2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 636 - Optometry
NRS 636.022 - Prescription defined.
Prescription means:
1. An order given individually for the person for whom prescribed, directly from a licensed optometrist who is certified to prescribe and administer therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to NRS 636.288, or his or her agent, to a pharmacist or indirectly by means of an order signed by the licensed optometrist or an electronic transmission from the licensed optometrist to a pharmacist; or
2. A written direction from a licensed optometrist to:
(a) Prepare an ophthalmic lens for a patient; or
(b) Dispense a prepackaged contact lens that does not require any adjustment, modification or fitting.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2864; A 1997, 1257; 1999, 1914)
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