NRS 639.2589: Form for prescription required to contain line for practitioner’s signature; substitutions in filling prescriptions in certain facilities; substitutions in filling prescriptions ordered on patient’s chart in hospital.

1. The form used for any prescription which is issued or intended to be filled in this state must contain a line for the signature of the practitioner.

2. Substitutions may be made in filling prescriptions contained in the orders of a physician, or of an advanced practice registered nurse who is a practitioner, in a facility for skilled nursing or facility for intermediate care.

3. Substitutions may be made in filling prescriptions for drugs ordered on a patient’s chart in a hospital if the hospital’s medical staff has approved a formulary for specific generic substitutions.

4. Substitutions may be made in filling prescriptions for biological products ordered on a patient’s chart in a hospital if the hospital’s medical staff has approved a formulary for specific interchangeable biological products.