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NRS 639.2813: False representation as practitioner or agent; penalties; unauthorized transmission of order for prescription by agent.

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  1. TITLE 54 — PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES
  2. CHAPTER 639 - PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY
  3. PROHIBITED ACTS; PENALTIES; ENFORCEMENT

1. Except as provided in NRS 453.331 and 454.311, it is unlawful for any person falsely to represent himself or herself as a practitioner entitled to write prescriptions in this state, or the agent of such a person, for the purpose of transmitting to a pharmacist an order for a prescription. A person who violates the provisions of this subsection:

(a) If no substantial bodily harm results, is guilty of a category D felony; or

(b) If substantial bodily harm results, is guilty of a category C felony,

Ê and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

2. It is unlawful for the agent of a practitioner entitled to write prescriptions in this state willfully to transmit to a pharmacist an order for a prescription if the agent is not authorized by the practitioner to transmit such order.

Collected 2026-09-03T05:51:44Z. Source file · JSON

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