453.038 - “Chart order” defined.

453.038  “Chart order” defined.  “Chart order” means an order entered on the chart of a patient:

      1.  In a hospital, facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing which is licensed as such by the Health Division of the Department; or

      2.  Under emergency treatment in a hospital by a physician, advanced practitioner of nursing, dentist or podiatric physician, or on the written or oral order of a physician, physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, advanced practitioner of nursing, dentist or podiatric physician authorizing the administration of a drug to the patient.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 1671; A 1981, 1957; 1985, 1750; 1993, 2232; 1995, 1717; 2001, 408, 783, 794; 2007, 1862)