1. 'Prescription' means: (a) An order given individually for the person for whom prescribed, directly from a physician, physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, advanced practice registered nurse, certified registered nurse anesthetist, pharmacist registered pursuant to NRS 639.28079 or veterinarian, or his or her agent, to a pharmacist or indirectly by means of an order signed by the practitioner or an electronic transmission from the practitioner to a pharmacist; or (b) A chart order written for an inpatient specifying drugs which he or she is to take home upon his or her discharge. 2. The term does not include a chart order written for an inpatient for use while he or she is an inpatient. (Added to NRS by 1973, 579; A 1979, 1655; 1981, 1958; 1983, 1511; 1987, 1653; 1991, 1953; 1993, 2233; 1995, 1718; 1999, 1916; 2001, 409, 784, 795; 2007, 1863; 2013, 2083; 2023, 1448, 2357)
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