Nevada Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Health and Safety § 454.223. Prescription to be written on prescription blank or chart of patient; contents; regulations

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, each prescription for a dangerous drug must be written on a prescription blank or as an order on the chart of a patient. A chart of a patient may be used to order multiple prescriptions for that patient.

2. A written prescription must contain:

3. Directions for use must be specific in that they must indicate the portion of the body to which the medication is to be applied, or, if to be taken into the body by means other than orally, the orifice or canal of the body into which the medication is to be inserted or injected.

4. The Board shall adopt regulations concerning the electronic transmission of a prescription for a dangerous drug, which must be consistent with federal law and the provisions of NRS 439.581 to 439.597, inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.