639.2587 - Name of manufacturer, packer or distributor to be noted on prescription. - Nevada Statutes

639.2587  Name of manufacturer, packer or distributor to be noted on prescription.  If a generic drug is substituted for a drug prescribed by brand name, the pharmacist or practitioner:

      1.  Shall note the name of the manufacturer, packer or distributor of the drug actually dispensed on the prescription; and

      2.  Unless prohibited by the practitioner, may indicate the substitution by writing or typing on the label the words “substituted for” following the generic name and preceding the brand name of the drug.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 1348; A 1985, 885; 1989, 1122; 1991, 1953; 2007, 658)