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§ 616C.115 — Prescription of generic drugs required; exceptions

Nevada § 616C.115
JurisdictionNevada
Title 53LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Ch. 616CIndustrial
TREATMENT AND RATING OF INJURED EMPLOYEES

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 616C.115 (2026).

Text

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a physician or advanced practice registered nurse shall prescribe for an injured employee a generic drug in lieu of a drug with a brand name if the generic drug is biologically equivalent and has the same active ingredient or ingredients of the same strength, quantity and form of dosage as the drug with a brand name. 2. A physician or advanced practice registered nurse is not required to comply with the provisions of subsection 1 if:

(a)The physician or advanced practice registered nurse determines that the generic drug would not be beneficial to the health of the injured employee; or
(b)The generic drug is higher in cost than the drug with a brand name.

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Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1993, 669 ; A 2013, 2092 )

Nearby Sections

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§ 616C.005
Forms for reporting injuries: Insurer to distribute revised forms to employers periodically; Administrator to make revised forms available to physicians, chiropractic physicians, physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses
§ 616C.010
Employee to report accident and injury to employer; examination of employee; professional employer organization to provide to leased employees instructions regarding reporting of injuries
§ 616C.015
Notice of injury or death: Requirements; availability of form; retention; notice by leased employee
§ 616C.020
Claim for compensation: Requirements for injured employee, dependent or representative to file claim; form
§ 616C.025
Recovery of compensation barred if notice of injury or claim for compensation is not filed; exceptions
§ 616C.030
Dependent of injured employee barred from filing claim for compensation if untimely or previously denied
§ 616C.035
Application for death benefit
§ 616C.040
Claim for compensation: Duty of treating physician, chiropractic physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse to file or delegate duty; electronic filing; form and contents; provision of completed form to injured employee; maintenance of forms; penalty
§ 616C.045
Report of industrial injury or occupational disease: Duty of employer to file; electronic filing; form and contents; penalty
§ 616C.050
Information required to be provided by insurer to claimant
§ 616C.052
Exposure of police officer, firefighter or arson investigator to contagious disease: Reporting and testing requirements; eligibility for compensation
§ 616C.055
Use of fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractic physicians prohibited; payment for services rendered by physician or chiropractic physician after removal from panel prohibited
§ 616C.065
Duty of insurer to accept or deny claim; new determination; penalty; failure of insurer to indicate acceptance or denial of claim; written determination
§ 616C.070
Persons who are conclusively presumed to be totally dependent on injured or deceased employee; exception
§ 616C.075
Effect of employee’s refusal to submit to physical examination after accident
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