NRS636.022. “Prescription” defined.

  “Prescription” means:

      1.  An order given individually for the person for whom prescribed, directly from a licensed optometrist who is certified to prescribe and administer therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to NRS 636.288, or his or her agent, to a pharmacist or indirectly by means of an order signed by the licensed optometrist or an electronic transmission from the licensed optometrist to a pharmacist; or

      2.  A written direction from a licensed optometrist to:

      (a) Prepare an ophthalmic lens for a patient; or

      (b) Dispense a prepackaged contact lens that does not require any adjustment, modification or fitting.

      (Added to NRS by 1993, 2864; A 1997, 1257; 1999, 1914)