Title 54

NRS 639.160 Notice of new place of practice. Every registered pharmacist shall, within 10 days after changing his or her place of practice as designated on the books of the Executive Secretary of the Board, notify the Executive Secretary of the change and of the new place of prac…

NRS 639.170 Fees; costs of special meetings; regulations. 1. The Board shall charge and collect not more than the following fees for the following services: For the examination of an applicant for registration as a pharmacist Actual cost of the examination For the investigation o…

NRS 639.180 Expiration of certificates, licenses and permits; procedure for renewal; grounds for refusal to renew; automatic forfeiture for failure to comply with procedure. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a certificate, license or permit issued by the Board p…

NRS 639.183 Renewal of registration: Duty of Board to make data request concerning demographic and practice information available to applicants for voluntary completion and electronic submission; confidentiality of information provided. 1. The Board shall: (a) Make the data reque…

NRS 639.190 Issuance of certificate of registration as pharmacist after forfeiture. If a certificate of registration as a pharmacist is forfeited by a person as provided in NRS 639.180, the Board may, within 5 years thereafter, issue a certificate of registration to the person if…

NRS 639.200 Issuance of duplicate certificates and receipts for renewal. The Board shall have the power to issue duplicate certificates of registration and duplicate renewal receipts upon: 1. Written application therefor signed by the applicant; 2. Proof to the satisfaction of th…

NRS 639.210 Grounds for suspension or revocation of certificate, license, registration or permit or denial of application. The Board may suspend or revoke any certificate, license, registration or permit issued pursuant to this chapter, and deny the application of any person for …

NRS 639.2107 Surrender, revocation or suspension by licensing board or Drug Enforcement Administration: Immediate suspension of certificate, license, registration or permit. The surrender, revocation or a suspension that has not been stayed of any certificate, license or registra…

NRS 639.211 Mental illness: Immediate suspension of right to practice. The adjudication of insanity or mental illness, or the voluntary commitment or admission to any hospital for a mental illness of any certificate holder, shall operate as an immediate suspension of the right of…

NRS 639.212 Mental illness: Reinstatement of suspended certificate, license, registration or permit. 1. A person whose certificate, license, registration or permit has been suspended by the Board in accordance with NRS 639.211 may petition the Board for reinstatement of the certi…

NRS 639.2121 Conviction of certain felonies: Immediate suspension of certificate, license, registration or permit; reinstatement. The conviction of any person who holds a certificate, license, registration or permit issued pursuant to this chapter of a felony for a violation of a…

NRS 639.2122 Corporations: Denial, suspension and revocation of certificates, licenses, permits or registrations. The Board may suspend, revoke or deny any certificate, license, permit or registration of a corporation where conditions exist in relation to any person holding 10 pe…

NRS 639.213 Legislative declaration. The Legislature hereby declares the practice of pharmacy to be a learned profession, affecting public safety and welfare and charged with the public interest, and is therefore subject to protection and regulation by the State. (Added to NRS by…

NRS 639.215 Rules. 1. The Board may by regulation adopt, amend or repeal rules of professional conduct appropriate to the establishment and maintenance of a high standard of integrity and dignity in the profession. 2. Every registered pharmacist shall be governed by the rules of …

NRS 639.2171 Legislative findings and declaration. The Legislature finds and declares that: 1. The practice of the profession of pharmacy is directly related to the public health and welfare of the citizens of this State and is subject to regulation and control in the public inte…

NRS 639.2172 Definitions. As used in NRS 639.2171 to 639.2176, inclusive, the words and terms defined in this section have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Accredited program” means those seminars, classes, meetings, work pr…

NRS 639.2174 Completion of program prerequisite to renewal of certificate of registered pharmacist. The Board shall not renew the certificate of any registered pharmacist until the applicant has submitted proof to the Board of the receipt of the required number of continuing educ…

NRS 639.2176 Regulations. The Board shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of NRS 639.2171 to 639.2176, inclusive, which must include the methods of determining accredited programs, the number of hours of continuing professional education necessary to constit…

NRS 639.2177 License; regulations. 1. The Board may issue a license to a facility that is licensed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 449.0303 and that meets the requirements set forth by the Board by regulation. 2. The Board shall adopt regulations: (a) As are necessar…

NRS 639.220 Management by registered pharmacist; exceptions; requirements for managing pharmacists; notice of change in managing pharmacist. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 639.2324, 639.2326, 639.2327 and 639.23277, each pharmacy must be managed by a registered pharmacist…

NRS 639.230 Licenses: Operation using certain words without license prohibited; exception regarding use of letters “Rx” or “RX”; conditions and limitations on issuance of license; duties upon change of partners or corporate officers; additional requirement for renewal; grounds fo…

NRS 639.231 Application for and issuance of license. 1. An application to conduct a pharmacy must be made on a form furnished by the Board and must state the name, address, usual occupation and professional qualifications, if any, of the applicant. If the applicant is other than …

NRS 639.2315 Expedited license by endorsement to conduct pharmacy: Requirements; procedure for issuance. 1. The Board may issue a license by endorsement to conduct a pharmacy to an applicant who is a natural person and who meets the requirements set forth in this section. An appl…

NRS 639.2316 Expedited license by endorsement to conduct pharmacy for active member of Armed Forces, member’s spouse, veteran or veteran’s surviving spouse: Requirements; procedure for issuance; provisional license pending action on application. 1. The Board may issue a license b…

NRS 639.232 Limitations on issuance of licenses. 1. The Board shall not issue a license to conduct a pharmacy: (a) To any practitioner; or (b) To any partnership, corporation or association in which a practitioner has a controlling interest or owns more than 10 percent of the ava…

NRS 639.2321 Nuclear pharmacy: Direct supervision of preparation and distribution of radiopharmaceuticals required; qualifications of managing pharmacist; nuclear pharmacist required on premises. 1. Any person who prepares or distributes radiopharmaceuticals must be under the dir…

NRS 639.2322 Nuclear pharmacy: Oral orders; prohibition on refill of prescription for radiopharmaceutical. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a managing pharmacist of a nuclear pharmacy may delegate to any person, under the direct supervision of the managing pharmac…

NRS 639.2324 Institutional pharmacies: Requirements for operation. 1. The operation of an institutional pharmacy must meet the following requirements: (a) In a hospital with 100 or more beds, the pharmacy must be under the continuous supervision of a pharmacist during the time it…

NRS 639.2326 Pharmacies in correctional institutions: Supervision by prescribing practitioner or licensed pharmacy; security; records. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 639.2327, a pharmacy in a correctional institution which is used mainly for storage and from which control…

NRS 639.2327 Maintenance of stocks of drugs by certain facilities. A facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing which is licensed as such by the Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division of the Nevada Health Authority and is registered with the Board purs…

NRS 639.23275 Delivery of controlled substance or dangerous drug to hospital, recovery center, facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing which does not have pharmacy on premises. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 453.256, no pharmacy may deliver a contro…

NRS 639.23277 Remote sites and satellite consultation sites: Location; operation; regulations. 1. In addition to the requirements set forth in this chapter and any other specific statute, a remote site or satellite consultation site must be located: (a) At least 50 miles or more …

NRS 639.23279 Pharmacy located outside Nevada that dispenses prescriptions to patients located in Nevada: Definition. For the purposes of NRS 639.23279 to 639.23286, inclusive, a “pharmacy located outside Nevada that dispenses prescriptions to patients located in Nevada” includes…

NRS 639.2328 Pharmacy located outside Nevada that dispenses prescriptions to patients located in Nevada: Licensing; requirements; notice of licensing of such Canadian pharmacies; recommendation that such licensed Canadian pharmacy be included on website. 1. Every pharmacy located…

NRS 639.23282 Pharmacy located outside Nevada that dispenses prescriptions to patients located in Nevada: Considerations required by Board before issuing license. Before issuing a license to a pharmacy located outside Nevada that dispenses prescriptions to patients located in Nev…

NRS 639.23284 Pharmacy located outside Nevada that dispenses prescriptions to patients located in Nevada: Requirements to dispense prescriptions to patients; restrictions on such Canadian pharmacies. 1. Every pharmacy located outside Nevada that dispenses prescriptions to patient…

NRS 639.23286 Pharmacy located outside Nevada that dispenses prescriptions to patients located in Nevada: Substitution of drug; toll-free telephone service. A pharmacy located outside Nevada that dispenses prescriptions to patients located in Nevada: 1. May substitute a drug if t…

NRS 639.23288 Internet pharmacy: Certification required; regulations; Board required to post on Internet site list of certified Internet pharmacies and related information. 1. In addition to the requirements set forth in this chapter and any other specific statute, an Internet ph…

NRS 639.233 License required. 1. Any person, including a wholesaler or manufacturer, who engages in the business of wholesale distribution or furnishing controlled substances, poisons, drugs, devices or appliances that are restricted by federal law to sale by or on the order of a…

NRS 639.234 Records: Consent to inspection; copying and removal; duty to furnish copies upon demand; designation of out-of-state representative of Board; administrative penalties. 1. The acceptance of a license issued pursuant to NRS 639.233 constitutes a consent by the licensee …

NRS 639.2345 Sale of veterinary drugs: Permit required; regulations; exemption. 1. Any person who engages in the sale of veterinary prescription or nonprescription drugs must obtain a permit from the Board. The Board shall adopt regulations specifying the fee for the permit, requ…

NRS 639.235 Persons authorized to prescribe and write prescriptions; procedure for filling certain prescriptions written by persons not licensed in this State. 1. No person other than a practitioner holding a license to practice his or her profession in this State may prescribe o…

NRS 639.23505 Conditions and limitations on practitioner dispensing controlled substances or dangerous drugs. A practitioner shall not dispense for human consumption any controlled substance or dangerous drug if the practitioner charges a patient for that substance or drug, eithe…

NRS 639.23507 Patient utilization report required before initiating prescription and periodically thereafter for controlled substance in certain circumstances; exceptions; regulations. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a practitioner, other than a veterinarian, sha…

NRS 639.2351 Advanced practice registered nurse: Authority to prescribe controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices; registration. 1. An advanced practice registered nurse may prescribe, in accordance with NRS 454.695 and 632.237, controlled substances, poisons, d…

NRS 639.2352 Inclusion of information regarding symptom or purpose of prescription on label attached to container; practitioners required to post notice. 1. Before issuing a prescription, a practitioner may ask the patient whether he or she wishes to have included on the label at…