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Section
639.001
Definitions.
Section
639.002
"Board" defined.
Section
639.003
"Certificate" defined.
Section
639.004
"Chart order" defined.
Section
639.005
"Chemical" defined.
Section
639.006
"Conviction" defined.
Section
639.007
"Drug" and "medicine" defined.
Section
639.008
"Hypodermics" defined.
Section
639.009
"Manufacturer" defined.
Section
639.0015
"Advanced practice registered nurse" defined.
Section
639.0017
"Biological product" defined.
Section
639.0051
"Collaborative drug therapy management" defined.
Section
639.0052
"Collaborative practice agreement" defined.
Section
639.0053
"Compound" and "compounding" defined.
Section
639.0061
"Course of treatment" defined.
Section
639.0065
"Dispense" defined.
Section
639.0071
"Drug sample" defined.
Section
639.0073
"Fill" defined.
Section
639.0074
"Hospital" defined.
Section
639.0082
"Initial prescription" defined.
Section
639.0085
"Institutional pharmacy" defined.
Section
639.0086
"Intern pharmacist" defined.
Section
639.0087
"Managing pharmacist" defined.
Section
639.0095
"Nuclear pharmacist" defined.
Section
639.0097
"Nuclear pharmacy" defined.
Section
639.00525
"Collaborative practice of pharmacy" defined.
Section
639.00855
"Interchangeable biological product" defined.
Section
639.00865
"Internet pharmacy" defined.
Section
639.012
"Pharmacy" defined.
Section
639.013
"Prescription" defined.
Section
639.015
"Registered pharmacist" defined.
Section
639.016
"Wholesaler" defined.
Section
639.020
Creation; number and appointment of members.
Section
639.030
Qualification and terms of members; oath; vacancies; grounds for removal from office.
Section
639.040
Election of President and Treasurer; qualifications, employment, duties and compensation of Executive Secretary.
Section
639.050
Meetings; quorum; salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees.
Section
639.060
Biennial report to Governor.
Section
639.063
Annual report concerning drugs returned or transferred to pharmacies from certain facilities and institutions and reissued to fill other prescriptions.
Section
639.065
Annual report concerning immunizations administered by pharmacists.
Section
639.067
Posting of information relating to pharmaceutical manufacturers on website.
Section
639.070
General powers; regulations.
Section
639.071
Regulations: Institutional pharmacies.
Section
639.072
Regulations: Pharmacies in correctional institutions.
Section
639.073
Regulations: Restricting sale of drugs except under supervision of registered pharmacist.
Section
639.074
Regulations: Registered nurses who participate in certain public health programs or provide certain mental health services.
Section
639.075
Fiscal year.
Section
639.081
Deposit and use of money received by Board; delegation of authority to take disciplinary action; deposit of fines; claims for attorney’s fees and costs of investigation.
Section
639.090
Enforcement of chapter; inspections.
Section
639.093
Communication with other public agencies; immunity.
Section
639.095
Board to furnish free copies of law and regulations to applicants and registrants.
Section
639.097
Injunctive relief.
Section
639.0105
"Parenteral solutions" and "parenterals" defined.
Section
639.0113
"Pharmaceutical technician" defined.
Section
639.0115
"Pharmaceutical technician in training" defined.
Section
639.0123
"Pharmacy in a correctional institution" defined.
Section
639.0124
"Practice of pharmacy" defined.
Section
639.0125
"Practitioner" defined.
Section
639.0143
"Radiopharmaceutical" defined.
Section
639.0144
"Recovery center" defined.
Section
639.0145
"Refill" defined.
Section
639.0151
"Remote site" defined.
Section
639.0153
"Satellite consultation site" defined.
Section
639.0154
"Telepharmacy" defined.
Section
639.0155
"Wholesale distribution" defined.
Section
639.0725
Regulations: Internet pharmacies.
Section
639.0727
Regulations: Remote sites, satellite consultation sites and telepharmacies; dispensing practitioners and dispensing technicians; practicing electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics.
Section
639.0745
Regulations: Transfer, security and exchange of information relating to prescriptions.
Section
639.0747
Regulations: Registered pharmacists collecting specimens.
Section
639.01535
"Telehealth" defined.
Section
639.100
Unlawful to manufacture, engage in wholesale distribution, compound, sell or dispense drug, poison, medicine or chemical; exceptions; penalties; application for and issuance of license; Board prohibited from taking certain action regarding pharmacists located outside State. [Effective through December 31, 2019.]
Section
639.100
Unlawful to manufacture, engage in wholesale distribution, compound, sell or dispense drug, poison, medicine or chemical; exceptions; penalties; application for and issuance of license; Board prohibited from taking certain action regarding pharmacists located outside State. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
Section
639.120
Qualifications of applicants to become registered pharmacists.
Section
639.127
Application for registration as pharmacist; payment of fee; proof of qualifications; period of validity of application; issuance of certificate of registration.
Section
639.129
Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of certificate or license; duty of Board. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
Section
639.129
Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of certificate or license; duty of Board. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings and expires by limitation 2 years after that date.]
Section
639.130
Reexamination.
Section
639.132
Board prohibited from approving application for registration or renewal of registration as pharmacist or intern pharmacist unless applicant attests to knowledge of and compliance with certain guidelines related to safe and appropriate injection practices.
Section
639.134
Registration of pharmacist without examination; reciprocity.
Section
639.136
Expedited certificate by endorsement as registered pharmacist: Requirements; procedure for issuance.
Section
639.137
Registration of intern pharmacists: Qualifications; application; issuance of certificate of registration; period of validity of certificate; authorized activities; display; grounds for suspension, termination or revocation.
Section
639.138
Denial of application: Notice.
Section
639.139
Denial of application: Procedure for reconsideration.
Section
639.150
Display of certificates, licenses and permits; regulations.
Section
639.160
Notice of new place of practice.
Section
639.170
Fees; costs of special meetings; regulations.
Section
639.180
Expiration of certificates, licenses and permits; procedure for renewal; grounds for refusal to renew; automatic forfeiture for failure to comply with procedure.
Section
639.190
Issuance of certificate of registration as pharmacist after forfeiture.
Section
639.200
Issuance of duplicate certificates and receipts for renewal.
Section
639.210
Grounds for suspension or revocation of certificate, license, registration or permit or denial of application.
Section
639.211
Mental illness: Immediate suspension of right to practice.
Section
639.212
Mental illness: Reinstatement of suspended certificate, license, registration or permit.
Section
639.213
Legislative declaration.
Section
639.215
Rules.
Section
639.220
Management by registered pharmacist; exceptions; requirements for managing pharmacists; notice of change in managing pharmacist.
Section
639.230
Licenses: Operation without license prohibited; conditions and limitations on issuance of license; duties upon change of partners or corporate officers; additional requirement for renewal; grounds for suspension or revocation; certain Canadian pharmacies not prohibited from providing prescription drugs through mail order service; registered pharmacists and practitioners not prohibited from collaborating in collaborative practice agreement.
Section
639.231
Application for and issuance of license.
Section
639.232
Limitations on issuance of licenses.
Section
639.233
License required.
Section
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.
Section
639.235
Persons authorized to prescribe and write prescriptions; procedure for filling certain prescriptions written by persons not licensed in this State.
Section
639.236
Numbering, filing and retention of prescriptions; inspection of files; regulations.
Section
639.238
Prescriptions not public records; pharmacists not to divulge contents; exceptions; procedure for providing copy of prescription to authorized persons and other pharmacists.
Section
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.
Section
639.241
Accusation: Form, contents and signature.
Section
639.242
Service on respondent of copies of accusation, statement and forms for Notice of Defense.
Section
639.243
Statement to Respondent: Contents.
Section
639.244
Notice of Defense: Form; effect of failure to file.
Section
639.245
Notice of hearing.
Section
639.246
Subpoenas; payment of witness fees and expenses.
Section
639.247
Hearing: Procedure.
Section
639.248
Hearing: Use of hearsay evidence.
Section
639.249
Contempt.
Section
639.251
Decision; order.
Section
639.252
Rehearing.
Section
639.253
Order following rehearing.
Section
639.255
Authorized disciplinary action; judicial review of such action; fines; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records.
Section
639.256
Automatic restoration of certificate, license or permit suspended for a specified period.
Section
639.257
Reinstatement of revoked certificate, license or permit.
Section
639.258
Filing of complaint.
Section
639.259
Employer of pharmacist prohibited from requiring pharmacist to dispense specific generic drug or interchangeable biological product in certain circumstances.
Section
639.263
False or misleading advertising.
Section
639.264
Prohibition against unearned rebate, refund or other consideration for referrals.
Section
639.265
Pharmacists may trade or exchange drugs if necessary for business.
Section
639.266
Communication of information to patient or person caring for patient.
Section
639.267
Return, reissuance or transfer of unused drugs: Drugs packaged in unit doses generally; regulations.
Section
639.268
Purchase of controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices by practitioner; sale of controlled substances or dangerous drugs to persons or agencies which provide emergency care; records; regulations.
Section
639.270
Sales of unrestricted drugs, medicines, remedies, poisons or chemicals by grocers and dealers.
Section
639.275
Computer or other electronic device provided to practitioner by pharmacy or insurer.
Section
639.281
False representations.
Section
639.282
Unlawful possession or sale of certain pharmaceutical preparations, drugs or chemicals; destruction.
Section
639.283
Use of intoxicating liquor, depressant drug or controlled substance while on duty prohibited; penalty.
Section
639.284
Unlawful dispensing and sales; penalties.
Section
639.285
Unlawful sales by unlicensed persons; penalties.
Section
639.286
Violation of Board’s regulations.
Section
639.287
Requirement to furnish information concerning owners, partners, officers and employees; penalty.
Section
639.288
Unlawful sales by wholesalers and manufacturers.
Section
639.289
Inspection of premises by Board.
Section
639.300
Recovery of penalties; conduct of actions and prosecutions by district attorney.
Section
639.310
Criminal penalty.
Section
639.400
"Product that is a precursor to methamphetamine" defined.
Section
639.410
Sales of products that are precursors to methamphetamine.
Section
639.420
Report of unusual or excessive loss or disappearance of products that are precursors to methamphetamine by pharmacy: Requirement; exception; contents.
Section
639.430
Real-time, stop sale system: Conditions for approval; regulations.
Section
639.440
Real-time, stop sale system: Notification of pharmacies; duties of pharmacy; civil immunity; penalty.
Section
639.450
Real-time, stop sale system: Immunity of Board from liability for unauthorized access or misuse of information collected by or derived from system.
Section
639.500
Submission of fingerprints and information concerning certain persons associated with wholesaler; issuance of provisional license; prohibitions.
Section
639.505
Submission of updated information concerning certain persons associated with wholesaler; submission of additional fingerprints; prohibitions.
Section
639.510
Protection of certain information obtained by Board.
Section
639.515
Bond or other form of security required; exceptions.
Section
639.535
Statement of prior sales" or "statement" defined.
Section
639.540
Duties of Board; requirements concerning use, form and contents of statement.
Section
639.545
Prohibited transactions.
Section
639.550
Unlawful acts.
Section
639.555
Additional unlawful acts.
Section
639.570
Duty of wholesalers or manufacturers who employ person to sell or market drug, medicine, chemical, device or appliance; submission of information annually to Board; Board to report certain information to Governor and Legislature; duties of Board.
Section
639.575
Information regarding other wholesalers.
Section
639.580
Evidence regarding due diligence; prohibited business relationships.
Section
639.585
On-site inspections; agreements with other wholesalers.
Section
639.590
Certification regarding other wholesalers.
Section
639.595
Transactions involving prescription drugs.
Section
639.1365
Expedited certificate by endorsement as registered pharmacist for active member of Armed Forces, member’s spouse, veteran or veteran’s surviving spouse: Requirements; procedure for issuance; provisional certificate pending action on application.
Section
639.1371
Pharmaceutical technicians: Number permitted; qualifications, registration, supervision and authorized services; regulations.
Section
639.1373
Physician assistant: Authority regarding possession, administration, prescription and dispensing of controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices; registration; regulations.
Section
639.1375
Advanced practice registered nurses: Authority to dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices; registration; regulations.
Section
639.2107
Surrender, revocation or suspension by licensing board or Drug Enforcement Administration: Immediate suspension of certificate, license, registration or permit.
Section
639.2121
Conviction of certain felonies: Immediate suspension of certificate, license, registration or permit; reinstatement.
Section
639.2122
Corporations: Denial, suspension and revocation of certificates, licenses, permits or registrations.
Section
639.2171
Legislative findings and declaration.
Section
639.2172
Definitions.
Section
639.2174
Completion of program prerequisite to renewal of certificate of registered pharmacist.
Section
639.2176
Regulations.
Section
639.2177
License; regulations.
Section
639.2315
Expedited license by endorsement to conduct pharmacy: Requirements; procedure for issuance.
Section
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.
Section
639.2321
Nuclear pharmacy: Direct supervision of preparation and distribution of radiopharmaceuticals required; qualifications of managing pharmacist; nuclear pharmacist required on premises.
Section
639.2322
Nuclear pharmacy: Oral orders; prohibition on refill of prescription for radiopharmaceutical.
Section
639.2324
Institutional pharmacies: Requirements for operation.
Section
639.2326
Pharmacies in correctional institutions: Supervision by prescribing practitioner or licensed pharmacy; security; records.
Section
639.2327
Maintenance of stocks of drugs by certain facilities.
Section
639.2328
Pharmacy located outside Nevada: Licensing; requirements; notice of licensing of Canadian pharmacy; recommendation that licensed Canadian pharmacy be included on website.
Section
639.2345
Sale of veterinary drugs: Permit required; regulations; exemption.
Section
639.2351
Advanced practice registered nurse: Authority to prescribe controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices; registration.
Section
639.2352
Inclusion of information regarding symptom or purpose of prescription on label attached to container; practitioners required to post notice.
Section
639.2353
Transmission of prescription to pharmacist; contents of written prescription; specific directions for use; requirements for written prescription; authentication of prescription given by electronic transmission. [Effective through December 31, 2020.]
Section
639.2353
Transmission of prescriptions other than prescriptions for controlled substances to pharmacist: Authorized methods; contents of and requirements for written prescription; authentication of prescription given by electronic transmission. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
Section
639.2355
Practitioner liable for prescription orally transmitted by agent.
Section
639.2357
Transfer of prescription or order to obtain and maintain auto-injectable epinephrine to another pharmacist upon request of patient, school or authorized entity; immunity from liability.
Section
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.
Section
639.2392
Controlled substance or dangerous drug: Records.
Section
639.2393
Controlled substance or dangerous drug: Limitations.
Section
639.2394
Controlled substance or dangerous drug: Exercise of judgment by pharmacist.
Section
639.2395
Early refills for topical ophthalmic products authorized under certain circumstances.
Section
639.2396
Specific authorization; limitations.
Section
639.2397
Rescission of authorization.
Section
639.2445
Physical or mental examination of holder of certificate believed to be incompetent; competency hearing; probation for use of alcohol or drugs.
Section
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 records or information; retention of complaints.
Section
639.2535
Judicial review.
Section
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 to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
Section
639.2565
Reinstatement of suspended certificate.
Section
639.2575
Disciplinary action by hearing officer or panel: Procedural requirements; powers and duties of officer or panel; appeals.
Section
639.2576
Immunity from civil action for assisting administrative proceeding.
Section
639.2583
General requirements governing substitution; procedure; limitations; exceptions.
Section
639.2587
Name of manufacturer, packer or distributor of generic drug or interchangeable biological product to be noted on prescription; indication of substitution on label; exception.
Section
639.2588
Manufacturer’s product identification code to be on certain dispensed tablets and capsules.
Section
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.
Section
639.2592
Dispensing pharmacist required to make record of dispensed biological product; recordation options; record deemed notice to prescriber; alternative types of notice; exceptions.
Section
639.2595
Liability of pharmacist or practitioner.
Section
639.2596
Board required to maintain link on Internet website to certain list of licensed biological products.
Section
639.2597
Use of list of biologically equivalent drugs or interchangeable biological products.
Section
639.2623
Authority; requirements to enter into collaborative practice agreement; duties of pharmacist; patient consent required; conditions and limitations.
Section
639.2627
Requirements for contents of and submission of collaborative practice agreement; expiration and renewal of agreement.
Section
639.2629
Written guidelines and protocols authorizing collaborative drug therapy management: Authorized and required provisions; approval by Board; regulations.
Section
639.2655
Use of computerized mechanical equipment to perform act required to be performed by pharmacist.
Section
639.2665
Required posting or provision of written instructions relating to safe disposal of unused drugs by retail community pharmacy; penalties.
Section
639.2675
Return, reissuance or transfer of unused drugs: Drugs dispensed by pharmacy to offender in correctional institution; written procedures for returning; regulations.
Section
639.2676
Unused drugs transferred to nonprofit pharmacy: Authority to reissue; immunity from civil and criminal liability and disciplinary action; written procedures for accepting and reissuing; regulations.
Section
639.2801
Requirements for labeling containers for prescribed drugs.
Section
639.2802
Availability of information concerning prices of prescriptions.
Section
639.2803
Dispensing specific drugs when choice of drugs available.
Section
639.2804
Filling prescriptions for amygdalin and procaine hydrochloride.
Section
639.2805
Substances licensed for manufacture in Nevada: Filling prescriptions; labeling of containers.
Section
639.2806
Parenteral solutions: Limitation on sale and dispensing.
Section
639.2807
Parenteral solutions: Compounding, packaging and labeling; regulations.
Section
639.2808
Performance of blood glucose test by registered pharmacist or registered intern pharmacist.
Section
639.2809
Implementation, monitoring and modification of collaborative drug therapy management by pharmacist: Restrictions; notice; regulations.
Section
639.2813
False representation as practitioner or agent; penalties; unauthorized transmission of order for prescription by agent.
Section
639.2815
Fraudulent or excessive charge or claim under program of public assistance; penalty.
Section
639.2825
Unlawful to sell, furnish or fit contact lens; exception.
Section
639.2845
Selling or dispensing of procaine hydrochloride.
Section
639.2893
Practicing or offering to practice without license: Reporting requirements of Board.
Section
639.2895
Practicing or offering to practice without license: Penalties.
Section
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.
Section
639.23277
Remote sites and satellite consultation sites: Location; operation; regulations.
Section
639.23279
"Pharmacy located outside Nevada that provides mail order service to a resident of Nevada" defined.
Section
639.23282
Pharmacy located outside Nevada: Considerations required by Board before issuing license.
Section
639.23284
Pharmacy located outside Nevada: Requirements to provide mail order service; restrictions on Canadian pharmacies.
Section
639.23286
Pharmacy located outside Nevada: Substitution of drug; toll-free telephone service.
Section
639.23288
Internet pharmacy: Certification required; regulations; Board required to post on Internet site list of certified Internet pharmacies and related information.
Section
639.23505
Conditions and limitations on practitioner dispensing controlled substances or dangerous drugs.
Section
639.23507
Patient utilization report required before initiating prescription and periodically thereafter for controlled substance in certain circumstances; exceptions; regulations.
Section
639.23535
Electronic transmission of prescriptions for controlled substances to pharmacy required; exceptions; exemptions; alternative methods if excepted or exempted; construction of section; regulations; penalties. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
Section
639.23911
Initial prescription for certain controlled substances for treatment of pain: Requirements for issuance; condition on issuing additional prescriptions.
Section
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.
Section
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.
Section
639.23914
Prescription medication agreement required for prescriptions for certain controlled substances issued for more than 30 days; contents. [Effective through June 30, 2020.]
Section
639.23914
Prescription medication agreement required for prescriptions for certain controlled substances issued for more than 30 days; contents. [Effective July 1, 2020.]
Section
639.23915
Practitioner to consider certain factors before prescribing certain controlled substances.
Section
639.23916
Regulations; explanation or technical advisory bulletin for certain professional licensing boards regarding relevant law; effect of violation of certain provisions.
Section
639.28015
Retail community pharmacy to provide notice of availability of prescription reader; provision of prescription reader; exceptions.
Section
639.28025
Notice of availability of list of prices for drugs and professional services to be posted.
Section
639.28075
Requirements for filling prescription for drug used for contraception; refills; exceptions.
Section
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.