NRS639.2813. False representation as practitioner or agent; penalties; unauthorized transmission of order for prescription by agent.

      1.  Except as provided in NRS 453.331 and 454.311, it is unlawful for any person falsely to represent himself or herself as a practitioner entitled to write prescriptions in this state, or the agent of such a person, for the purpose of transmitting to a pharmacist an order for a prescription. A person who violates the provisions of this subsection:

      (a) If no substantial bodily harm results, is guilty of a category D felony; or

      (b) If substantial bodily harm results, is guilty of a category C felony,

Ê and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

      2.  It is unlawful for the agent of a practitioner entitled to write prescriptions in this state willfully to transmit to a pharmacist an order for a prescription if the agent is not authorized by the practitioner to transmit such order.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 342; A 1979, 1697; 1981, 1968; 2013, 2239)