639.2396 - Specific authorization.

639.2396  Specific authorization.  A prescription which bears specific authorization to refill, given by the prescribing practitioner at the time he or she issued the original prescription, or a prescription which bears authorization permitting the pharmacist to refill the prescription as needed by the patient, may be refilled for the number of times authorized or for the period authorized if it was refilled in accordance with the number of doses ordered and the directions for use.

      (Added to NRS by 1995, 289)

      NRS 639.2397  Rescission of authorization.  Any authorization to refill a prescription issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 639.2393 to 639.2397, inclusive, may be rescinded at any time after that authorization is given, by the original practitioner or by another practitioner acting in his or her behalf or by another practitioner who is caring for the patient for whom the original prescription was issued, by notifying the pharmacy in which the prescription was filled orally or in writing.

      (Added to NRS by 1995, 289)