Nevada Code § 639.235

Persons authorized to prescribe and write prescriptions; procedure for filling certain prescriptions written by persons not licensed in this State
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1. No person other than a practitioner
holding a license to practice his or her profession in this State may prescribe
or write a prescription, except that a prescription written by a person who is
not licensed to practice in this State, but is authorized by the laws of
another state to prescribe, shall be deemed to be a legal prescription unless the
person prescribed or wrote the prescription in violation of the provisions of NRS 453.3611 to 453.3648 , inclusive.
2. If a prescription that is prescribed by
a person who is not licensed to practice in this State, but is authorized by
the laws of another state to prescribe, calls for a controlled substance listed
in:
(a) Schedule II, the registered pharmacist who is
to fill the prescription shall establish and document that the prescription is
authentic and that a bona fide relationship between the patient and the person
prescribing the controlled substance did exist when the prescription was
written.
(b) Schedule III or IV, the registered pharmacist
who is to fill the prescription shall establish that the prescription is
authentic and that a bona fide relationship between the patient and the person
prescribing the controlled substance did exist when the prescription was
written. This paragraph does not require the registered pharmacist to inquire
into such a relationship upon the receipt of a similar prescription
subsequently issued for that patient.
3. A pharmacist who fills a prescription
described in subsection 2 shall record on the prescription or in the
prescription record in the pharmacys computer:
(a) The name of the person with whom the
pharmacist spoke concerning the prescription;
(b) The date and time of the conversation; and
(c) The date and time the patient was examined by
the person prescribing the controlled substance for which the prescription was
issued.
4. For the purposes of subsection 2, a
bona fide relationship between the patient and the person prescribing the
controlled substance shall be deemed to exist if the patient was examined in
person, electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics, including, without
limitation, through telehealth, within or outside this State or the United
States by the person prescribing the controlled substances within the 6 months
immediately preceding the date the prescription was issued.

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