639.2351 - Prescription by advanced practitioner of nursing; certification by State Board of Pharmacy.
639.2351 Prescription by advanced practitioner of nursing; certification by State Board of Pharmacy.
1. An advanced practitioner of nursing may prescribe, in accordance with NRS 454.695 and 632.237, controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices if the advanced practitioner of nursing:
(a) Is authorized to do so by the State Board of Nursing in a certificate issued by that Board; and
(b) Applies for and obtains a certificate of registration from the State Board of Pharmacy and pays the fee set by a regulation adopted by the Board.
2. The State Board of Pharmacy shall consider each application from an advanced practitioner of nursing separately, and may:
(a) Issue a certificate of registration; or
(b) Refuse to issue a certificate of registration, regardless of the provisions of the certificate issued by the State Board of Nursing.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1218; A 1987, 949; 1991, 792, 1952; 2001, 408)