2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 454 Poisons; Dangerous Drugs and Hypodermics
NRS 454.695 Prescriptions by advanced practitioners of nursing.
NRS 454.695 Prescriptions by advanced practitioners of nursing.
1. An advanced practitioner of nursing may prescribe poisons, dangerous drugs and devices for legitimate medical purposes in accordance with:
(a) The certificates he or she holds from the Board and the State Board of Nursing; and
(b) The protocol which is approved by the State Board of Nursing.
2. For the purposes of this section, "protocol" means the written agreement between a physician and an advanced practitioner of nursing which sets forth matters including the:
(a) Patients which the advanced practitioner of nursing may serve;
(b) Specific poisons, dangerous drugs and devices which the advanced practitioner of nursing may prescribe; and
(c) Conditions under which the advanced practitioner of nursing must directly refer the patient to the physician.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1220; A 1991, 797)
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