1. Subject to the limitations set forth in NRS 632.237, an advanced practice registered nurse may dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices if the advanced practice registered nurse:
(a) Passes an examination administered by the State Board of Nursing on Nevada law relating to pharmacy and submits to the State Board of Pharmacy evidence of passing that examination;
(b) Is authorized to do so by the State Board of Nursing in a license issued by that Board; and
(c) Applies for and obtains a certificate of registration from the State Board of Pharmacy and pays the fee set by a regulation adopted by the Board. The Board may set a single fee for the collective certification of advanced practice registered nurses in the employ of a public or nonprofit agency and a different fee for the individual certification of other advanced practice registered nurses.
2. The State Board of Pharmacy shall consider each application from an advanced practice registered nurse separately, and may:
(a) Issue a certificate of registration limiting:
(1) The authority of the advanced practice registered nurse to dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices;
(2) The area in which the advanced practice registered nurse may dispense;
(3) The kind and amount of controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices which the certificate permits the advanced practice registered nurse to dispense; and
(4) The practice of the advanced practice registered nurse which involves controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices in any manner which the Board finds necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public;
(b) Issue a certificate of registration without any limitation not contained in the license issued by the State Board of Nursing; or
(c) Refuse to issue a certificate of registration, regardless of the provisions of the license issued by the State Board of Nursing.
3. If a certificate of registration issued pursuant to this section is suspended or revoked, the Board may also suspend or revoke the registration of the physician for and with whom the advanced practice registered nurse is in practice to dispense controlled substances.
4. The Board shall adopt regulations setting forth the maximum amounts of any controlled substance, poison, dangerous drug and devices which an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a certificate from the Board may dispense, the conditions under which they must be stored, transported and safeguarded, and the records which each such nurse shall keep. In adopting its regulations, the Board shall consider:
(a) The areas in which an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a certificate from the Board can be expected to practice and the populations of those areas;
(b) The experience and training of the advanced practice registered nurse;
(c) Distances between areas of practice and the nearest hospitals and physicians;
(d) Whether the advanced practice registered nurse is authorized to prescribe a controlled substance listed in schedule II pursuant to a protocol approved by a collaborating physician;
(e) Effects on the health, safety and welfare of the public; and
(f) Other factors which the Board considers important to the regulation of the practice of advanced practice registered nurses who hold certificates from the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 592; A 1983, 1218; 1991, 791, 2017; 2013, 2077)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy
NRS 639.0015 - "Advanced practice registered nurse" defined.
NRS 639.0017 - "Biological product" defined.
NRS 639.002 - "Board" defined.
NRS 639.003 - "Certificate" defined.
NRS 639.004 - "Chart order" defined.
NRS 639.005 - "Chemical" defined.
NRS 639.0051 - "Collaborative drug therapy management" defined.
NRS 639.0052 - "Collaborative practice agreement" defined.
NRS 639.00525 - "Collaborative practice of pharmacy" defined.
NRS 639.0053 - "Compound" and "compounding" defined.
NRS 639.006 - "Conviction" defined.
NRS 639.0061 - "Course of treatment" defined.
NRS 639.0065 - "Dispense" defined.
NRS 639.007 - "Drug" and "medicine" defined.
NRS 639.0071 - "Drug sample" defined.
NRS 639.0073 - "Fill" defined.
NRS 639.0074 - "Hospital" defined.
NRS 639.008 - "Hypodermics" defined.
NRS 639.0082 - "Initial prescription" defined.
NRS 639.0085 - "Institutional pharmacy" defined.
NRS 639.00855 - "Interchangeable biological product" defined.
NRS 639.0086 - "Intern pharmacist" defined.
NRS 639.00865 - "Internet pharmacy" defined.
NRS 639.0087 - "Managing pharmacist" defined.
NRS 639.009 - "Manufacturer" defined.
NRS 639.0095 - "Nuclear pharmacist" defined.
NRS 639.0097 - "Nuclear pharmacy" defined.
NRS 639.0105 - "Parenteral solutions" and "parenterals" defined.
NRS 639.0113 - "Pharmaceutical technician" defined.
NRS 639.0115 - "Pharmaceutical technician in training" defined.
NRS 639.012 - "Pharmacy" defined.
NRS 639.0123 - "Pharmacy in a correctional institution" defined.
NRS 639.0125 - "Practitioner" defined.
NRS 639.013 - "Prescription" defined.
NRS 639.0143 - "Radiopharmaceutical" defined.
NRS 639.0144 - "Recovery center" defined.
NRS 639.0145 - "Refill" defined.
NRS 639.015 - "Registered pharmacist" defined.
NRS 639.0151 - "Remote site" defined.
NRS 639.0153 - "Satellite consultation site" defined.
NRS 639.01531 - "Self-administered hormonal contraceptive" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
NRS 639.01535 - "Telehealth" defined.
NRS 639.0154 - "Telepharmacy" defined.
NRS 639.0155 - "Wholesale distribution" defined.
NRS 639.016 - "Wholesaler" defined.
NRS 639.018 - Inapplicability of chapter to certain veterinary biologic products.
NRS 639.020 - Creation; number and appointment of members.
NRS 639.030 - Qualification and terms of members; oath; vacancies; grounds for removal from office.
NRS 639.060 - Biennial report to Governor.
NRS 639.065 - Annual report concerning immunizations administered by pharmacists.
NRS 639.067 - Posting of information relating to pharmaceutical manufacturers on website.
NRS 639.070 - General powers; regulations.
NRS 639.071 - Regulations: Institutional pharmacies.
NRS 639.072 - Regulations: Pharmacies in correctional institutions.
NRS 639.0725 - Regulations: Internet pharmacies.
NRS 639.0747 - Regulations: Registered pharmacists collecting specimens.
NRS 639.090 - Enforcement of chapter; inspections.
NRS 639.093 - Communication with other public agencies; immunity.
NRS 639.095 - Board to furnish free copies of law and regulations to applicants and registrants.
NRS 639.097 - Injunctive relief.
NRS 639.120 - Qualifications of applicants to become registered pharmacists.
NRS 639.134 - Registration of pharmacist without examination; reciprocity.
NRS 639.138 - Denial of application: Notice.
NRS 639.139 - Denial of application: Procedure for reconsideration.
NRS 639.150 - Display of certificates, licenses and permits; regulations.
NRS 639.160 - Notice of new place of practice.
NRS 639.170 - Fees; costs of special meetings; regulations.
NRS 639.190 - Issuance of certificate of registration as pharmacist after forfeiture.
NRS 639.200 - Issuance of duplicate certificates and receipts for renewal.
NRS 639.211 - Mental illness: Immediate suspension of right to practice.
NRS 639.213 - Legislative declaration.
NRS 639.2171 - Legislative findings and declaration.
NRS 639.2177 - License; regulations.
NRS 639.231 - Application for and issuance of license.
NRS 639.232 - Limitations on issuance of licenses.
NRS 639.2324 - Institutional pharmacies: Requirements for operation.
NRS 639.2327 - Maintenance of stocks of drugs by certain facilities.
NRS 639.23277 - Remote sites and satellite consultation sites: Location; operation; regulations.
NRS 639.23286 - Pharmacy located outside Nevada: Substitution of drug; toll-free telephone service.
NRS 639.233 - License required.
NRS 639.2345 - Sale of veterinary drugs: Permit required; regulations; exemption.
NRS 639.2355 - Practitioner liable for prescription orally transmitted by agent.
NRS 639.236 - Numbering, filing and retention of prescriptions; inspection of files; regulations.
NRS 639.2392 - Controlled substance or dangerous drug: Records.
NRS 639.2393 - Controlled substance or dangerous drug: Limitations.
NRS 639.2394 - Controlled substance or dangerous drug: Exercise of judgment by pharmacist.
NRS 639.2395 - Early refills for topical ophthalmic products authorized under certain circumstances.
NRS 639.2396 - Specific authorization; limitations.
NRS 639.2397 - Rescission of authorization.
NRS 639.241 - Accusation: Form, contents and signature.
NRS 639.243 - Statement to Respondent: Contents.
NRS 639.244 - Notice of Defense: Form; effect of failure to file.
NRS 639.245 - Notice of hearing.
NRS 639.246 - Subpoenas; payment of witness fees and expenses.
NRS 639.247 - Hearing: Procedure.
NRS 639.248 - Hearing: Use of hearsay evidence.
NRS 639.251 - Decision; order.
NRS 639.253 - Order following rehearing.
NRS 639.2535 - Judicial review.
NRS 639.2565 - Reinstatement of suspended certificate.
NRS 639.257 - Reinstatement of revoked certificate, license or permit.
NRS 639.2576 - Immunity from civil action for assisting administrative proceeding.
NRS 639.258 - Filing of complaint.
NRS 639.2583 - General requirements governing substitution; procedure; limitations; exceptions.
NRS 639.2595 - Liability of pharmacist or practitioner.
NRS 639.2597 - Use of list of biologically equivalent drugs or interchangeable biological products.
NRS 639.263 - False or misleading advertising.
NRS 639.264 - Prohibition against unearned rebate, refund or other consideration for referrals.
NRS 639.265 - Pharmacists may trade or exchange drugs if necessary for business.
NRS 639.266 - Communication of information to patient or person caring for patient.
NRS 639.275 - Computer or other electronic device provided to practitioner by pharmacy or insurer.
NRS 639.2801 - Requirements for labeling containers for prescribed drugs.
NRS 639.2802 - Availability of information concerning prices of prescriptions.
NRS 639.2803 - Dispensing specific drugs when choice of drugs available.
NRS 639.2804 - Filling prescriptions for amygdalin and procaine hydrochloride.
NRS 639.2806 - Parenteral solutions: Limitation on sale and dispensing.
NRS 639.2807 - Parenteral solutions: Compounding, packaging and labeling; regulations.
NRS 639.281 - False representations.
NRS 639.2815 - Fraudulent or excessive charge or claim under program of public assistance; penalty.
NRS 639.2825 - Unlawful to sell, furnish or fit contact lens; exception.
NRS 639.284 - Unlawful dispensing and sales; penalties.
NRS 639.2845 - Selling or dispensing of procaine hydrochloride.
NRS 639.285 - Unlawful sales by unlicensed persons; penalties.
NRS 639.286 - Violation of Board’s regulations.
NRS 639.288 - Unlawful sales by wholesalers and manufacturers.
NRS 639.289 - Inspection of premises by Board.
NRS 639.2893 - Practicing or offering to practice without license: Reporting requirements of Board.
NRS 639.2895 - Practicing or offering to practice without license: Penalties.
NRS 639.300 - Recovery of penalties; conduct of actions and prosecutions by district attorney.
NRS 639.310 - Criminal penalty.
NRS 639.400 - "Product that is a precursor to methamphetamine" defined.
NRS 639.410 - Sales of products that are precursors to methamphetamine.
NRS 639.430 - Real-time, stop sale system: Conditions for approval; regulations.
NRS 639.510 - Protection of certain information obtained by Board.
NRS 639.515 - Bond or other form of security required; exceptions.
NRS 639.535 - Statement of prior sales" or "statement" defined.
NRS 639.540 - Duties of Board; requirements concerning use, form and contents of statement.
NRS 639.545 - Prohibited transactions.
NRS 639.555 - Additional unlawful acts.
NRS 639.575 - Information regarding other wholesalers.
NRS 639.580 - Evidence regarding due diligence; prohibited business relationships.
NRS 639.585 - On-site inspections; agreements with other wholesalers.