Section 639.708 - Counseling of patients: Duties of pharmacyTo facilitate counseling regarding a prescription, a pharmacy or dispensing practitioner shall:
1. Maintain a record of medication for each patient to whom a prescription has been dispensed by that pharmacy or dispensing practitioner, as applicable. The record must:(a) Be retrievable for use by the pharmacist or dispensing practitioner;(b) Be maintained for at least 2 years after the most recent entry;(c) List all prescriptions dispensed to the patient at that pharmacy or by the dispensing practitioner; and(d) Include all data required to be placed on the prescription.2. Make a reasonable effort to obtain and retain in the record of medication the:(a) Telephone number or numbers, if any, of the patient;(b) Gender of the patient;(c) Age or date of birth of the patient;(d) History of the patient, including allergies, reactions to particular drugs and any medications or medical devices used by the patient; and(e) Any comments relevant to the drug therapy of the patient, including any other information which is specific to the patient or drug.3. Ensure that a pharmacist or dispensing practitioner who has access to the medical records of the patient is available by telephone during business hours and, for a pharmacy that routinely delivers prescriptions outside of the trade area covered by local telephone service, provide a toll-free telephone number.4. Include with each prescription container of a pharmacy that is delivered or distributed by a public carrier:(a) The local, and if applicable toll-free, telephone numbers of the pharmacy;(b) The hours during which the patient may contact the pharmacy by telephone; and(c) A written notice in substantially the following form: Written information about this prescription has been provided for you. Please read this information before you take this medication. If you have questions concerning this prescription, a pharmacist is available between the hours of .....and .....to answer your questions.
5. Maintain the confidentiality of each patient's records, including prescriptions, pursuant to NRS 449A.112 or 639.238, as applicable. A pharmacist or dispensing practitioner shall not divulge the contents of a patient's records, except as authorized by NRS 639.238 or any other applicable provision of law.6. Make available to a practitioner, upon request, all information relating to a prescription that is provided to a patient of that practitioner by the pharmacist, an intern pharmacist or a dispensing practitioner.7. Ensure that counseling is conducted in a confidential manner to prevent disclosure of information to any person other than the patient or the person caring for the patient.Nev. Admin. Code § 639.708
Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy, eff. 11-15-93; A by R180-22A, eff. 12/29/2022