2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances
NRS 453.128 - “Prescription” defined.
1. “Prescription” means:
(a) An order given individually for the person for whom prescribed, directly from a physician, physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, advanced practice registered nurse or veterinarian, or his or her agent, to a pharmacist or indirectly by means of an order signed by the practitioner or an electronic transmission from the practitioner to a pharmacist; or
(b) A chart order written for an inpatient specifying drugs which he or she is to take home upon his or her discharge.
2. The term does not include a chart order written for an inpatient for use while he or she is an inpatient.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 579; A 1979, 1655; 1981, 1958; 1983, 1511; 1987, 1653; 1991, 1953; 1993, 2233; 1995, 1718; 1999, 1916; 2001, 409, 784, 795; 2007, 1863; 2013, 2083)
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