Conditions and limitations on prescribing certain therapeutic pharmaceutical agents. An optometrist who is certified to administer and prescribe a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent pursuant to NRS 636.288 shall not prescribe an analgesic of hydrocodone with compounds, codeine with compounds or propoxyphene with compounds unless he:
1. Has completed an optometric examination of the patient for whom the therapeutic pharmaceutical agent is prescribed;
2. Prescribes the therapeutic pharmaceutical agent in an amount that will not last more than 72 hours; and
3. Sets forth in the prescription for the therapeutic pharmaceutical agent that the prescription may not be refilled.
Last modified: February 27, 2006