NRS 639.220
Management by registered pharmacist

  • exceptions
  • requirements for managing pharmacists
  • notice of change in managing pharmacist.

1.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 639.2324, 639.2326, 639.2327 and 639.23277, each pharmacy must be managed by a registered pharmacist, approved by the Board, who is responsible for compliance by the pharmacy and its personnel with all state and federal laws and regulations relating to the operation of the pharmacy and the practice of pharmacy.

2.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 639.2321, if the managing pharmacist is the only registered pharmacist employed in the pharmacy, the Board may authorize his or her absence each day for a total period of not to exceed 2 hours for the purpose of taking meals if:

(a)

A registered pharmacist is on call during the absence;

(b)

A sign, as prescribed by regulations of the Board, is posted for public view in the pharmacy indicating the absence of the pharmacist and the hours of the absence; and

(c)

All drugs, poisons, chemical and restricted devices are kept safe in a manner prescribed by regulations of the Board.
Ê The authorization required from the Board must be in writing and be retained in the pharmacy and available for inspection.

3.

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NRS 639.23277:

(a)

A person shall not act as a managing pharmacist for more than one licensed pharmacy.

(b)

Each managing pharmacist shall be on duty in the pharmacy and active in the management of the pharmacy full-time, but the managing pharmacist need not be present during the time the pharmacy is open for business if he or she designates another pharmacist employed in the pharmacy to assume the managing pharmacist’s duties in his or her absence.

(c)

The managing pharmacist is responsible for the activities of the designee.
Ê A waiver from the limitation set forth in paragraph (a) may be granted by the Board to the managing pharmacist of a pharmacy located in a hospital with fewer than 100 beds or in a correctional institution housing fewer than 1,500 inmates.

4.

The Board must be notified before there is a change in the managing pharmacist.

Source: Section 639.220 — Management by registered pharmacist; exceptions; requirements for managing pharmacists; notice of change in managing pharmacist., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-639.­html#NRS639Sec220.

639.220
Management by registered pharmacist 639.230
Licenses: Operation without license prohibited 639.231
Application for and issuance of license. 639.232
Limitations on issuance of licenses. 639.2315
Expedited license by endorsement to conduct pharmacy: Requirements 639.2316
Expedited license by endorsement to conduct pharmacy for active member of Armed Forces, member’s spouse, veteran or veteran’s surviving spouse: Requirements 639.2321
Nuclear pharmacy: Direct supervision of preparation and distribution of radiopharmaceuticals required 639.2322
Nuclear pharmacy: Oral orders 639.2324
Institutional pharmacies: Requirements for operation. 639.2326
Pharmacies in correctional institutions: Supervision by prescribing practitioner or licensed pharmacy 639.2327
Maintenance of stocks of drugs by certain facilities. 639.2328
Pharmacy located outside Nevada: Licensing 639.23275
Delivery of controlled substance or dangerous drug to hospital, recovery center, facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing which does not have pharmacy on premises. 639.23277
Remote sites and satellite consultation sites: Location 639.23279
“Pharmacy located outside Nevada that provides mail order service to a resident of Nevada” defined. 639.23282
Pharmacy located outside Nevada: Considerations required by Board before issuing license. 639.23284
Pharmacy located outside Nevada: Requirements to provide mail order service 639.23286
Pharmacy located outside Nevada: Substitution of drug 639.23288
Internet pharmacy: Certification required
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

§ 639.220’s source at nv​.us