2017 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy
NRS 639.0155 - “Wholesale distribution” defined.
1. Sales within a company.
2. The purchase or other acquisition of a drug by a health care facility or a pharmacy that is a member of a purchasing organization.
3. The sale, purchase or trade of a drug or an offer to sell, purchase or trade a drug:
(a) By a charitable organization, as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), to a nonprofit affiliate of the organization.
(b) Between health care facilities or pharmacies that are under common control.
(c) For emergency medical reasons.
(d) Pursuant to a prescription.
4. A transfer of drugs, in an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the total annual sales, by a retail pharmacy to another retail pharmacy to alleviate a temporary shortage.
5. The distribution of drug samples by a representative of the manufacturer or distributor.
6. The sale, purchase or exchange of blood or blood components for transfusions.
↪ As used in this section, “health care facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 162A.740.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1155; A 2009, 212)