2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 53 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 616C Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death
NRS 616C.115 Prescription of generic drugs required; exceptions.
NRS 616C.115 Prescription of generic drugs required; exceptions.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a physician or advanced practitioner of nursing shall prescribe for an injured employee a generic drug in lieu of a drug with a brand name if the generic drug is biologically equivalent and has the same active ingredient or ingredients of the same strength, quantity and form of dosage as the drug with a brand name.
2. A physician or advanced practitioner of nursing is not required to comply with the provisions of subsection 1 if:
(a) The physician or advanced practitioner of nursing determines that the generic drug would not be beneficial to the health of the injured employee; or
(b) The generic drug is higher in cost than the drug with a brand name.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 669)-(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.5023)
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