Nevada Revised Statutes Section 639.2589 - Professions, Occupations and Businesses

Form for prescription; substitution in certain facilities; prescriptions ordered on patient’s chart.

1. The form used for any prescription which is issued or intended to be filled in this state must contain a line for the signature of the practitioner.

2. Substitutions may be made in filling prescriptions contained in the orders of a physician, or of an advanced practitioner of nursing who is a practitioner, in a facility for skilled nursing or facility for intermediate care.

3. Substitutions may be made in filling prescriptions ordered on a patient’s chart in a hospital if the hospital’s medical staff has approved a formulary for specific generic substitutions.

Last modified: February 27, 2006