Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy
TRADE PRACTICES
Section 639.700 - Performance of certain acts by pharmacists and pharmaceutical interns only

1. Taking new orders for prescriptions or chart orders over the telephone;

2. Identifying, evaluating and interpreting a prescription;

3. Interpreting the clinical data contained in a patient's medication system or chart;

4. Consulting with a prescribing practitioner, nurse or other health care professional, or the authorized agent thereof;

5. Determining the efficacy of a drug, a regimen, the substitution of a generic drug for a drug prescribed by brand name or the substitution of one drug therapy for another;

6. Taking responsibility for all activities of pharmaceutical technicians to ensure that those activities are performed completely, safely and without risk of harm to patients;

7. Counseling a patient or a person caring for a patient and rendering any other advice or information regarding drugs or medications; and

8. Performing any other functions which require the professional judgment of a pharmacist.