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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. A pharmacist who is employed by an off-site pharmaceutical service provider to provide remote chart order processing services to a hospital or correctional institution must be registered to practice pharmacy in this State.
2. An off-site pharmaceutical service provider shall ensure that any remote chart order processing services that are provided to a hospital or correctional institution in this State are provided by a pharmacist who complies with the requirements of subsection 1.
3. As used in this section:
(a) “Chart order processing services” means nondispensary pharmaceutical services that are provided by a pharmacy to a hospital or correctional institution, including, without limitation:
(1) Receiving, interpreting and clarifying a chart order received from a hospital or correctional institution;
(2) Entering information regarding a chart order into the computerized data system of a hospital or correctional institution;
(3) Interpreting clinical data regarding a patient of a hospital or correctional institution;
(4) Performing therapeutic interventions regarding a patient of a hospital or correctional institution;
(5) Providing information to the appropriate staff of a hospital or correctional institution regarding a chart order submitted by the hospital or correctional institution; and
(6) Providing information regarding the treatment of a patient of a hospital or correctional institution.
(b) “Correctional institution” means any penal facility used for confinement of persons or any facility used for detention of juveniles, which is operated by or under the supervision of a subdivision of the State. The term includes a jail.
(c) “Off-site pharmaceutical service provider” means a pharmacy that provides remote chart order processing services to a hospital or correctional institution that is owned by the same entity as the pharmacy or with which the pharmacy has contracted to provide remote chart order processing services.
(d) “Remote chart order processing services” means chart order processing services provided by an off-site pharmaceutical service provider to a hospital or correctional institution, including, without limitation, transferring information regarding a chart order from the off-site pharmaceutical service provider to members of the staff of the hospital or correctional institution that submitted the chart order.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 54. Professions, Occupations and Businesses § 639.28095. Pharmacist employed by off-site pharmaceutical service provider to provide remote chart order processing services to hospital or correctional institution required to be registered with Board; duty of off-site pharmaceutical service provider to ensure compliance - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-54-professions-occupations-and-businesses/nv-rev-st-639-28095/
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