NRS639.23507. Patient utilization report required before writing prescription for controlled substance.

  A practitioner shall, before writing a prescription for a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III or IV for a patient, obtain a patient utilization report regarding the patient for the preceding 12 months from the computerized program established by the Board and the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety pursuant to NRS 453.1545 if the practitioner has a reasonable belief that the patient may be seeking the controlled substance, in whole or in part, for any reason other than the treatment of an existing medical condition and:

      1.  The patient is a new patient of the practitioner; or

      2.  The patient has not received any prescription for a controlled substance from the practitioner in the preceding 12 months.

Ê The practitioner shall review the patient utilization report to assess whether the prescription for the controlled substance is medically necessary.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 735)