Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 639 - Pharmacists and Pharmacy
TRADE PRACTICES
Section 639.751 - Requirements concerning signatures or initials to be placed on prescription

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 639.751

Current through September 16, 2024

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the signature or initials of a pharmacist or pharmaceutical technician are required to be placed on a prescription by a provision of chapter 453 or 639 of NRS or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the signature or initials must be:

(a) Handwritten:
(1) In nonerasable ink;

(2) Personally by the pharmacist or pharmaceutical technician who is identified by the signature or initials;

(3) Contemporaneously with the act for which the signature or initials are required; and

(4) On the document on which the signature or initials are required; or

(b) Entered into a record in a computer system used by the pharmacy if the computer system:
(1) Makes and retains a record which:
(I) Documents the date and time at which the signature or initials are entered; and

(II) Cannot be modified or deleted; and

(2) Uses a method which ensures that the signature or initials accurately depict the identity of the person entering the signature or initials, including, without limitation:
(I) Biometric identification;

(II) A bar code, magnetic strip, radio frequency chip or other similar technology; or

(III) A personal identification number, password or other similar type of unique code.

2. Any signature or initials entered into a record in a computer system relating to the processing, filling or refilling of a prescription that are not required to be entered by a provision of chapter 453 or 639 of NRS or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto must comply with the requirements of subsection 1.

3. A written record of a refill of a prescription pursuant to NAC 639.918 is not required for a prescription refilled by a pharmacist who enters his or her signature or initials onto a record of the refill in a computer system pursuant to subsection 1. The provisions of this subsection must not be construed to exempt a pharmacy from the recordkeeping requirements of NRS 639.2392.

4. A signature or initials required for the following acts must be handwritten:

(a) The sale of any Schedule "A" poison, as defined in NRS 454.010;

(b) The dispensing or selling of procaine hydrochloride with preservatives and stabilizers (Gerovital H3) pursuant to NRS 639.2845;

(c) The receipt of in-service training as a pharmaceutical technician pursuant to NAC 639.254; and

(d) The changing of the written policies and procedures relating to the operation of a pharmacy by the managing pharmacist pursuant to NAC 639.941.

Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R050-07, eff. 12-17-2008

NRS 639.070

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