Nevada Revised Statutes Section 454.695 - Public Health and Safety

Prescriptions by advanced practitioners of nursing.

1. An advanced practitioner of nursing may prescribe poisons, dangerous drugs and devices for legitimate medical purposes in accordance with:

(a) The certificates he holds from the Board and the State Board of Nursing; and

(b) The protocol which is approved by the State Board of Nursing.

2. For the purposes of this section, “protocol” means the written agreement between a physician and an advanced practitioner of nursing which sets forth matters including the:

(a) Patients which the advanced practitioner of nursing may serve;

(b) Specific poisons, dangerous drugs and devices which the advanced practitioner of nursing may prescribe; and

(c) Conditions under which the advanced practitioner of nursing must directly refer the patient to the physician.

Last modified: February 26, 2006