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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.701 - Acts not required to be performed by pharmaceutical professionals

Current through June 11, 2024
The following acts are not required to be performed by a
				pharmacist, intern pharmacist, pharmaceutical technician or pharmaceutical
				technician in training:
1. Entering
			 information into the pharmacy's computer other than information contained in a
			 new prescription concerning the prescription drug and the directions for its
			 use.
2. Processing sales, including
			 the operation of a cash register.
3. Stocking shelves.
4. Delivering medication to a patient or to
			 areas of a hospital where patients are cared for.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy, eff. 11-15-93; A by R037-07, 1-30-2008
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.702 - Responsibility for acts and omissions of personnel who are not pharmacists

Current through June 11, 2024
The owner of a pharmacy, the managing pharmacist of the
				pharmacy and the registered pharmacist on duty at the pharmacy are responsible
				for the acts and omissions of pharmaceutical technicians and other personnel
				who are not pharmacists working in or for the pharmacy, including, but not
				limited to, any errors committed or unauthorized work performed by such
				personnel, if the owner, managing pharmacist or registered pharmacist knew or
				reasonably should have known of the act or omission.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy, eff. 11-15-93
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.704 - Check of license or certification required before employment by pharmacy or wholesaler

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Before employing
			 a pharmacist, intern pharmacist, pharmaceutical technician or pharmaceutical
			 technician in training, a pharmacy or wholesaler licensed by the Board shall
			 contact the Board to inquire whether the applicant has had his or her license
			 or certification suspended or revoked by the Board or by a similar board in
			 another state.
2. If the applicant
			 has had his or her license or certification suspended or revoked, the pharmacy
			 or wholesaler shall not employ the applicant to work in the pharmacy unless
			 authorized by the Board.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy by R216-99, eff. 3-13-2000
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.706 - Marking of prescriptions with serial numbers; maintenance of files of prescriptions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A pharmacist who
			 receives a prescription to fill, including a prescription that is written,
			 transcribed from an oral order or transferred to the pharmacy, shall mark on
			 the prescription a unique serial number issued for that prescription.
2. A pharmacist shall maintain files of
			 prescriptions in a manner that ensures that every serial number is accounted
			 for pursuant to NAC 453.480. If the prescriptions are not filed in numerical
			 order, the pharmacist shall file the prescriptions in such a manner that any
			 prescription can be readily retrieved.
3. A pharmacist shall maintain a physical
			 record in the files of prescriptions that accurately explains or accounts for
			 any serial number issued for a prescription that is not filled, including a
			 serial number issued in error or for a prescription that is later rendered
			 void.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy, eff. 10-1-93; A by R120-02, 10-24-2002
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.0745,
				  639.236
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.707 - Counseling of patients: Duties of pharmacist or intern pharmacist; documentation

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in this section, a pharmacist, an intern pharmacist under
			 the supervision of a pharmacist or a dispensing practitioner shall verbally
			 provide a patient or a person caring for the patient with information about
			 each prescription drug or device dispensed to the patient that:
(a) Has not been previously dispensed to the
			 patient from that pharmacy or dispensing practitioner, as applicable;
			 or
(b) Has been previously
			 dispensed to the patient from that pharmacy or dispensing practitioner, as
			 applicable, including, without limitation, a prescription drug or a device that
			 is being refilled, if, in the professional judgment of the pharmacist, intern
			 pharmacist or dispensing practitioner:
(1) The
			 information would further or improve the drug therapy of the patient;
			 or
(2) A reasonable concern
			 relating to the safety or efficacy of the drug therapy of the patient was
			 raised by the review of the patient's record that the pharmacist, intern
			 pharmacist or dispensing practitioner conducted pursuant to subsection
			 4.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.708 - Counseling of patients: Duties of pharmacy

Current through June 11, 2024
To facilitate counseling regarding a prescription, a pharmacy
				or dispensing practitioner shall:
1.
			 Maintain a record of medication for each patient to whom a prescription has
			 been dispensed by that pharmacy or dispensing practitioner, as applicable. The
			 record must:
(a) Be retrievable for use by the
			 pharmacist or dispensing practitioner;
(b) Be maintained for at least 2 years after
			 the most recent entry;
(c) List all
			 prescriptions dispensed to the patient at that pharmacy or by the dispensing
			 practitioner; and
(d) Include all
			 data required to be placed on the prescription.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.709 - Persons to whom pharmacy may furnish certain restricted products

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A pharmacy may furnish drugs, controlled
			 substances, poisons, chemicals, devices or appliances restricted by federal law
			 to sale by or on the order of a physician only to:
(a) The ultimate user;
(b) A licensed practitioner;
(c) Another pharmacy to alleviate a temporary
			 shortage; or
(d) A wholesaler only
			 for the purposes of, and subject to the conditions set forth in, NAC
			 639.5975.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.7102 - Use of computer system for issuance and transmission of prescription

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A practitioner may:
(a) Issue a prescription using a computer
			 system approved by the Board; and
(b) Transmit the prescription using that
			 computer system to a pharmacy specified by the patient for whom the
			 practitioner issues the prescription.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.7105 - Electronic transmission of prescription

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in NAC
				639.648 and
				639.711:
1. A prescription for a dangerous drug may be
			 transmitted to a pharmacy electronically by a practitioner or, if the
			 prescription is for a dangerous drug, the designated agent of the practitioner,
			 if the patient:
(a) Consents to the
			 transmission of the prescription electronically; and
(b) Approves the pharmacy where the
			 prescription will be transmitted.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.711 - Transmission of prescription by facsimile machine

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A
			 prescription for a controlled substance listed in schedule II must not be
			 transmitted by a practitioner or the designated agent of the practitioner by a
			 facsimile machine to a pharmacy unless the prescription is:
(a) For a controlled substance that will be
			 compounded for the direct administration to a patient by parenteral,
			 intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous or intraspinal infusion;
(b) For issuance to a resident of a facility
			 for long-term care; or
(c) For
			 issuance to a patient enrolled in a program that provides hospice care which
			 has been licensed by this State or certified by Medicare pursuant to Title
			 XVIII of the Social Security Act. Such a prescription must state that the
			 patient receives hospice care.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.712 - Transcribing prescription transmitted by oral order

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A
			 pharmacist who transcribes a prescription transmitted by an oral order of a
			 practitioner or the practitioner's agent shall sign or initial the prescription
			 and specify on the prescription:
(a) The date
			 the prescription was orally transmitted to the pharmacy; and
(b) The name of the person who orally
			 transmitted the prescription.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.713 - Transfer of information between pharmacies: Conditions; prohibitions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
			 4, a transfer of information between pharmacies relating to a prescription for
			 a dangerous drug or controlled substance for the purpose of filling and
			 dispensing that prescription is subject to the following conditions:
(a) Information relating to a prescription
			 and any remaining number of refills may be transferred orally, by a facsimile
			 machine in accordance with NAC 639.7145 or by computer.
(b) An oral transfer must be communicated
			 directly between two registered pharmacists.
(c) The original and the transferred
			 prescriptions must be maintained for 2 years after the date on which the
			 prescription was filled.
(d)
			 Information relating to a prescription may be transferred by a computer if:
(1) The computer that transfers the
			 information reduces, at the time the information is transferred, the number of
			 refills authorized by the original prescription; and
(2) The computer that receives the
			 information allows the transfer of the prescription for a controlled substance
			 only once.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.714 - Transfer of information between pharmacies: Procedure for oral transfers

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
			 3, a pharmacist who orally transfers the information relating to a prescription
			 pursuant to NAC 639.713 shall:
(a) Write the
			 word "void" on the face of the prescription; and
(b) Record on the reverse side of the
			 invalidated prescription the following information:
(1) The name of the pharmacist who transfers
			 the information relating to the prescription;
(2) The date of the transfer;
(3) The name and address of the pharmacy to
			 which the prescription is transferred; and
(4) The name of the pharmacist who receives
			 the information relating to the prescription.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.7145 - Transfer of information between pharmacies: Requirements for transfer by facsimile machine

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Information
			 relating to a prescription may be transferred from a pharmacy to another
			 pharmacy by a facsimile machine pursuant to NAC
			 639.713 if:
(a) The transmission from the transferring
			 pharmacy:
(1) Includes the information
			 required by subsection 2 of
			 NRS
			 639.2353, which may be provided in the form
			 of an accurate printout of the pharmacy's computerized record of the
			 prescription; and
(2) Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsection 2, includes:
(I) A copy of the original prescription
			 maintained in the records of the transferring pharmacy on which the pharmacist
			 at the transferring pharmacy has signed the copy and written his or her license
			 number; or
(II) The signature and
			 handwritten license number of the pharmacist at the transferring pharmacy and a
			 notation that specifically indicates that the pharmacist intends to transfer
			 the prescription.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.715 - Mechanical devices: Restrictions on use

Current through June 11, 2024
No drug, controlled substance, medicine, chemical or poison, as
				those terms are defined in chapters 453, 454 and 639 of NRS, may be sold or
				offered for sale or dispensed by means of any mechanical device except as
				otherwise provided in NAC
				639.718 and
				639.720 and section
				1.
Bd. of Pharmacy,
				§639.315, eff. 6-26-80-NAC A by R038-07, 10-31-2007; A by
				R013-21A,
				eff. 6/13/2022; A by
				R180-22A,
				eff. 12/29/2022
NRS 639.070,
				  639.0727
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.718 - Mechanical devices: Use by pharmacy to furnish prescription drugs to patients

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in this section, a pharmacy may use an automated drug
			 dispensing system to dispense a prescription drug to a patient if the pharmacy
			 obtains a license from the Board for the automated drug dispensing system
			 pursuant to subsection 2.
2. The
			 Board will provide to a pharmacy an application for a license for an automated
			 drug dispensing system upon request. The Board will issue a license for an
			 automated drug dispensing system if the Board determines that the system
			 dispenses prescription drugs accurately and otherwise meets the requirements of
			 this section and the fee prescribed by NAC
			 639.220 is paid. A license must
			 be:
(a) Issued for each automated drug
			 dispensing system at a designated location; and
(b) Posted on the system so that the license
			 is visible to the public.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.720 - Mechanical devices: Use to furnish drugs and medicines for administration to registered patients in medical facility and to patients receiving treatment in emergency room of hospital

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in this section, a mechanical device, other than an
			 automated drug dispensing system licensed pursuant to NAC
			 639.718 or section 1, may be used
			 to furnish drugs and medicines for administration to registered patients in a
			 medical facility if the pharmacy which supplies drugs and medicines to the
			 medical facility has obtained a license from the Board for a mechanical device
			 pursuant to subsection 4. A license is not required for a mechanical device
			 that meets the requirements of this section and is located inside a hospital
			 licensed pursuant to chapter 449 of NRS.
2. The mechanical device must conform to all
			 the following provisions:
(a) All drugs and
			 medicines stocked in the device must be approved for use in the device by a
			 registered pharmacist employed by the:
(1)
			 Medical facility in which the drug or medicine is administered; or
(2) Pharmacy that supplies the medical
			 facility in which the drug or medicine is administered.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.725 - Use of mechanical counting device for dispensing medication to be taken orally

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A mechanical
			 counting device that is used by a pharmacy for dispensing medication to be
			 taken orally must use one of the following methods to identify the contents of
			 the device:
(a) The following information
			 must be affixed to the front of each cell of the device:
(1) The generic name or trade name of the
			 medication;
(2) The manufacturer of
			 the medication;
(3) The strength of
			 the medication;
(4) The expiration
			 date of the medication;
(5) The lot
			 number of the medication;
(6) The
			 date on which the pharmacist last placed the medication into the device;
			 and
(7) The initials of the
			 pharmacist who:
(I) Placed the medication
			 into the device; or
(II) Verified
			 the correctness of the drug placed into the device when the drug was placed by
			 a pharmaceutical technician, a pharmaceutical technician in training or an
			 intern pharmacist; or
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.730 - Inspection of damaged pharmaceuticals

Current through June 11, 2024
After a fire or other catastrophe in which pharmaceutical
				preparations, devices or appliances are damaged, the owner, operator or manager
				of the pharmacy shall not dispose of the damaged merchandise to any other
				person, until it has first been inspected and declared safe by the Board. If,
				in the opinion of the Board, such preparations, appliances or devices are
				unsafe or unfit for use, they must be destroyed.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.310, eff. 6-26-80
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.740 - Container for dispensing prescribed medicine

Current through June 11, 2024
Except for a hospital pharmacy for inpatients or in a facility
				for skilled nursing or a facility for extended care, all prescribed medicine
				must be dispensed in a container which is designed to prevent a child from
				opening it, if commercially available, unless the person to whom the medication
				is dispensed:
1. Is at least 18 years
			 of age;
2. Specifically requests a
			 container which is not so designed; and
3. Signs a document verifying that he or she
			 made such a request.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy, eff. 10-17-86
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.7423 - Dispensing of controlled substances or dangerous drugs: Application by veterinarian for certificate of registration; duties of veterinarian and veterinary facility; maintenance of records; exemption from certain regulations

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A licensed veterinarian who wishes to
			 dispense controlled substances or dangerous drugs, or both, not for human
			 consumption must apply to the Board on an application provided by the Board for
			 a certificate of registration to dispense controlled substances or dangerous
			 drugs, or both, not for human consumption. A certificate of registration issued
			 pursuant to this section:
(a) Entitles the
			 licensed veterinarian to dispense controlled substances or dangerous drugs, or
			 both, not for human consumption from any veterinary facility at which he or she
			 engages in the practice of veterinary medicine.
(b) Must be renewed at the same time and in
			 the same manner as certificates of registration by other
			 practitioners.
(c) 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 › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.7425 - Dispensing technician: Requirements; application and fee for registration; provisional registration; issuance of certificate of registration; in-service training required for renewal of registration

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except
			 as otherwise provided in NAC
			 639.7423 and section 1, no person
			 may perform the duties of a dispensing technician unless the person has been
			 issued a certificate of registration as a dispensing technician by the
			 Board.
2. An applicant for
			 registration as a dispensing technician must:
(a) Be 18 years of age or older;
(b) Be a high school graduate or its
			 equivalent; and
(c) Have complied
			 with one of the following requirements:
(1)
			 The successful completion of at least 1,500 hours of training and experience as
			 a registered dispensing technician in training under the direct supervision of
			 at least one dispensing practitioner providing the services set forth in
			 subsection 4 of NAC
			 639.742; or
(2) Active registration and good standing as
			 a pharmaceutical technician in this State.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.743 - Dispensing technician: Access to drugs; performance of functions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in
			 NRS
			 639.23277 and NAC
			 639.395, a person to whom a
			 dispensing practitioner is providing training and experience pursuant to
			 subsection 2 of NAC
			 639.7425 and section 1 must not
			 be allowed access to the room or cabinet in which drugs are stored unless
			 accompanied by the dispensing practitioner. After the person has completed his
			 or her training and experience and the Board has issued a certificate of
			 registration as a dispensing technician to the person:
(a) The person may access the room or cabinet
			 in which drugs are stored without being accompanied by the dispensing
			 practitioner, so long as the dispensing practitioner is on-site at the
			 facility; and
(b) The dispensing
			 practitioner is not required to observe the work of the person.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.7435 - Dispensing technician: Transferability, expiration and termination of registration; notice of change of address of employment; subsequent employment

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The registration of a dispensing
			 technician or a dispensing technician in training is transferable.
2. A dispensing technician or a dispensing
			 technician in training shall notify the Board on a form prescribed by the Board
			 within 10 days after changing or adding:
(a) A
			 location of practice; or
(b) A
			 dispensing practitioner by whom the dispensing technician or dispensing
			 technician in training is being supervised.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.744 - Dispensing practitioner: Fee for initial registration and renewal; registration of multiple dispensing technicians

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in section 1, a dispensing
				practitioner may employ more than one dispensing technician at a time, except
				that only one of those dispensing technicians, including, without limitation, a
				dispensing technician staffing a remote site or satellite consultation site,
				may be designated and allowed to perform the functions described in subsection
				4 or 5 of NAC
				639.742 at one time. A dispensing
				practitioner shall make and maintain a document on which must be recorded for
				each day the name of the dispensing technician so designated and allowed to
				perform the functions described in subsection 4 or 5 of NAC
				639.742, and maintain the record
				for not less than 2 years.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Pharmacy by R034-02, eff. 5-30-2003; A by R035-06, 9-18-2008;
				R037-10, 10-15-2010; A by
				R098-13,
				eff. 3/28/2014; A by
				R178-22A,
				eff. 12/16/2022; A
				by
				R013-24A,
				eff. 6/10/2024
NRS 639.070,
				  639.0727,
				  639.074
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.7445 - Dispensing practitioner: Disciplinary action for violation of NAC 639.742 to 639.7445, inclusive

Current through June 11, 2024
If a dispensing practitioner allows any person to perform any
				act in violation of NAC
				639.742 to
				639.7445, inclusive, and section
				1, the dispensing practitioner is subject to discipline relating to his or her
				registration as a dispensing practitioner, including, without limitation, the
				temporary and immediate suspension of his or her registration as a dispensing
				practitioner until:
1. The violation
			 is remedied; or
2. If an accusation
			 has been made pursuant to
			 NRS
			 639.241, the Board holds a hearing.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy by R034-02, eff. 5-30-2003; A by
				R004-19A,
				eff. 12/17/2019; A
				by
				R178-22A,
				eff. 12/16/2022; A
				by
				R013-24A,
				eff. 6/10/2024
NRS 639.070,
				  639.0727,
				  639.074
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.745 - Duties of certain practitioners concerning dispensing of controlled substances and dangerous drugs

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in section 1 , each practitioner who is registered with the
			 Board to dispense controlled substances and dangerous drugs, including, without
			 limitation, a dispensing practitioner, and who dispenses such products for use
			 by the practitioner's patients outside his or her presence shall:
(a) Keep complete, accurate and readily
			 retrievable records of each controlled substance and dangerous drug purchased
			 and dispensed. The record for each such product dispensed to a patient must
			 include:
(1) The name of the patient and, if
			 not readily available from the practitioner's records, the patient's
			 address;
(2) The name, strength and
			 quantity of the prescribed controlled substance or dangerous drug;
(3) The directions for use;
(4) The date the prescription was issued;
			 and
(5) A unique identifying
			 number.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.748 - Identification of person to whom controlled substance is dispensed

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
			 section, an employee of a pharmacy who is authorized to dispense controlled
			 substances shall, before dispensing a controlled substance pursuant to a lawful
			 prescription, request the person who picks up the controlled substance to
			 present a current and valid form of identification issued by a federal, state
			 or local governmental agency that contains a photograph of the person. The
			 employee shall not dispense the controlled substance if:
(a) That person does not present such
			 identification; or
(b) The employee
			 reasonably believes that the identification presented has been altered or is
			 false or otherwise invalid.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.750 - Dispensing of medication at certain locations when local retail pharmacy is closed

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If the services
			 of a local retail pharmacy are not available, the practitioner in charge of the
			 emergency room of a hospital, of a recovery center or of a surgical center for
			 ambulatory patients may dispense medication in an amount adequate to treat
			 patients in the emergency room, recovery center or surgical center for
			 ambulatory patients during the hours that the local retail pharmacy is
			 closed.
2. If a practitioner
			 dispenses medication at the emergency room of a hospital or at a recovery
			 center or surgical center for ambulatory patients:
(a) The following information must be
			 maintained for each medication dispensed:
(1)
			 The name of the patient and, if not readily available from the records of the
			 hospital, the address of the patient;
(2) The name, strength and quantity of the
			 medication;
(3) The name of the
			 prescribing practitioner and the classification of his or her
			 license;
(4) The registration
			 number of the prescribing practitioner that is issued by the Drug Enforcement
			 Administration of the United States Department of Justice, if the medication is
			 a controlled substance;
(5) The
			 signature of the practitioner who dispenses the medication;
(6) The directions for using the
			 medication;
(7) The date the
			 medication is dispensed; and
(8)
			 The signature of the prescribing practitioner.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.751 - Requirements concerning signatures or initials to be placed on prescription

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
			 4, if the signature or initials of a pharmacist or pharmaceutical technician
			 are required to be placed on a prescription by a provision of chapter 453 or
			 639 of NRS or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the signature or
			 initials must be:
(a) Handwritten:
(1) In nonerasable ink;
(2) Personally by the pharmacist or
			 pharmaceutical technician who is identified by the signature or
			 initials;
(3) Contemporaneously
			 with the act for which the signature or initials are required; and
(4) On the document on which the signature or
			 initials are required; or
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.752 - Restrictions on filling or dispensing certain prescriptions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
			 section and
			 NRS
			 639.235, a pharmacist shall not fill a
			 prescription for, or dispense, a dangerous drug or a controlled substance if
			 the prescription is:
(a) Written by a
			 practitioner who is not licensed to practice in this State, but is authorized
			 by the laws of another state to prescribe;
(b) For a patient who resides in a state
			 other than the state in which the prescribing practitioner's practice is
			 located;
(c) Requested to be
			 furnished in a manner other than by dispensing directly to the patient, or an
			 agent of the patient, in person; and
(d) To be paid for in full, in cash or cash
			 equivalent, at the time the prescription is dispensed, unless the pharmacist
			 first verifies the prescription as set forth in subsection 2.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.753 - Declination of pharmacist to fill prescription

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A pharmacist
			 may decline to fill a prescription that satisfies the requirements of this
			 chapter and chapter 639 of NRS only if the pharmacist reasonably believes, in
			 his or her professional judgment, that:
(a)
			 The filling of the prescription would be unlawful;
(b) The filling of the prescription would be
			 imminently harmful to the medical health of the patient;
(c) The prescription is fraudulent;
			 or
(d) The prescription is not for
			 a legitimate medical purpose.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.754 - Refilling prescriptions: Restrictions; authorization by patient without specific request for particular refill

Current through June 11, 2024
1. When refilling a
			 prescription, a pharmacy shall not select a drug from stock, place any drug in
			 a container for dispensing or affix a label to a container for a refill of a
			 prescription, unless:
(a) Except as otherwise
			 provided in subsection 2, the patient, the patient's prescribing practitioner,
			 or the authorized agent of the patient or the patient's prescribing
			 practitioner has specifically requested a refill of the prescription and the
			 prescription has remaining authorized refills; or
(b) The prescription does not have any
			 remaining authorized refills and the patient's prescribing practitioner has
			 authorized additional refills for the prescription.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.755 - Sale of preparations for treatment of asthma

Current through June 11, 2024
A preparation which:
1. Is intended and designed for the treatment
			 of asthma; and
2. Contains hypnotic
			 drugs in combination with drugs which are not hypnotic and which render the
			 preparation incapable of producing a hypnotic effect,
may be sold personally by a registered pharmacist without a
				prescription if the sale is made in good faith for that treatment.
Bd. of Pharmacy, §
				639.175, eff. 6-26-80-Substituted in revision for NAC
				639.830
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.756 - Retail community pharmacy: Required notice of availability of prescription readers; directions or advice on obtaining prescription reader

Current through June 11, 2024
1. To comply with the provisions of NRS
			 639.28015, regarding notice about the availability of prescription readers, a
			 retail community pharmacy shall provide:
(a)
			 Written notice in the form of a sign that is posted in the pharmacy;
(b) Notice in writing that is given directly
			 to the patient or caregiver of the patient to whom the drug is dispensed;
			 or
(c) Verbal notice by direct
			 conversation between the staff of the pharmacy and the patient or caregiver of
			 the patient to whom the drug is dispensed.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.757 - Preparation and sale of compounded drugs by pharmacy or pharmacist: License as manufacturer not required under certain circumstances; unsafe or ineffective drug; restrictions on sale

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A pharmacy or
			 pharmacist is not required to obtain a license as a manufacturer to compound
			 drugs if:
(a) The compounded drugs are
			 prepared in a quantity that is:
(1) Necessary
			 to fill a prescription or chart order; or
(2) Reasonably necessary to fill future
			 prescriptions or chart orders based upon the previous history of practitioners
			 and patients who regularly use the pharmacy;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.760 - Return of unused drugs packaged in unit doses

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
			 Dangerous drugs and controlled substances may be returned to the pharmacy which
			 dispensed them, pursuant to subsection 3 of
			 NRS
			 639.267, if they are packaged in unit doses
			 by the original manufacturer, the packages and the packaging of which conform
			 to chapters 661 and 671 of the
United States Pharmacopeia - National
			 Formulary
, as adopted by reference in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of
			 NAC 639.670.
2. A drug may not be
			 returned to the issuing pharmacy unless its package contains the expiration
			 date of the usefulness of the drug.
3. A person or agency returning the unused
			 drugs and the pharmacy receiving the unused drugs shall maintain a current
			 audit of the drugs which are returned and received on forms approved by the
			 Board. Such forms will be furnished at the expense of the facility or
			 pharmacy.
4. A prescription for a
			 dangerous drug or controlled substance dispensed by a pharmacy that has been
			 removed from the premises of the pharmacy may not be returned to the pharmacy
			 pursuant to subsection 3 of
			 NRS
			 639.267 for the destruction of the drug or
			 substance, or for the return of the drug or substance to the stock of drugs of
			 the pharmacy, if the dangerous drug or controlled substance is not packaged in
			 a unit dose by its original manufacturer as required by subsection 1.
5. A drug dispensed by a pharmacy to a
			 patient may be returned to the pharmacy to be repackaged or relabeled only if
			 the drug will be dispensed by the pharmacy to the same patient.
6. Nothing in this section establishes any
			 condition of reimbursement, credit or refund of a prescription purchased in a
			 pharmacy.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy, eff. 6-25-82; A by R161-99, 3-1-2000; R035-06,
				9-18-2008
NRS
				  639.070,
				  639.267
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.765 - Disclosure by practitioner of certain ownership interests in pharmacy

Current through June 11, 2024
If a practitioner or any member of the practitioner's family
				within the third degree of consanguinity holds an interest in a corporation
				which:
1. Has any of its shares
			 registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ( 15 U.S.C.
			 §§ 78 a et seq.); and
2.
			 Holds 10 percent or more of the ownership interest in a pharmacy,
the practitioner shall disclose that interest in the
				corporation and pharmacy to each patient whom he or she refers to that
				pharmacy.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy, eff. 10-1-93
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.Sec. 1.2 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A practitioner who is exempted from the
			 requirements of subsection 1 of
			 NRS
			 639.23535 by the Board must complete a form
			 furnished by the Board certifying that the practitioner is exempt from such
			 requirements pursuant to subsection 2 of
			 NRS
			 639.23535.
2. The certification form required pursuant
			 to subsection 1 must be maintained by the practitioner in a form and manner
			 that is readily retrievable by the practitioner and made available to the Board
			 upon request.
Added
				to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by
				R083-20A,
				eff. 12/29/2020
NRS
				639.070,
				639.23535
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › REPACKAGING OF PREVIOUSLY DISPENSED DRUGS › Section 639.781 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in this section and NAC 639.784 and 639.788:
1. "Original label" means the label affixed
			 by an original pharmacy to the container of a controlled substance or dangerous
			 drug.
2. "Original pharmacy" means
			 a pharmacy that dispenses a controlled substance or dangerous drug which is
			 subsequently delivered to another pharmacy for repackaging.
3. "Patient" means the ultimate user, patient
			 or subject of research to whom a controlled substance or dangerous drug is
			 dispensed by an original pharmacy. The term includes an agent of the
			 patient.
4. "Repackaging pharmacy"
			 means a pharmacy that repackages a controlled substance or dangerous drug that
			 was previously dispensed by another pharmacy.
5. "Unit of use" has the meaning ascribed to
			 it in NAC 639.460.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy by R061-05, eff. 5-4-2006
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › REPACKAGING OF PREVIOUSLY DISPENSED DRUGS › Section 639.784 - Duties of repackaging pharmacy

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in NAC 639.788, a pharmacy may
				repackage a controlled substance or dangerous drug that was previously
				dispensed by an original pharmacy if the repackaging pharmacy:
1. Makes a record of the:
(a) Name of the patient as given on the
			 original label;
(b) Name of the
			 controlled substance or dangerous drug;
(c) Name and address of the original
			 pharmacy;
(d) Original prescription
			 number;
(e) Date the controlled
			 substance or dangerous drug is delivered to the repackaging pharmacy;
(f) Identity of the person who delivers the
			 controlled substance or dangerous drug to the repackaging pharmacy, including,
			 without limitation, the person's relationship to the patient;
(g) Quantity of the controlled substance or
			 dangerous drug:
(1) Dispensed by the original
			 pharmacy;
(2) Delivered by the
			 patient to the repackaging pharmacy; and
(3) Delivered to the patient by the
			 repackaging pharmacy;
(h) Date on which the repackaged controlled
			 substance or dangerous drug is delivered to the patient; and
(i) Initials of the registered pharmacist or
			 intern pharmacist who provides the verification required by subsection
			 7.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › REPACKAGING OF PREVIOUSLY DISPENSED DRUGS › Section 639.788 - Restrictions on repackaging pharmacy

Current through June 11, 2024
A repackaging pharmacy shall not:
1. Repackage more than one controlled
			 substance or dangerous drug in each unit-of-use container.
2. Repackage a controlled substance or
			 dangerous drug that has been previously repackaged. The pharmacy may accept
			 delivery of such a controlled substance or dangerous drug only for the purpose
			 of destroying it.
3. Deliver a
			 repackaged controlled substance or dangerous drug to a person other than the
			 patient named on the original label.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Pharmacy by R061-05, eff. 5-4-2006
NRS
				  639.070
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PRODUCTS THAT ARE PRECURSORS TO METHAMPHETAMINE › Section 639.815 - Real-time, stop sale system: Minimum requirements for approval by the Board

Current through June 11, 2024
1. For a real-time, stop sale system to be
			 approved by the Board pursuant to
			 NRS
			 639.430 for use by pharmacies in this State,
			 the real-time, stop sale system must, at a minimum:
(a) Satisfy the requirements set forth in
			 subsection 1 of
			 NRS
			 639.430;
(b) Allow pharmacies in this State to
			 electronically submit the following information to the system:
(1) The information set forth in subsection 2
			 of
			 NRS
			 453.357; and
(2) The name or initials of or the unique
			 identifier which is approved by the Board for the pharmacist or the employee of
			 the pharmacy who sold or transferred the product;
(c) Be capable of producing a record of the
			 information described in paragraph (b) for use by law enforcement agencies; and
(d) Maintain the confidentiality
			 of all data and information entered into the system and be capable of
			 preventing access to the data and information in the system unless such access
			 is authorized pursuant to a specific state or federal law.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PRODUCTS THAT ARE PRECURSORS TO METHAMPHETAMINE › Section 639.817 - Real-time, stop sale system: Duties of pharmacy; completion of sale or transfer despite an alert from or without first consulting the system authorized in certain circumstances

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in
			 NRS
			 639.440, on or before the 90th day after a
			 pharmacy in this State receives notice from the Board that it has approved a
			 real-time, stop sale system pursuant to
			 NRS
			 639.430, the pharmacy shall:
(a) Obtain access to and begin using the
			 real-time, stop sale system to document the sale or transfer of each product
			 that is a precursor to methamphetamine;
(b) Verify that the pharmacy is submitting to
			 the system the information required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1
			 of section 2 of this regulation in real time;
(c) In accordance with
			 NRS
			 639.440, obtain any information necessary
			 from the person seeking the purchase or transfer of a product that is a
			 precursor to methamphetamine to receive notice from the real-time, stop sale
			 system;
(d) Review the information
			 provided by the real-time, stop sale system before completing any sale or
			 transfer of a product that is a precursor to methamphetamine to verify that the
			 sale or transfer of the product does not violate
			 NRS
			 453.355 or any other state or federal law
			 which prohibits the sale or transfer of a product that is a precursor to
			 methamphetamine; and
(e) Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsection 2, not allow the sale or transfer of a product
			 to be completed if the pharmacy receives an alert from the real-time, stop sale
			 system that the sale or transfer of the product may violate
			 NRS
			 453.355 or any other state or federal law
			 which prohibits the sale or transfer of a product that is a precursor to
			 methamphetamine.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN › Section 639.823 - "Acute pain" interpreted.

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NRS 639.2391, "acute pain" means pain that has an
				abrupt onset and is caused by injury or another cause that is not ongoing. The
				term does not include chronic pain or pain that is being treated as part of
				care for cancer, palliative care, hospice care or other end-of-life
				care.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Pharmacy by
				R047-18AP,
				eff. 6/26/2018
NRS
				639.070,
				639.23916
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN › Section 639.826 - "Course of treatment" interpreted

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NRS 639.0082, 639.23507, 639.2391 to 639.23916,
				inclusive, and NAC 639.823 to 639.838, inclusive, "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
				for a disease or symptom for which the patient was previously receiving
				treatment.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Pharmacy by
				R047-18AP,
				eff. 6/26/2018
NRS
				639.070,
				639.23916
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN › Section 639.831 - Requirements included to "obtain informed written consent to the use of the controlled substance."

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NRS 639.23911, to "obtain informed written consent
				to the use of the controlled substance" includes, without limitation:
1. Viewing informed written consent that
			 meets the requirements of subsection 2 of NRS 639.23912, previously given by
			 the patient and stored on a database maintained by the practitioner or a group
			 of practitioners with which the practitioner is associated; and
2. Immediately before prescribing the
			 controlled substance, discussing the provisions of the informed written consent
			 described in subsection 1 with the patient, allowing the patient to ask
			 questions about those provisions and answering those questions.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Pharmacy by
				R047-18AP,
				eff. 6/26/2018
NRS
				639.070,
				639.23916
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN › Section 639.834 - Review of medical history and physical examination of patient; good faith effort to obtain and review medical records; determination of whether medical record is necessary

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A practitioner
			 conducting a review of the medical history and physical examination of a
			 patient pursuant to NRS 639.23912, shall target the review and examination to
			 the condition causing the pain of the patient.
2. A practitioner makes a good faith effort
			 to obtain and review the medical records of a patient, as required by NRS
			 639.23912, if the practitioner makes an effort to obtain all medical records
			 that, in the professional judgment of the practitioner, are necessary to
			 determine whether to prescribe a controlled substance listed in schedule II,
			 III or IV to the patient. In determining whether a medical record is necessary
			 to make such a determination, a practitioner may consider:
(a) The time needed to provide care to the
			 patient;
(b) The nature of the
			 practice of the practitioner; and
(c) Whether the benefit of prescribing the
			 controlled substance without obtaining the medical record outweighs the risk of
			 doing so.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN › Section 639.836 - Practitioner not prohibited from prescribing or increasing dosage of controlled substance under certain circumstances

Current through June 11, 2024
The Board does not construe
				NRS
				639.23507 to prohibit a practitioner
				from:
1. Prescribing a controlled
			 substance listed in schedule II, III or IV or an opioid that is a controlled
			 substance listed in schedule V to a patient who has been issued another
			 prescription for a different controlled substance listed in schedule II, III or
			 IV or opioid that is a controlled substance listed in schedule V;
2. Increasing the dosage of a controlled
			 substance listed in schedule II, III or IV or an opioid that is a controlled
			 substance listed in schedule V that has been prescribed to a patient;
			 or
3. Prescribing a controlled
			 substance listed in schedule II, III or IV or an opioid that is a controlled
			 substance listed in schedule V for the purpose of:
(a) Continuing the same course of treatment
			 for which the patient has previously been prescribed the same controlled
			 substance; or
(b) Replacing doses
			 of the controlled substance that have been lost, stolen or destroyed.