NRS 639.013: “Prescription” defined.

1. “Prescription” means:

(a) An order given individually for the person for whom prescribed, directly from the practitioner to a pharmacist or indirectly by means of an order signed by the practitioner or by an electronic transmission from the practitioner to a pharmacist.

(b) A chart order written for an inpatient specifying drugs which the inpatient is to take home upon discharge.

2. The term does not include a chart order written for an inpatient for use while he or she is an inpatient.