NRS630.374. Physician authorized to issue order for public or private school to obtain and maintain auto-injectable epinephrine at school; definitions.

      1.  A physician may issue to a public or private school an order to allow the school to obtain and maintain auto-injectable epinephrine at the school, regardless of whether any person at the school has been diagnosed with a condition which may cause the person to require such medication for the treatment of anaphylaxis.

      2.  An order issued pursuant to subsection 1 must contain:

      (a) The name and signature of the physician and the address of the physician if not immediately available to the pharmacist;

      (b) The classification of his or her license;

      (c) The name of the public or private school to which the order is issued;

      (d) The name, strength and quantity of the drug authorized to be obtained and maintained by the order; and

      (e) The date of issue.

      3.  A physician is not subject to disciplinary action solely for issuing a valid order pursuant to subsection 1 to an entity other than a natural person and without knowledge of a specific natural person who requires the medication.

      4.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Private school” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 394.103.

      (b) “Public school” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 385.007.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 1226)