Nev. Admin. Code § 639.Sec. 1.3

Current through December 12, 2024
Section 639.Sec. 1.3 - NEW

Chapter 639 of NAC is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

1. A prescription for the dispensing of a drug to the ultimate user may instead be dispensed to a practitioner if:
(a) The United States Food and Drug Administration has adopted a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for the drug pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 355-1 that requires the drug to be administered only under the direct supervision of a provider of health care; and
(b) The practitioner is authorized by federal and state law to possess the drug.
2. A practitioner to whom a drug is dispensed pursuant to subsection 1 shall:
(a) Comply with any federal and state law or regulation that addresses the handling of the drug;
(b) Store the drug separately from any other drug in the possession of the practitioner; and
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, administer the drug only to the patient named in the prescription not later than 30 days after receiving the drug.
3. If a drug dispensed to a practitioner pursuant to subsection 1 is not administered within the time prescribed by paragraph (c) of subsection 2, the practitioner must:
(a) Destroy the drug;
(b) Donate the drug to the Prescription Drug Donation Program established pursuant to NRS 453B.080; or
(c) Return the drug to the pharmacy that originally dispensed the drug. A drug returned to a pharmacy pursuant to this paragraph must not be dispensed to another person.

Nev. Admin. Code § 639.Sec. 1.3

Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R009-20A, eff. 7/20/2021
NRS 639.070.