NAC639.517. Nurse employed by medical facility or agency to provide nursing in the home may maintain stock of certain drugs.

     1. A registered nurse employed by a medical facility or an agency to provide nursing in the home may, at the direction of the medical director of the facility or agency, maintain a stock of the following drugs for the emergency treatment of patients:

     (a) Diphenhydramine;

     (b) Epinephrine;

     (c) Heparin;

     (d) Normal saline;

     (e) Thrombolytics; and

     (f) Water for injection.

     2. As used in this section:

     (a) “Agency to provide nursing in the home” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0015.

     (b) “Medical facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0151.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R015-99, eff. 11-3-99)