Nevada Statutes
§ 639.2589 — Form for prescription required to contain line for practitioner’s signature; substitutions in filling prescriptions in certain facilities; substitutions in filling prescriptions ordered on patient’s chart in hospital
Nevada § 639.2589
JurisdictionNevada
Title 54PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES
Ch. 639Pharmacists
Substitution of Generic Drugs and Interchangeable
Biological Products
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Bluebook
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 639.2589 (2026).
Text
1.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 patient’s chart in a hospital if the hospital’s medical staff has approved a formulary for specific generic substitutions.
4.Substitutions may be made in filling prescriptions for biological products ordered on a patient’s chart in a hospital if the hospital’s medical staff has approved a formulary for specific interchangeable biological
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Legislative History
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1348 ; A 1981, 393 ; 1983, 1511 ; 1985, 1769 , 2005 ; 1991, 793 ; 2003, 1215 ; 2013, 2079 ; 2017, 636 )
Nearby Sections
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§ 639.001
Definitions§ 639.0017
“Biological product” defined§ 639.002
“Board” defined§ 639.003
“Certificate” defined§ 639.004
“Chart order” defined§ 639.005
“Chemical” defined§ 639.00525
“Collaborative practice of pharmacy” defined§ 639.0053
“Compound” and “compounding” defined§ 639.006
“Conviction” defined§ 639.0061
“Course of treatment” defined§ 639.0065
“Dispense” defined§ 639.007
“Drug” and “medicine” definedCite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Nevada § 639.2589, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nv/639.2589.