{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-639.28015","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 639.28015","heading":"Retail community pharmacy required to provide notice of availability of prescription reader; provision of prescription reader; exceptions.","body":"1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a retail community pharmacy shall notify each person to whom a drug is dispensed that a prescription reader is available to the person. The retail community pharmacy shall, upon the request of a person to whom a drug is dispensed:\n(a) Provide a prescription reader to the person to whom the drug is dispensed to use for at least the duration of the prescription and attach to the container of the drug a label or other device that is capable of conveying the information prescribed in NRS 639.2801 to a person using the prescription reader; or\n(b) Provide directions or advice to the person on obtaining a prescription reader appropriate to his or her visual or print impairment.\n2. The requirements of subsection 1 do not apply if:\n(a) The drug is not dispensed in a container to which is affixed a label or other device pursuant to NRS 639.2801; or\n(b) The drug is dispensed through the mail.\n3. As used in this section:\n(a) “Prescription reader” means a device designed to convey audibly the information contained on the label or other device affixed to the container of a prescription drug to a person who is visually impaired or otherwise would have difficulty reading the label.\n(b) “Retail community pharmacy” means a pharmacy that is licensed by the Board and dispenses drugs directly to the general public at retail prices. The term does not include:\n(1) A pharmacy that dispenses prescription medications to patients solely through the mail;\n(2) A nonprofit pharmacy designated by the Board pursuant to NRS 639.2676;\n(3) An institutional pharmacy;\n(4) A pharmacy in a correctional institution; or\n(5) A pharmacy operated by a governmental entity.","path":["TITLE 54 — PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 639 - PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY","REGULATION OF TRADE PRACTICES","Miscellaneous Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-639.html#NRS639Sec28015","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:44Z","sha256":"6a751f5fa3633a77f174e154c12b66c1b0ca941f274402d731ddc01ffc93879d","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-639.28013","next":"us-nv/nrs-639.2802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}