Nevada Board of Pharmacy Legislative Update as of October 2013

Legislative Update
In an effort to keep you all abreast of legislative activities that affect
the practice of pharmacy, please note the following.
Bills That Passed
♦ AB 39: National Precursor Log Exchange
◊ Requires a “real-time” stop-sale electronic system for methamphetamine precursors, replacing the old “logbook.”
♦ AB 155: Reporting of child abuse
◊ Requires all health care professionals to report child abuse if in
their professional opinion such activity is occurring.
◊ Youwillbe requiredto respondonyour renewal application
that you are aware of this new requirement.
♦ AB 170: Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs)
◊ Advanced Practice Nurses, now known as APRNs, who will be
“licensed” rather than “registered,” are allowed to practice and
prescribe without a collaborating physician.
♦ SB 220: Unlicensed practice of pharmacy
◊ Increases criminal penalties and authorizes cite and fine ability
♦ SB 327: Telemedicine, Electronic refill log
◊ Allows a telephonic or video “examination” (rather than just
“physical”) to prescribe; allows prescription refill recordsto be
kept electronically; allows a pharmacist, in his or her professional
judgment, to dispense up to a 90-day supply of any dangerous
drug with valid periodic refills(maintenance drugs only and no
controlled substances) without authorization by the prescriber.
♦ SB 410: Sale of hypodermic devices
◊ Allows the sale of hypodermic devices, not requiring a prescription by federal law, for any purpose.
♦ AB 362: Establishes the HIV/AIDS Drug Donation Program
♦ SB 453: EpiPen®
 in schools
◊ Allows schools to possess auto injectable epinephrine not pursuant to a prescription for a specific patient (student).
♦ SB 374: Provides for medical marijuana dispensaries to be regulated
by the Health Division of the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS)
♦ AB 95: Allows the patient to request the “substituted for brand
name” language to be left off the prescription label
Bills That Failed
♦ SB 75: Would have allowed patients who become addicted to
prescription drugs to bring a cause of action against the prescribing
practitioners and the drug companies

♦ SB 126: “Therapeutic equivalence” language once again failed
Medical Marijuana
SB 453, which was signed into law in June 2013, provides for the
establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries to be regulated by the
Health Division of HHS. It should be noted that the use, possession,
growing, and selling of marijuana is still against federal law. For your
patients who inquire, the contact information is Nevada State Health
Division, Attn:MedicalMarijuanaDivision,4150TechnologyWay,
Suite 104, Carson City, NV 89706 and 775/684-7594.

quoted from Nevada Board of Pharmacy October 2013 Newsletter