Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy › TRADE PRACTICES › Section 639.742 - Dispensing of controlled substances or dangerous drugs: Application by practitioner for certificate of registration; application by facility required under certain circumstances; duties of dispensing practitioner and facility relating to drugs; authority of dispensing practitioner and technician

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC
			 639.7421 and
			 639.7423 and section 1, a
			 practitioner who wishes to dispense controlled substances or dangerous drugs,
			 or both, 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. A practitioner must submit a separate
			 application for each site of practice, including, without limitation, a
			 telepharmacy, remote site or satellite consultation site, from which the
			 practitioner wishes to dispense controlled substances or dangerous drugs, or
			 both, for human consumption. A certificate of registration to dispense
			 controlled substances or dangerous drugs, or both, for human consumption is a
			 revocable privilege, and no holder of such a certificate of registration
			 acquires any vested right therein or thereunder.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NAC
			 639.7421, 639.7422 and
			 639.7423 and section 1, if a
			 facility from which the practitioner intends to dispense dangerous drugs or
			 controlled substances, or both, for human consumption is not wholly owned and
			 operated by the practitioner, the owner or owners of the facility must also
			 submit an application to the Board on a form provided by the Board.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this
			 section and NRS
			 639.23277 and NAC
			 639.395,
			 639.648, 639.719 and
			 639.7423 and section 1, the
			 dispensing practitioner and, if applicable, the owner or owners of the facility
			 and any federally-qualified health center vehicle, shall ensure that:
(a) All drugs are ordered by the dispensing
			 practitioner;
(b) All drugs are
			 received and accounted for by the dispensing practitioner;
(c) All drugs are stored in a secure, locked
			 room or cabinet to which the dispensing practitioner has the only key or lock
			 combination;
(d) All drugs are
			 dispensed in accordance with NAC
			 639.745;
(e) No prescription is dispensed to a patient
			 unless the dispensing practitioner is on-site at the facility or
			 federally-qualified health center vehicle, as applicable;
(f) All drugs are dispensed only to the
			 patient personally at the facility or federally-qualified health center
			 vehicle, as applicable;
(g) The
			 price of each drug dispensed to a patient is separately itemized on any bill or
			 statement provided to the patient;
(h) All drugs are dispensed only for
			 medically necessary purposes and according to prevailing standards of care for
			 practitioners practicing in the specialty claimed or practiced by the
			 dispensing practitioner; and
(i)
			 The certificate for each dispensing technician employed at the facility is
			 displayed in the room or cabinet in which drugs are stored.