2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 454 Poisons; Dangerous Drugs and Hypodermics
NRS 454.00961 "Prescription" defined.
NRS 454.00961 "Prescription" defined.
1. "Prescription" means:
(a) An order given individually for the person for whom prescribed, directly from the practitioner, or the practitioner's 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.
(b) A chart order written for an inpatient specifying drugs which he or she is to take home upon discharge.
2. "Prescription" does not include a chart order written for an inpatient for use while he or she is an inpatient.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1196; A 1979, 1675; 1983, 1515; 1987, 1657; 1991, 1956)
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