Nev. Admin. Code § 639.Sec. 3

Current through December 12, 2024
Section 639.Sec. 3 - NEW
1. A dispensing practitioner who is employed by or serving as an independent contractor of a federally-qualified health center in this State and who wishes to transport dangerous drugs by using a federally-qualified health center vehicle and dispense dangerous drugs to patients of the federally-qualified health center from the federally-qualified health center vehicle must apply to the Board on an application provided by the Board for a certificate of registration to transport and dispense dangerous drugs. The Board will issue the certificate of registration to the dispensing practitioner if the Board determines that
(a) The dispensing practitioner is registered pursuant to subsection 1 of 639.742.
(b) If the federally-qualified health center is not wholly owned and operated by the dispensing practitioner, the owner or owners of the federally-qualified health center have registered the federally-qualified health center pursuant to subsection 2 of 639.742. The owner or owners are not required to obtain a separate certificate of registration pursuant to subsection 2 of 639.742 for the federally-qualified health center vehicle.
(c) The federally-qualified health center vehicle
(1) Is owned by the federally-qualified health center that employs or contracts with the dispensing practitioner;
(2) Was configured by the federally-qualified health center for the purpose of transporting and dispensing dangerous drugs to the patients of the federally-qualified health center; and
(3) Has been inspected and approved by the Board for the purpose of transporting and dispensing dangerous drugs to the patients of the federally-qualified health center.
2. A certificate of registration issued pursuant to this section
(a) Entitles the dispensing practitioner to dispense dangerous drugs from the federally-qualified health center vehicle only to patients of the federally-qualified health center; and
(b) Is a revocable privilege, and no holder of such a certificate of registration acquires any vested right therein or thereunder.
3. A dispensing practitioner to whom the Board has issued a certificate of registration pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) Shall comply with the provisions of this section and 639.742 to 639.745, inclusive, if applicable;
(b) Shall not dispense any controlled substances from a federally-qualified health center vehicle;
(c) Shall not charge for the dispensing of any dangerous drug from a federally-qualified health center vehicle; and
(d) Shall ensure that all dangerous drugs are:
(1) Removed from the federally-qualified health center vehicle at the end of any day that the federally-qualified health center vehicle is used to dispense dangerous drugs; and
(2) Stored in the federally-qualified health center in a secure, locked room or cabinet to which the dispensing practitioner or the dispensing practitioner of the federally-qualified health center has the only key or lock combination.
4. The approval by the Board pursuant to subparagraph (3) of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 is not transferrable upon the sale or other transfer of the federally-qualified health center vehicle.
5. As used in this section, "dispensing practitioner" does not include a licensed veterinarian to whom the Board has issued a certificate of registration pursuant to 639.7423 to dispense controlled substances or dangerous drugs, or both, not for human consumption.

Nev. Admin. Code § 639.Sec. 3

Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R004-19A, eff. 12/17/2019
NRS 639.070