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NRS 639.2825 - Unlawful to sell, furnish or fit contact lens; exception.

NV Rev Stat § 639.2825 (2019) (N/A)
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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for the holder of a certificate of registration as a pharmacist, a certificate of registration as an intern pharmacist, a license or a permit granted pursuant to this chapter to sell, furnish or fit a contact lens.

2. A registered pharmacist may, pursuant to a prescription, sell or furnish a prepackaged contact lens that does not require any adjustment, modification or fitting, if:

(a) The prescription includes an expiration date and sets forth the number of refills that the person for whom the contact lens is prescribed may receive; and

(b) The contact lens is not sold or furnished with the intent that the initial use of the contact lens will occur after the expiration date of the prescription.

3. As used in this section, “contact lens” includes, without limitation, any cosmetic or therapeutic contact lens or any contact lens that is used to improve visual acuity.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 876; A 1997, 1259; 1999, 245)

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