Title 54

NRS 639.236 Numbering, filing and retention of prescriptions; inspection of files; regulations. 1. All prescriptions filled by a practitioner must be serially numbered and filed in the manner prescribed by regulation of the Board. Prescriptions for controlled substances listed in…

NRS 639.238 Prescriptions not public records; pharmacists not to divulge contents; exceptions; procedure for providing copy of prescription to authorized persons and other pharmacists. 1. Prescriptions filled and on file in a pharmacy are not a public record. Except as otherwise …

NRS 639.239 Use of prescription as evidence in criminal, civil or administrative action or proceeding: Request for copy; removal of original prescription from file and substitution of copy. 1. Members, inspectors and investigators of the Board, authorized representatives and inve…

NRS 639.2391 Required documentation for prescription of certain controlled substances for treatment of pain; prohibition on issuing initial prescription for certain controlled substances in certain quantities and amounts. 1. If a practitioner, other than a veterinarian, prescribe…

NRS 639.23911 Initial prescription for certain controlled substances for treatment of pain: Requirements for issuance; condition on issuing additional prescriptions. 1. Before issuing an initial prescription for a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III or IV for the trea…

NRS 639.23912 Initial prescription for certain controlled substances for treatment of pain: Requirements for evaluation and risk assessment of patient; contents and documentation of informed consent of patient. 1. An evaluation and risk assessment of a patient conducted pursuant …

NRS 639.23913 Requirements for prescribing certain controlled substances to patients who have used controlled substance for 90 consecutive days; revised treatment plan required for such prescription. 1. Before prescribing a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III or IV to…

NRS 639.23914 Prescription medication agreement required for prescriptions for certain controlled substances issued for more than 30 days; contents. 1. If a practitioner, other than a veterinarian, intends to prescribe a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III or IV for m…

NRS 639.239145 Prescriptions for certain controlled substances for treatment of pain of patients diagnosed with cancer or sickle cell disease or receiving hospice care or palliative care. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of NRS 639.2391 to 639.23914…

NRS 639.23916 Regulations; explanation or technical advisory bulletin for certain professional licensing boards regarding relevant law; effect of violation of certain provisions. 1. The Board may adopt any regulations necessary or convenient to enforce the provisions of NRS 639.2…

NRS 639.2392 Controlled substance or dangerous drug: Records. 1. A record of each refill of any prescription for a controlled substance or dangerous drug or any authorization to refill such a prescription must be kept: (a) On the back of the original prescription; (b) In a bound …

NRS 639.2393 Controlled substance or dangerous drug: Limitations. 1. Any prescription for a controlled substance, regardless of the authorization to refill given by the prescribing practitioner, must not be refilled more than five times or after 6 months have elapsed from the dat…

NRS 639.2394 Controlled substance or dangerous drug: Exercise of judgment by pharmacist. In the absence of specific authorization to refill, when the refilling of a prescription calling for a controlled substance or dangerous drug needed for the continuation of a treatment of a c…

NRS 639.2395 Early refills for topical ophthalmic products authorized under certain circumstances. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a pharmacist, upon the request of a patient having difficulty with inadvertent wastage of a topical ophthalmic product, and pursuant…

NRS 639.2396 Specific authorization; limitations. 1. Except as otherwise provided by subsection 2 and NRS 639.23965, a prescription which bears specific authorization to refill, given by the prescribing practitioner at the time he or she issued the original prescription, or a pre…

NRS 639.23965 Dispensing of certain prescription drugs to patients who reside in area for which declared disaster or state of emergency is in effect: Conditions; requirements. 1. A pharmacist may, pursuant to a valid prescription that specifies an initial amount of less than a 30…

NRS 639.2397 Rescission of authorization. Any authorization to refill a prescription issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 639.2393 to 639.2397, inclusive, may be rescinded at any time after that authorization is given, by the original practitioner or by another practitioner a…

NRS 639.241 Accusation: Form, contents and signature. 1. A hearing to determine whether the rights and privileges granted by any certificate, certification, license or permit issued by the Board should be revoked, suspended, limited or conditioned must be initiated by the filing …

NRS 639.242 Service on respondent of copies of accusation, statement and forms for Notice of Defense. 1. After filing the accusation, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall cause a copy thereof, together with one copy of the Statement to Respondent and three copies of the for…

NRS 639.243 Statement to Respondent: Contents. The statement, entitled Statement to the Respondent, shall be worded so as to inform the respondent: 1. That an accusation has been filed. 2. Of the right to a hearing before the Board to answer to the alleged violations and to submi…

NRS 639.244 Notice of Defense: Form; effect of failure to file. 1. The form for the Notice of Defense must be prepared and furnished by the Board and permit the respondent, by completing and signing the notice, to: (a) Object to the accusation as being incomplete and failing to s…

NRS 639.2445 Physical or mental examination of holder of certificate believed to be incompetent; competency hearing; probation for use of alcohol or drugs. 1. Whenever the Board believes that a holder of a certificate is or has become incompetent to practice pharmacy by reason of…

NRS 639.245 Notice of hearing. Whenever a hearing has been granted by the Board, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall serve notice on the respondent of the time and place set for the hearing on the accusation. If the Board receives a report pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 2…

NRS 639.246 Subpoenas; payment of witness fees and expenses. 1. The Executive Secretary of the Board shall issue subpoenas for the production of witnesses, documents or papers, in accordance with statutory provisions, at the request of any party to a hearing or for purposes of an…

NRS 639.247 Hearing: Procedure. 1. Any hearing held for the purpose of suspending or revoking any certificate, certification, license or permit must be conducted publicly by the Board. The hearing must be presided over by a member of the Board or his or her designee and three mem…

NRS 639.248 Hearing: Use of hearsay evidence. Hearsay evidence may be admitted for the purpose of supplementing or explaining any direct evidence but is not sufficient in itself to support a finding. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1659; A 1977, 91)

NRS 639.2485 Certain records relating to investigation deemed confidential; certain records relating to disciplinary action deemed public records; disclosure of certain information relating to dangerous drugs and controlled substances; duties of Board upon request or subpoena for…

NRS 639.249 Contempt. If any person in proceedings before the Board disobeys or resists any lawful order or refuses to respond to a subpoena, or refuses to take the oath or affirmation as a witness or thereafter refuses to be examined, or is guilty of misconduct during a hearing …

NRS 639.251 Decision; order. Upon conclusion of the hearing or as soon as practicable thereafter and, in any event, within 30 days, the Board shall make, enter and file its decision and shall make, enter and file its order based thereon. A copy of the order shall promptly be serv…

NRS 639.252 Rehearing. 1. If the respondent wishes to contest or appeal the decision of the Board, the order or any part thereof, the respondent may, not later than 15 days after the time the order becomes effective, apply in writing to the Board for a rehearing. The application …

NRS 639.253 Order following rehearing. 1. On conclusion of the rehearing the Board may reaffirm the order previously adopted, or if new evidence is presented which controverts, in whole or in part, the allegations on which the accusation was based and if the Board considers that …

NRS 639.2535 Judicial review. 1. Every order of the Board which limits the practice of pharmacy or any privileges extended by any certificate, permit, registration or license is effective until the date the order is modified or reversed by a final judgment of the reviewing court.…

NRS 639.255 Authorized disciplinary action; judicial review of such action; fines; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records. 1. The holder of any certificate, license or permit issued by the Board, whose default has been entered or who has b…

NRS 639.2555 Suspension of certificate or license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate or license. [Effective until 2 years after the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state…

NRS 639.256 Automatic restoration of certificate, license or permit suspended for a specified period. A certificate, license or permit which has been suspended for a specified period of time must automatically be restored to good standing on the first day following the period of …

NRS 639.2565 Reinstatement of suspended certificate. 1. A person whose certificate has been suspended by the Board may petition the Board for reinstatement of the certificate. 2. After receipt of the petition, the Board shall conduct a hearing to determine whether the certificate…

NRS 639.257 Reinstatement of revoked certificate, license or permit. 1. A person whose certificate, license or permit has been revoked may petition the Board for reinstatement after a period of not less than 1 year has lapsed since the date of revocation. 2. The petition shall st…

NRS 639.2575 Disciplinary action by hearing officer or panel: Procedural requirements; powers and duties of officer or panel; appeals. 1. Any disciplinary action taken by a hearing officer or panel pursuant to NRS 639.081 is subject to the same procedural requirements which apply…

NRS 639.2576 Immunity from civil action for assisting administrative proceeding. The Board or any other person who initiates or assists in any lawful investigation or administrative proceeding concerning the discipline of a pharmacist is immune from any civil action for that init…

NRS 639.258 Filing of complaint. Any person who becomes aware that a person practicing pharmacy in this State has, is or is about to become engaged in conduct which constitutes grounds for initiating disciplinary action may file a complaint with the Board. A complaint may be file…

NRS 639.2583 General requirements governing substitution; procedure; limitations; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a practitioner has prescribed a: (a) Drug by brand name and the practitioner has not indicated, by a method set forth in subsection 5,…

NRS 639.2587 Name of manufacturer, packer or distributor of generic drug or interchangeable biological product required to be noted on prescription; indication of substitution on label; exception. If a generic drug or interchangeable biological product is substituted for a drug p…

NRS 639.2588 Manufacturer’s product identification code to be on certain dispensed tablets and capsules. A pharmacist or practitioner shall not dispense by prescription any tablet or capsule, except one which is hypodermic, sublingual or soluble, if it does not have the manufactu…

NRS 639.2589 Form for prescription required to contain line for practitioner’s signature; substitutions in filling prescriptions in certain facilities; substitutions in filling prescriptions ordered on patient’s chart in hospital. 1. The form used for any prescription which is is…

NRS 639.259 Employer of pharmacist prohibited from requiring pharmacist to dispense specific generic drug or interchangeable biological product in certain circumstances. No employer of a pharmacist may require the pharmacist to dispense any specific generic drug or interchangeabl…

NRS 639.2592 Dispensing pharmacist required to make record of dispensed biological product; recordation options; record deemed notice to prescriber; alternative types of notice; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, within 3 business days after dispe…