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 projects, home-study courses and other educational programs in pharmacy approved by the Board for purposes of continuing professional education.
2. "Continuing professional education" means professional, pharmaceutical postgraduate education in the general areas of the socioeconomic and legal aspects of medical care, the properties and actions of drugs and dosage forms, and the etiology, characteristics and therapeutics of the diseased organism.
3. "Continuing education unit" means the unit of measurement of credits for courses and programs of continuing education.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 976; A 1985, 882; 1995, 291)