Form for prescription required to contain line for practitioners signature; substitutions in filling prescriptions in certain facilities; substitutions in filling prescriptions ordered on patients chart in hospital.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 639.2589
in effect1. The form used for any prescription which is issued or intended to be filled in this state must contain a line for the signature of the practitioner.
2. Substitutions may be made in filling prescriptions contained in the orders of a physician, or of an advanced practice registered nurse who is a practitioner, in a facility for skilled nursing or facility for intermediate care.
3. Substitutions may be made in filling prescriptions for drugs ordered on a patients chart in a hospital if the hospitals medical staff has approved a formulary for specific generic substitutions.
4. Substitutions may be made in filling prescriptions for biological products ordered on a patients chart in a hospital if the hospitals medical staff has approved a formulary for specific interchangeable biological products.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-639.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026