NAC639.266. Supervision and training: Service as preceptor; duties; evaluation of internship.

     1. Except as otherwise prohibited by law or by an order of the Board, any registered pharmacist may serve as preceptor to an intern pharmacist.

     2. If an intern pharmacist is enrolled in a college of pharmacy or a department of pharmacy of a university approved by the Board, the college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the university at which the intern pharmacist is enrolled shall establish a scope of duties that may be engaged in by the intern pharmacist during his or her internship and shall provide the scope of duties to the intern pharmacist before the internship begins. The scope of duties must be based upon the courses that the intern pharmacist has completed. The intern pharmacist shall, before his or her internship begins, provide the scope of duties established for him or her by the college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the university to any preceptor responsible for his or her supervision and training.

     3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a preceptor shall allow an intern pharmacist under his or her supervision to perform duties to the fullest extent practicable that are primarily related to:

     (a) The selling of controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices;

     (b) The compounding of prescription drugs;

     (c) The filling of prescriptions and the dispensing of prescription drugs;

     (d) Preparing and maintaining such records and reports as are required by state and federal law;

     (e) Counseling patients as required by NAC 639.707 concerning prescription drugs dispensed to the patients;

     (f) The practice of pharmacy as that term is defined in NRS 639.0124; and

     (g) Administering immunizations by an intranasal, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection in accordance with a written protocol established by a physician pursuant to NAC 639.2971.

     4. A preceptor shall not allow an intern pharmacist under his or her supervision to perform any duties that:

     (a) Are outside of the scope of duties established for the intern pharmacist pursuant to subsection 2; or

     (b) In the professional judgment of the preceptor, the intern pharmacist is not able to perform safely and professionally.

     5. A preceptor shall:

     (a) Document the number of hours worked by each intern pharmacist under his or her supervision;

     (b) Maintain that documentation; and

     (c) Provide a copy of that documentation to:

          (1) The college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the university at which the intern pharmacist is enrolled if the intern pharmacist is enrolled in a college of pharmacy or a department of pharmacy of a university approved by the Board; or

          (2) The intern pharmacist if the intern pharmacist has graduated from a college of pharmacy, a department of pharmacy of a university or a foreign school.

     6. If the intern pharmacist is enrolled in a college of pharmacy or a department of pharmacy of a university approved by the Board, the preceptor supervising the intern pharmacist shall provide written notice to the college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the university at which the intern pharmacist is enrolled if the preceptor or the pharmacy for which the preceptor works terminates the internship of the intern pharmacist. The notice must state with specificity the reasons for the termination of the internship.

     7. In addition to the notice provided pursuant to subsection 6, a preceptor supervising an intern pharmacist who is enrolled in a college of pharmacy or a department of pharmacy of a university approved by the Board shall provide written notice to the Board if the internship of the intern pharmacist is terminated because the intern pharmacist:

     (a) Was arrested for, charged with or convicted of a crime that was alleged to have been committed by the intern pharmacist while participating in his or her internship at the pharmacy;

     (b) Committed an act that, in the judgment of the preceptor, was a violation of one or more provisions of Nevada or federal law relating to the practice of pharmacy; or

     (c) Committed an act that, in the judgment of the preceptor, was a violation of one or more of the policies or procedures of the pharmacy at which the intern pharmacist was participating in his or her internship.

Ê The notice must state with specificity the reasons for the termination of the internship.

     8. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 9, the college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the university at which any intern pharmacist is enrolled shall provide the intern pharmacist with a form to evaluate the quality of his or her internship at a pharmacy upon completion of the internship at the pharmacy. If a representative of the college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the university discusses any of the comments made on the evaluation form with a preceptor who supervised the intern pharmacist or with any representative of the pharmacy at which the intern pharmacist was participating in his or her internship, the representative of the college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the university shall not attribute any of the comments made on the evaluation to the intern pharmacist.

     9. A college of pharmacy or a department of pharmacy of a university is not required to provide an intern pharmacist who participates in an internship after he or she has graduated from the college of pharmacy or the department of pharmacy of the university with a form to evaluate the quality of his or her internship at a pharmacy.

     10. As used in this section, “preceptor” means a registered pharmacist who:

     (a) Has accepted responsibility for the supervision and training of an intern pharmacist; and

     (b) Provides direct and immediate supervision to the intern pharmacist.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R019-03, eff. 10-21-2003; A by R115-08, 9-18-2008)