NAC639.740. Container for dispensing prescribed medicine.  


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  • Except for a hospital pharmacy for inpatients or in a facility for skilled nursing or a facility for extended care, all prescribed medicine must be dispensed in a container which is designed to prevent a child from opening it, if commercially available, unless the person to whom the medication is dispensed:

         1. Is at least 18 years of age;

         2. Specifically requests a container which is not so designed; and

         3. Signs a document verifying that he or she made such a request.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy, eff. 10-17-86)