NAC639.458. “Prescription” defined.  


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  •      1. “Prescription” means:

         (a) An order given individually for the person for whom a drug is prescribed, directly from a practitioner, or his or her agent, to a pharmacist or indirectly by means of an order signed by the practitioner.

         (b) A chart order written for an inpatient specifying drugs that the inpatient is to take home upon his or her discharge.

         2. The term does not include a chart order written for an inpatient for use while he or she is an inpatient.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy, eff. 3-27-90)