Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances
CONTROL
Section 453.430 - Restrictions on issuance of prescriptions; continuation of dependency on narcotic drug; transmission of prescription by facsimile machine

1. An individual practitioner may not issue a prescription in order to obtain controlled substances for the purpose of general dispensing to patients.

2. A prescription may not be issued for dispensing any narcotic drug to a person dependent on a narcotic drug for the purpose of continuing the person's dependence upon the drug except in the course of an authorized clinical investigation in the development of a program for rehabilitating narcotic addicts.

3. The administering or dispensing directly, but not the prescribing, of any narcotic drugs to a person dependent on a narcotic drug for the purpose of continuing the person's dependence upon the drug is permissible in the course of conducting a federally authorized clinical investigation in the development of a program for rehabilitating narcotic addicts if the activity is within the course of professional practice or research.