2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 454 Poisons; Dangerous Drugs and Hypodermics
NRS 454.223 Prescription to be written on prescription blank or chart of patient; contents.
NRS 454.223 Prescription to be written on prescription blank or chart of patient; contents.
1. Each prescription for a dangerous drug must be written on a prescription blank or as an order on the chart of a patient. A chart of a patient may be used to order multiple prescriptions for that patient.
2. A written prescription must contain:
(a) The name of the practitioner, the signature of the practitioner if the prescription was not transmitted orally and the address of the practitioner if not immediately available to the pharmacist;
(b) The classification of his or her license;
(c) The name of the patient, and the address of the patient if not immediately available to the pharmacist;
(d) The name, strength and quantity of the drug or drugs prescribed;
(e) The symptom or purpose for which the drug is prescribed, if included by the practitioner pursuant to NRS 639.2352;
(f) Directions for use; and
(g) The date of issue.
3. Directions for use must be specific in that they must indicate the portion of the body to which the medication is to be applied, or, if to be taken into the body by means other than orally, the orifice or canal of the body into which the medication is to be inserted or injected.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1682; A 1981, 748; 1983, 1516; 1985, 887; 1987, 1659; 2007, 659)
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