Section 639.395 - Transmission of new prescription to telepharmacy; consultation with pharmacist or dispensing practitioner required before accessing controlled substances or dangerous drugs at remote site or satellite consultation site; prerequisites for dispensing at remote site or satellite consultation site1. A pharmaceutical technician or dispensing technician who operates a remote site shall transmit a copy of any new prescription which the technician receives to the telepharmacy electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics and retain the original prescription in the records maintained at the remote site.2. A pharmaceutical technician or dispensing technician who operates a remote site or satellite consultation site must consult electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics with a pharmacist or dispensing practitioner, as appropriate, at the telepharmacy to obtain approval before accessing any controlled substances or dangerous drugs maintained at the remote site or satellite consultation site.3. A pharmacist or dispensing practitioner shall not authorize a pharmaceutical technician or dispensing technician at a remote site or satellite consultation site to dispense a controlled substance or dangerous drug unless the pharmacist or dispensing practitioner has: (a) Consulted with the technician;(b) Visually verified electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics that: (1) The controlled substance or dangerous drug selected by the technician is correct; and(2) The label prepared by the technician is correct; and(c) Verified that the information entered by the technician into the computerized system for recording information concerning prescriptions is correct.4. A pharmacist or dispensing practitioner shall only authorize a pharmaceutical technician or dispensing technician at a remote site or satellite consultation site to dispense a controlled substance or dangerous drug to a patient who resides in the service area of the remote site or satellite consultation site or whose residence is closer to the remote site or satellite consultation site than to a telepharmacy.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 NAC 639.7423 to dispense controlled substances or dangerous drugs, or both, not for human consumption.Nev. Admin. Code § 639.395
Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R037-10, eff. 10-15-2010; A by R098-13, eff. 3/28/2014; A by R004-19A, eff. 12/17/2019