Assembly Bill No. 119–Assemblyman Williams
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AN ACT relating to prescriptions; prohibiting a practitioner from specifying on the label or other device for a drug or medicine an expiration date that is earlier than the expiration date specified by the manufacturer of the drug or medicine; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 639.2801 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
639.2801 Unless specified to the contrary in writing on the
prescription by the prescribing practitioner, all prescriptions filled
by any practitioner must be dispensed in a container to which is
affixed a label or other device which clearly shows:
1. The date.
2. The name, address and prescription serial number of the
practitioner who filled the prescription.
3. The names of the prescribing practitioner and of the person
for whom prescribed.
4. The number of dosage units.
5. Specific directions for use given by the prescribing
practitioner.
6. The expiration date of the effectiveness of the drug or
medicine dispensed, if that information is required to be included on
the original label of the manufacturer of [that] the drug or medicine.
[If the] The practitioner shall not specify on the label or other
device for the drug or medicine an expiration date that is earlier
than the expiration date specified by the manufacturer [is not less
than 1 year from the date of dispensing, the practitioner may use 1
year from the date of dispensing as the expiration date.] on the
original label.
7. The proprietary or generic name of the drug or medicine as
written by the prescribing practitioner.
8. The strength of the drug or medicine.
The label must contain the warning:
Caution: Do not use with alcohol or nonprescribed drugs
without consulting the prescribing practitioner.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.
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