CHAPTER 639 - PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY

NAC 639.491 Definitions. (NRS 639.070, 639.071, 639.072) As used in NAC 639.491 to 639.4916, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 639.49115, 639.4912 and 639.4914 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC b…

NAC 639.4911 “Chart order” defined. (NRS 639.070) “Chart order” has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 639.442. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R015-05, eff. 10-31-2005)

NAC 639.49115 “Chart order processing services” defined. (NRS 639.070) “Chart order processing services” means nondispensary pharmaceutical services that are provided by a pharmacy to a hospital or correctional institution, including, without limitation: 1. Receiving, interpretin…

NAC 639.4912 “Correctional institution” defined. (NRS 639.070) “Correctional institution” has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 639.4465. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R015-05, eff. 10-31-2005)

NAC 639.4914 “Remote chart order processing services” defined. (NRS 639.070) “Remote chart order processing services” means chart order processing services provided by an off-site pharmaceutical service provider to a hospital or correctional institution, including, without limita…

NAC 639.4915 Provision of services by pharmacies within certain hospitals and correctional institutions. (NRS 639.070, 639.071, 639.072) A pharmacy located within a hospital or correctional institution that is required to have a full-time managing pharmacist pursuant to NAC 639.4…

NAC 639.4916 Provision of remote services by pharmacist employed by or under contract with pharmacy located in hospital or correctional institution. (NRS 639.070, 639.071, 639.072) 1. A registered pharmacist who is employed by or under contract with a pharmacy located within a ho…

NAC 639.492 Definitions. (NRS 639.070, 639.071) As used in NAC 639.492 to 639.498, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Director” means the director of nurses of a facility. 2. “Facility” means a facility for intermediate care as defined in NRS 449.0038 or a faci…

NAC 639.494 Prescriptions for controlled substances: Accountability record; handling of unused portions. (NRS 639.070, 639.071) 1. Each prescription for a controlled substance which is administered to a patient at a facility must be accompanied by the controlled substances accoun…

NAC 639.496 Maintenance of accountability record; examination of chart orders; issuance of receipt for controlled substances delivered to coroner. (NRS 639.070, 639.071) 1. The director shall keep each controlled substances accountability record which accompanies a prescription f…

NAC 639.498 Destruction of certain controlled substances: Requirement; procedure. (NRS 639.070, 639.071) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) At least once each month, the director or a licensed consulting pharmacist shall destroy, on the premises of the facility,…

NAC 639.4982 License required; application; qualifications; informed consent to certain reporting. (NRS 453.221, 639.070, 639.2177) 1. A person or public or private facility shall not operate or provide the services of a facility for treatment with narcotics unless the person or …

NAC 639.4985 Definitions. (NRS 639.070, 639.071) As used in NAC 639.4985 to 639.4998, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 639.4987 and 639.4991 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy …

NAC 639.4987 “Compounding” defined. (NRS 639.070, 639.071) “Compounding” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 639.0053. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R116-08, eff. 9-18-2008)

NAC 639.4989 “Drug” defined. (NRS 639.070, 639.071) “Drug” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 639.007. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R116-08, eff. 9-18-2008)

NAC 639.4991 “Investigational drug” defined. (NRS 639.070, 639.071) “Investigational drug” has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 639.455. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R116-08, eff. 9-18-2008)

NAC 639.4992 Dispensing of controlled substances and dangerous drugs: Registration and licensing required. (NRS 639.070, 639.071, 639.2177) Each recovery center and surgical center for ambulatory patients shall: 1. Apply to the Board for a license to dispense controlled substance…

NAC 639.4996 Establishment and review of policies and procedures by pharmacist. (NRS 639.070, 639.071) 1. A recovery center or surgical center for ambulatory patients shall employ or enter into a contract with a pharmacist to establish policies and procedures which: (a) Are consi…

NAC 639.4998 Duties of pharmacist who establishes policies and procedures. (NRS 639.070, 639.071) A pharmacist employed by or contracted with a recovery center or surgical center for ambulatory patients pursuant to NAC 639.4996 shall: 1. Visit the recovery center or surgical cent…

NAC 639.500 Ownership of pharmacies; application to conduct a pharmacy. (NRS 639.070, 639.231) 1. A person, as that term is defined in NRS 0.039, or the State of Nevada or any of its political subdivisions, may own more than one pharmacy. 2. An applicant for a license to conduct …

NAC 639.5005 Representative of pharmacy: General requirements; exceptions; approval; enforcement. (NRS 639.070, 639.231) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an applicant for a license, or a licensee with a license, to conduct a pharmacy shall designate at least on…

NAC 639.5007 Terms and conditions of license to conduct pharmacy for applicant required to designate representative. (NRS 639.070, 639.231) If a license to conduct a pharmacy is issued for an applicant that is required to designate a natural person as a representative of the phar…

NAC 639.501 Inspections; provision of self-assessment form. (NRS 639.070) 1. Before the Board will issue a new license to operate a pharmacy to any person, a satisfactory inspection of the premises of the pharmacy must be conducted by a member of the staff of the Board. 2. The Ex…

NAC 639.5014 Completion of self-assessment form before annual inspections; suggestions relating to compliance by or improvement of pharmacy. (NRS 639.070) 1. The managing pharmacist of a pharmacy or the designee of the owner of the pharmacy shall complete a self-assessment form b…

NAC 639.5016 Annual inspections: Review of self-assessment form; notes regarding discrepancies or deficiencies; correction of discrepancies or deficiencies. (NRS 639.070) 1. Whenever a member of the staff of the Board conducts an annual inspection of a pharmacy, the managing phar…

NAC 639.5018 Protection of employee providing answers, information or suggestions on self-assessment form or during inspections. (NRS 639.070) A pharmacy shall not terminate, or otherwise negatively affect in any way, the employment of an employee of the pharmacy who: 1. In good …

NAC 639.5019 Annual review by Board of provisions of NAC 639.501 to 639.5019, inclusive. (NRS 639.070) The Board will review the provisions of NAC 639.501 to 639.5019, inclusive, at its first regularly scheduled meeting following July 1 of each year to consider and suggest amendm…

NAC 639.503 Maintenance in pharmacy of current statutes, regulations and reference material. (NRS 639.070) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 639.472: 1. All licensed pharmacies must maintain at all times and make available to pharmacists, intern pharmacists and other employees,…

NAC 639.505 Maintenance in pharmacy of reports of inspection, warning notices and special bulletins. (NRS 639.070) A copy of each report of inspection, issued by a member of the Board or its administrative staff, together with any warning notice or special bulletin issued by the …

NAC 639.510 Maintenance and storage of pharmaceutical stock. (NRS 639.070) 1. The owner, manager, operator, managing pharmacist or pharmacist in charge of a licensed pharmacy shall maintain in the pharmacy a representative stock of dangerous drugs, controlled substances, chemical…

NAC 639.512 Class A and B packaging: Label; expiration date; log. (NRS 639.070) 1. This section only applies to Class A and B packaging as defined in the United States Pharmacopoeia. 2. Each unit dose of a controlled substance or dangerous drug packaged or repackaged by a pharmac…

NAC 639.513 Class C packaging: Expiration date. (NRS 639.070) Each controlled substance or dangerous drug packaged as Class C or below as defined in the United States Pharmacopoeia must have an expiration date of 60 days after the packaging or repackaging unless a stability study…

NAC 639.515 Stock of drugs in facility for skilled nursing or intermediate care. (NRS 639.070, 639.2327) 1. A facility for skilled nursing or a facility for intermediate care may maintain a stock of the following drugs for emergency treatment for inpatients: Analgesic-CII Analges…

NAC 639.517 Nurse employed by medical facility or agency to provide nursing in the home may maintain stock of certain drugs. (NRS 639.070) 1. A registered nurse employed by a medical facility or an agency to provide nursing in the home may, at the direction of the medical directo…

NAC 639.520 Security of prescription departments. (NRS 639.070) 1. The prescription department of every pharmacy must be separated from the merchandising or public areas of the premises by a barrier extending not less than 5 feet above the floor level and of sufficient width to m…

NAC 639.523 Physical address for delivery of drugs. (NRS 639.070) 1. A pharmacy which purchases drugs and which is required pursuant to NAC 639.5005 to designate a natural person as a representative of the pharmacy shall have the drugs shipped to the pharmacy and shall physically…

NAC 639.525 Minimum requirements for work area and equipment. (NRS 639.070) 1. The prescription department in each licensed pharmacy must contain the following minimum work area and equipment for the compounding and dispensing of drugs: (a) A prescription counter on which to work…

NAC 639.526 Drive-through facilities. (NRS 639.070) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if a licensee provides pharmaceutical services by means of a drive-through facility, the drive-through facility must: (a) Be constructed and maintained in a manner, and with mater…

NAC 639.527 Required temperature in refrigerator or freezer used to store medicine. (NRS 639.070) 1. The temperature in a refrigerator that is used to store medicine in the prescription department of a pharmacy must be maintained between 36 degrees Fahrenheit and 46 degrees Fahre…

NAC 639.528 Preparation and storage of food in prescription department of pharmacy. (NRS 639.070) 1. Food for consumption by the public must not be prepared in the prescription department of a pharmacy. 2. A pharmacist or a member of the staff of a pharmacy may prepare food in th…

NAC 639.530 Sanitation; required washbasins; exception. (NRS 639.070) 1. Waste material must not be allowed to collect on the floors, counters or other portions of a pharmacy, and adequate waste receptacles must be provided. 2. All persons authorized to work within the prescripti…

NAC 639.535 Remodeling or relocation of pharmacy or prescription department. (NRS 639.070) Before undertaking a structural remodeling or relocation of a pharmacy or a prescription department within the premises of a licensed pharmacy, the licensee shall notify the Executive Secre…

NAC 639.540 Notice of employment and termination of employment of certain pharmaceutical professionals. (NRS 639.070) The owner, manager, operator or other person in charge of any pharmacy, as that term is defined in NRS 639.012, shall, within 10 days after the employment or term…

NAC 639.542 Identification of persons employed by pharmacy. (NRS 639.070) Each person employed by a pharmacy shall wear identification that clearly identifies the person by name and the classification of his or her registration. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy, eff. 11-15-93)

NAC 639.556 Meal periods and rest periods for employees of pharmacy. (NRS 639.070, 639.220) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 639.220: (a) The owner of a pharmacy shall permit each employee of the pharmacy to take meal periods and rest periods as required by…

NAC 639.570 Involuntary closure of pharmacy. (NRS 639.070) 1. Upon an involuntary closure of a pharmacy, the licensee shall immediately surrender to the Board all controlled substances and dangerous drugs, and all order forms therefor, which are owned or controlled by the license…

NAC 639.575 Voluntary closure of pharmacy. (NRS 639.070) 1. Whenever any pharmacy licensed by the Board is closed for more than 5 consecutive days for any reason other than an involuntary closure, the licensee shall notify the Board of the closure. The notice must be in writing, …