Current through September 16, 2024
1. A dispensing practitioner who is employed
by or serving as an independent contractor of a federally-qualified health
center in this State and who wishes to transport dangerous drugs by using a
federally-qualified health center vehicle and dispense dangerous drugs to
patients of the federally-qualified health center from the federally-qualified
health center vehicle must apply to the Board on an application provided by the
Board for a certificate of registration to transport and dispense dangerous
drugs. The Board will issue the certificate of registration to the dispensing
practitioner if the Board determines that
(a)
The dispensing practitioner is registered pursuant to subsection 1 of
639.742.
(b) If the federally-qualified health center
is not wholly owned and operated by the dispensing practitioner, the owner or
owners of the federally-qualified health center have registered the
federally-qualified health center pursuant to subsection 2 of
639.742. The owner or owners are
not required to obtain a separate certificate of registration pursuant to
subsection 2 of
639.742 for the
federally-qualified health center vehicle.
(c) The federally-qualified health center
vehicle
(1) Is owned by the
federally-qualified health center that employs or contracts with the dispensing
practitioner;
(2) Was configured by
the federally-qualified health center for the purpose of transporting and
dispensing dangerous drugs to the patients of the federally-qualified health
center; and
(3) Has been inspected
and approved by the Board for the purpose of transporting and dispensing
dangerous drugs to the patients of the federally-qualified health center.
2. A
certificate of registration issued pursuant to this section
(a) Entitles the dispensing practitioner to
dispense dangerous drugs from the federally-qualified health center vehicle
only to patients of the federally-qualified health center; and
(b) Is a revocable privilege, and no holder
of such a certificate of registration acquires any vested right therein or
thereunder.
3. A
dispensing practitioner to whom the Board has issued a certificate of
registration pursuant to subsection 1:
(a)
Shall comply with the provisions of this section and
639.742 to
639.745, inclusive, if
applicable;
(b) Shall not dispense
any controlled substances from a federally-qualified health center
vehicle;
(c) Shall not charge for
the dispensing of any dangerous drug from a federally-qualified health center
vehicle; and
(d) Shall ensure that
all dangerous drugs are:
(1) Removed from the
federally-qualified health center vehicle at the end of any day that the
federally-qualified health center vehicle is used to dispense dangerous drugs;
and
(2) Stored in the
federally-qualified health center in a secure, locked room or cabinet to which
the dispensing practitioner or the dispensing practitioner of the
federally-qualified health center has the only key or lock
combination.
4. The approval by the Board pursuant to
subparagraph (3) of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 is not transferrable upon the
sale or other transfer of the federally-qualified health center
vehicle.
5. As used in this
section, "dispensing practitioner" does not include a licensed veterinarian to
whom the Board has issued a certificate of registration pursuant to
639.7423 to dispense controlled
substances or dangerous drugs, or both, not for human
consumption.
Added to NAC
by Bd. of Pharmacy by
R004-19A,
eff. 12/17/2019
NRS
639.070
