affairs.
The applicant must provide with the application a copy of a
				certificate evidencing the successful completion of such a program of
				training.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNICIANS › Section 639.242 - Registration of pharmaceutical technician in training; affidavit of managing pharmacist

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An applicant for
			 registration as a pharmaceutical technician in training must:
(a) Be 18 years of age or older;
(b) Be a high school graduate or the
			 equivalent; and
(c) Participate in
			 training while on the job and acquire experience that is commensurate with the
			 duties of his or her employment.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNICIANS › Section 639.245 - Maintenance and availability of records regarding certain pharmaceutical personnel on duty; activities of pharmaceutical technicians

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A written record must be kept available
			 for inspection showing the pharmacists, pharmaceutical technicians and
			 pharmaceutical technicians in training on duty during the hours of business.
			 This record must be:
(a) Readily retrievable;
			 and
(b) Retained for 2
			 years.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNICIANS › Section 639.247 - Establishment and maintenance of policies and procedures for personnel; maintenance and availability of personnel records

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A
			 pharmacy that uses the services of a pharmaceutical technician shall:
(a) Establish and maintain written policies
			 and procedures that include:
(1) Job
			 descriptions for all personnel.
(2)
			 Procedures to ensure the quality and safety of pharmaceutical
			 services.
(3) The duties that may
			 be performed only by registered pharmacists.
(4) The minimum qualifications for supportive
			 personnel, including the minimum educational and training requirements that
			 must be completed by supportive personnel.
(5) Procedures for processing prescriptions
			 and compounding medications.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNICIANS › Section 639.250 - Restrictions on supervision

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in NAC
				639.258:
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
			 5, in a hospital, a pharmacist who is dispensing prescriptions may not
			 supervise more than a total of three pharmaceutical technicians at one time. A
			 pharmacist who is supervising distributive functions may not supervise more
			 than a total of two pharmaceutical technicians and one pharmaceutical
			 technician in training while the trainee is performing technician functions in
			 on-the-job training.
2. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsection 5, in any pharmacy, other than a hospital
			 pharmacy, telepharmacy, remote site, satellite consultation site or
			 nondispensing pharmacy, a pharmacist may not supervise more than a total of
			 three pharmaceutical technicians or one pharmaceutical technician and two
			 pharmaceutical technicians in training at one time.
3. In any telepharmacy, remote site or
			 satellite consultation site, a pharmacist may not supervise more than a total
			 of three pharmaceutical technicians at one time.
4. In any nondispensing pharmacy, a
			 pharmacist may not supervise more than a total of eight pharmaceutical
			 technicians or six pharmaceutical technicians and two pharmaceutical
			 technicians in training at one time.
5. A pharmacist may supervise more
			 pharmaceutical technicians and pharmaceutical technicians in training at one
			 time than are otherwise allowed pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 if:
(a) Not more than three of the pharmaceutical
			 technicians or pharmaceutical technicians in training are performing the duties
			 of a pharmaceutical technician as set forth in NAC
			 639.245; and
(b) The record kept by the pharmacy pursuant
			 to NAC 639.245 identifies the
			 pharmaceutical technicians and pharmaceutical technicians in training who are
			 performing the duties of a pharmaceutical technician as set forth in NAC
			 639.245.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNICIANS › Section 639.252 - Initialing of prescriptions, records and reports; responsibility for filled prescriptions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A prescription
			 and any record or report prepared by a pharmaceutical technician must bear the
			 legible initials of the pharmaceutical technician and the pharmacist who is
			 supervising him or her.
2. If a
			 pharmaceutical technician performs one or more of the functions necessary to
			 prepare a prescription, the pharmacist supervising the pharmaceutical
			 technician is responsible for the filled prescription, including, but not
			 limited to, verifying:
(a) The selection and
			 strength of the drug;
(b) The
			 dosage form; and
(c) The labeling
			 of the prescription.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNICIANS › Section 639.254 - Initial and biennial in-service training of pharmaceutical technicians working in or for pharmacy; substitution of continuing education for in-service training

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The owner and
			 managing pharmacist of a pharmacy shall provide training for pharmaceutical
			 technicians working in or for the pharmacy that ensures the continuing
			 competency of those technicians. Except as otherwise provided in this section,
			 the training must consist of initial training upon employment and at least 12
			 hours of in-service training during the 2-year period immediately preceding the
			 renewal of the registration of the pharmaceutical technician. One of the 12
			 hours of in-service training must be a jurisprudence program approved or
			 presented by the Board that relates to the practice of pharmacy or the law
			 concerning pharmacy in this State.
2. The managing pharmacist shall maintain a
			 written record of the initial training and the annual training , including,
			 without limitation, training and continuing education relating to immunizations
			 required by NAC
			 639.2973 and
			 639.2974, completed by each
			 pharmaceutical technician working in or for the pharmacy that contains:
(a) The name and signature of the person
			 receiving the training;
(b) The
			 date or dates on which the training was received;
(c) The number of hours of training
			 received;
(d) A general description
			 of the topics covered; and
(e) The
			 name of the person or provider conducting the training.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNICIANS › Section 639.256 - Program of training: Approval by Board; testing of pharmaceutical technician in training for presence of alcohol or drug

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A program of
			 training for pharmaceutical technicians must be approved by the Board before it
			 is provided in this State. A request for approval must be filed with the Board.
			 The Board will approve a program only if the program:
(a) Is accredited by the American Society of
			 Health-System Pharmacists; and
(b)
			 Administers at least one random test for the presence of alcohol or a
			 controlled substance or other drug to each pharmaceutical technician in
			 training before the pharmaceutical technician in training is allowed to
			 participate in any part of the program that involves employment or training in
			 a pharmacy. If the pharmaceutical technician in training tests positive for the
			 presence of alcohol or a controlled substance or other drug for which the
			 pharmaceutical technician in training does not have a lawfully issued
			 prescription or the pharmaceutical technician in training refuses to submit to
			 such a test, the administrator of the program must:
(1) Suspend the pharmaceutical technician in
			 training from participating in any part of the program that involves employment
			 or training in a pharmacy;
(2)
			 Notify the Board that the pharmaceutical technician in training has tested
			 positive for the presence of alcohol or a controlled substance or other drug
			 for which the pharmaceutical technician in training does not have a lawfully
			 issued prescription or has refused to submit to such a test; and
(3) Prevent the pharmaceutical technician in
			 training from resuming participation in any part of the program that involves
			 employment or training in a pharmacy without the approval of the
			 Board.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNICIANS › Section 639.258 - Participation in program of training for pharmaceutical technicians

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A pharmaceutical technician in training
			 who is registered with the Board may perform the duties of a pharmaceutical
			 technician while he or she is participating in a program of training for
			 pharmaceutical technicians that is approved by the Board pursuant to NAC
			 639.256. The registration of such
			 a pharmaceutical technician in training:
(a)
			 Will specify the program of training in which he or she is participating;
			 and
(b) Expires when the enrollment
			 of the pharmaceutical technician in the program terminates.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNICIANS › Section 639.260 - Disciplinary action against pharmacy

Current through June 11, 2024
A pharmacy that requires or allows a pharmacist to use the
				services of a pharmaceutical technician in violation of any provision of this
				chapter or chapter 639 of NRS is subject to the disciplinary actions set forth
				in
				NRS
				639.210.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy, eff. 11-15-93
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.1371,
				  639.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › INTERN PHARMACISTS › Section 639.262 - Application for registration; issuance of certificate of registration; maintenance of records relating to internship

Current through June 11, 2024
1. As required
			 by
			 NRS
			 639.137, an application for registration as
			 an intern pharmacist must be made on a form furnished by the Board. If the
			 applicant is enrolled in a college of pharmacy or a department of pharmacy of a
			 university approved by the Board, the application must include the name,
			 telephone number and mailing address of the person at the college of pharmacy
			 or the department of pharmacy of the university who will be making and
			 maintaining the records relating to the internship of the applicant.
2. Upon approval of the application, the
			 Executive Secretary shall issue a certificate of registration as required by
			 NRS
			 639.137.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
			 4, if an applicant is enrolled in a college of pharmacy or a department of
			 pharmacy of a university approved by the Board, the college of pharmacy or the
			 department of pharmacy of the university at which the applicant is enrolled
			 shall prepare and maintain records relating to the participation of the
			 applicant in his or her internship as an intern pharmacist. The records must
			 include, without limitation, a copy of the documentation provided to the
			 college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the university pursuant to
			 subsection 5 of NAC 639.266, if any.
4. If an applicant participates in an
			 internship after he or she has graduated from a college of pharmacy, a
			 department of pharmacy of a university or a foreign school, the applicant shall
			 prepare and maintain records relating to his or her participation in the
			 internship. The records must include, without limitation, a copy of the
			 documentation provided to the applicant pursuant to subsection 5 of NAC
			 639.266, if any.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy by R019-03, eff. 10-21-2003
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.137
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › INTERN PHARMACISTS › Section 639.264 - Employment at pharmacy as part of internship

Current through June 11, 2024
A pharmacy for which an intern pharmacist works as part of an
				internship to fulfill the requirements of paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of
				NRS
				639.120 may:
1. Allow the intern pharmacist to work at the
			 pharmacy without pay if the intern pharmacist is receiving credit for the
			 internship from the college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the
			 university approved by the Board at which the intern pharmacist is enrolled;
			 or
2. Employ the intern pharmacist
			 with pay if the intern pharmacist:
(a) Has
			 graduated from a college of pharmacy, a department of pharmacy of a university
			 or a foreign school; or
(b) Is
			 enrolled in a college of pharmacy or a department of pharmacy of a university
			 approved by the Board and is working for the pharmacy during a break from
			 attendance at the college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the
			 university, including, without limitation, the summer vacation months or a
			 holiday break.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › INTERN PHARMACISTS › Section 639.266 - Supervision and training: Service as preceptor; duties; evaluation of internship

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise prohibited by law or by an order of the Board, any registered
			 pharmacist may serve as preceptor to an intern pharmacist.
2. If an intern pharmacist is enrolled in a
			 college of pharmacy or a department of pharmacy of a university approved by the
			 Board, the college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the university
			 at which the intern pharmacist is enrolled shall establish a scope of duties
			 that may be engaged in by the intern pharmacist during his or her internship
			 and shall provide the scope of duties to the intern pharmacist before the
			 internship begins. The scope of duties must be based upon the courses that the
			 intern pharmacist has completed. The intern pharmacist shall, before his or her
			 internship begins, provide the scope of duties established for him or her by
			 the college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the university to any
			 preceptor responsible for his or her supervision and training.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
			 4, a preceptor shall allow an intern pharmacist under his or her supervision to
			 perform duties to the fullest extent practicable that are primarily related to:
(a) The selling of controlled substances,
			 poisons, dangerous drugs and devices;
(b) The compounding of prescription
			 drugs;
(c) The filling of
			 prescriptions and the dispensing of prescription drugs;
(d) Preparing and maintaining such records
			 and reports as are required by state and federal law;
(e) Counseling patients as required by NAC
			 639.707 concerning prescription drugs dispensed to the patients;
(f) The practice of pharmacy as that term is
			 defined in
			 NRS
			 639.0124; and
(g) Administering immunizations by an
			 intranasal, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection in accordance with a
			 written protocol established by a physician pursuant to NAC 639.2971.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › INTERN PHARMACISTS › Section 639.268 - Supervision and training: Responsibilities of registered pharmacist

Current through June 11, 2024
A registered pharmacist who has accepted responsibility for the
				supervision and training of an intern pharmacist is responsible for all acts
				performed by the intern pharmacist working under his or her supervision. All
				prescriptions compounded, dispensed or filled by an intern pharmacist and all
				records and reports prepared by an intern pharmacist must bear the legible
				initials of both the intern and the registered pharmacist who is supervising
				him or her.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.195, eff. 6-26-80-Substituted in revision for NAC
				639.705
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.137
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 639.269 - "Physician assistant" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 639.269 to 639.295, inclusive, unless the
				context otherwise requires, "physician assistant" includes a physician
				assistant as defined in
				NRS
				633.107.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy by R015-03, eff. 10-21-2003
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 639.270 - Scope

Current through June 11, 2024
The provisions of NAC 639.269 to 639.295, inclusive:
1. Regulate the issuance of registration
			 certificates to physician assistants;
2. Control the prescribing and dispensing of
			 controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices by physician
			 assistants;
3. Set registration
			 fees; and
4. Establish grounds for
			 the suspension or revocation of registration certificates of physician
			 assistants.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.350, eff. 6-26-80-NAC A 2-6-90; 9-10-90;
				10-24-97
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.1373
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 639.272 - Requirements for registration certificate

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The application
			 of a physician assistant for:
(a) A
			 registration certificate to prescribe controlled substances, poisons, dangerous
			 drugs and devices or to prescribe poisons, dangerous drugs and devices;
			 or
(b) A registration certificate
			 to prescribe and dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and
			 devices or to prescribe and dispense poisons, dangerous drugs and devices, must
			 be in writing and filed with the Executive Secretary.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 639.277 - Change in location of practice or supervising physician

Current through June 11, 2024
A physician assistant shall notify the Board in writing of a
				change in the location of the practice of the physician assistant or a change
				of his or her supervising physician not later than 10 days after the change
				occurs.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy, eff. 2-6-90; A 9-10-90; 10-24-97
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 639.280 - Scope of authority to prescribe and dispense

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except
			 as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, a physician assistant who is
			 authorized to prescribe and dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous
			 drugs and devices or to prescribe and dispense poisons, dangerous drugs and
			 devices may prescribe and dispense a controlled substance, poison, dangerous
			 drug and device or a poison, dangerous drug and device, as applicable, only:
(a) For a legitimate medical purpose;
			 and
(b) In such amounts as are
			 authorized by the supervising physician of the physician assistant except that
			 the amounts must not exceed a 365-day supply.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 639.283 - Prescriptions: Orders on charts of hospitalized patients

Current through June 11, 2024
A physician assistant shall not write a prescription in the
				form of an order on the chart of a patient in a hospital unless the physician
				assistant is authorized by the hospital's rules and has filed a copy of his or
				her form for prescriptions with the pharmacy of the hospital.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy, eff. 2-6-90; A by
				R100-23A,
				eff. 6/10/2024
NRS 639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 639.285 - Security and storage of controlled substances and drugs

Current through June 11, 2024
1. All controlled substances and dangerous
			 drugs which are in the possession of a physician assistant must be kept in a
			 locked storage area. Access to the storage area must be restricted to the
			 persons described in
			 NRS
			 453.375.
2. Physician assistants working
			 intermittently at satellite facilities, such as clinics, must transport the
			 drugs on each trip to and from those locations unless authorized by the Board
			 to store them at those locations.
3. Biologicals and other drugs must be
			 refrigerated if that requirement is stated on the manufacturer's
			 label.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.370, eff. 6-26-80-NAC A 2-6-90
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.1373
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 639.290 - Substitution in case of illness or absence

Current through June 11, 2024
When a physician assistant possessing a registration
				certificate to prescribe and dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous
				drugs and devices or to prescribe and dispense poisons, dangerous drugs and
				devices is ill or absent from his or her duties, another physician assistant
				possessing such a registration certificate may perform the duties of the absent
				physician assistant with the consent and under the supervision of the
				supervising physician of the absent physician assistant. An inventory of drugs
				must be taken before the substitute begins his or her duties and again taken
				when the returning physician assistant resumes his or her duties. The
				inventories must be attested to by the signature of the supervising physician
				and copies submitted to the Executive Secretary upon the request of the
				Board.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.365, eff. 6-26-80-NAC A 2-6-90; 9-10-90;
				10-24-97
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.1373