NAC453.010. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

     1. “Board” means the State Board of Pharmacy.

     2. “Emergency situation,” within the meaning of subsection 2 of NRS 453.256 and these regulations, means a situation in which a prescribing practitioner determines that:

     (a) Immediate administration of the controlled substance is necessary for the proper treatment of the patient;

     (b) No appropriate alternative treatment is available, including administration of a drug which is not a controlled substance under schedule II of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act; and

     (c) It is not reasonably possible for the prescribing practitioner to provide a written prescription to be presented to the person dispensing the substance before he or she dispenses it.

     [Bd. of Pharmacy, § 453.010, eff. 6-26-80]