Nevada Revised Statute 453.391 states that a person shall not “while undergoing treatment and being supplied with any controlled substance or a prescription for any controlled substance from one practitioner, knowingly obtain any controlled substance or a prescription for a controlled substance from another practitioner without disclosing this fact to the second practitioner.”
The Board of Pharmacy, in cooperation with the Medical and Osteopathic Boards, through the Legislative Committee on Healthcare, is addressing the growing issue of prescription drug abuse in Nevada.
PRN-PRN provides counseling, treatment, and monitoring services for licensees with alcohol, drug, gambling, or other addictions. Licensees may contact PRN-PRN at any time for assistance, and such contacts will not be known to the Board. PRN-PRN has been providing services for the Board and its licensees for over a decade, and the Board has confidence in PRN-PRN because it has helped many licensees gain control over debilitating addictions. You may contact PRN-PRN:
In the interest of education on prevention of medication errors, the Board approved 4 hours of continuing education credit for pharmacists and continuing education credit hours for technicians up to 11 hours certified by the pharmacy manager for reviewing the Improving Medication Safety in Community Pharmacy: Assessing Risk and Opportunities for Change.
A cover letter is sent to registrants informing the registrant that the registrant needs to print and fill out the appropriate registrant self-assessment form. The form is available on the Board website.
The (PARE) is a multi-dimensional assessment that the boards of pharmacy may use as an auxiliary tool when making decisions regarding pharmacist practice deficiencies that are due to noncompliance with pharmacy practice standards, laws or regulations, and result in compromises to patient safety.