§ 639.28015 — Retail community pharmacy required to provide notice of availability of prescription reader; provision of prescription reader; exceptions

Nevada § 639.28015

• Jurisdiction: Nevada
• Title 54: PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES
• Ch. 639: Pharmacists

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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a retail community pharmacy shall notify each person to whom a drug is dispensed that a prescription reader is available to the person. The retail community pharmacy shall, upon the request of a person to whom a drug is dispensed:
(a) Provide a prescription reader to the person to whom the drug is dispensed to use for at least the duration of the prescription and attach to the container of the drug a label or other device that is capable of conveying the information prescribed in NRS 639.2801 to a person using the prescription reader; or
(b) Provide directions or advice to the person on obtaining a prescription reader appropriate to his or her visual or print impairment.
2. The requirements of subsection 1 do not apply if:
(a) The drug is not dispensed in a container to which is affixed a label or other device pursuant to NRS 639.2801 ; or
(b) The drug is dispensed through the mail.
3. As used in this section:
(a) “Prescription reader” means a device designed to convey audibly the information contained on the label or other device affixed to the container of a prescription drug to a person who is visually impaired or otherwise would have difficulty reading the label.
(b) “Retail community pharmacy” means a pharmacy that is licensed by the Board and dispenses drugs directly to the general public at retail prices. The term does not include:
(1) A pharmacy that dispenses prescription medications to patients solely through the mail;
(2) A nonprofit pharmacy designated by the Board pursuant to NRS 639.2676 ;
(3) An institutional pharmacy;
(4) A pharmacy in a correctional institution; or
(5) A pharmacy operated by a governmental entity.

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 2017, 484 )