2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                       A SB544 R1 886

Amendment No. 886

 

Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 544  First Reprint                                                (BDR 40‑400)

Proposed by: Committee on Health and Human Services

Amendment Box: Replaces Amendment No. 781. Resolves conflicts with S.B. No. 52 and
S.B. No. 91.

Resolves Conflicts with: SB52, SB91

Amends:         Summary:               Title:               Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend sec. 5, page 3, by deleting lines 12 through 32 and inserting:

     “Sec. 5. NRS 639.0125 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     639.0125  “Practitioner” means:

     1.  A physician, dentist, veterinarian or podiatric physician who holds a valid license to practice his profession in this state;

     2.  A hospital, pharmacy or other institution licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer drugs in the course of professional practice or research in this state;

     3.  An advanced practitioner of nursing who has been authorized to prescribe poisons, dangerous drugs and devices; [or]

     4.  A physician assistant who:

     (a) Holds a license issued by the board of medical examiners; and

     (b) Is authorized by the board to possess, administer, prescribe or dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs or devices under the supervision of a physician as required by chapter 630 of NRS ;[.]

     5.  An osteopathicphysician’s assistant who:

     (a) Holds a certificate issued by the state board of osteopathic medicine; and

     (b) Is authorized by the board to possess, administer, prescribe or dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs or devices under the supervision of anosteopathic physician as required by chapter 633 of NRS [.] ; or

     6.  An optometrist who is certified by the Nevada state board of optometry to prescribe and administer therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to NRS 636.288, when he prescribes or administers therapeutic pharmaceutical agents within the scope of his certification.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 13 as sec. 15 and adding new sections designated sections 13 and 14, following sec. 12, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 13. Section 2 of Senate Bill No. 52 of this session is hereby amended to read as follows:

     Sec. 2.  NRS 639.0125 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     639.0125  “Practitioner” means:

     1.  A physician, dentist, veterinarian or podiatric physician who holds a [valid] license to practice his profession in this state;

     2.  A hospital, pharmacy or other institution licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer drugs in the course of professional practice or research in this state;

     3.  An advanced practitioner of nursing who has been authorized to prescribe controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices;

     4.  A physician assistant who:

     (a) Holds a license issued by the board of medical examiners; and

     (b) Is authorized by the board to possess, administer, prescribe or dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs or devices under the supervision of a physician as required by chapter 630 of NRS;

     5.  An osteopathicphysician’s assistant who:

     (a) Holds a certificate issued by the state board of osteopathic medicine; and

     (b) Is authorized by the board to possess, administer, prescribe or dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs or devices under the supervision of anosteopathic physician as required by chapter 633 of NRS; or

     6.  An optometrist who is certified by the Nevada state board of optometry to prescribe and administer therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to NRS 636.288, when he prescribes or administers therapeutic pharmaceutical agents within the scope of his certification.

     Sec. 14. Section 81 of Senate Bill No. 91 of this session is hereby repealed.”.

     Amend sec. 13, page 6, by deleting lines 45 and 46 and inserting:

     “3.  Sections 2, 3, 4, 6 to 10, inclusive, 13 and 14 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.

     4.  Section 5 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.”.

     Amend sec. 13, page 6, line 47, by deleting “4.” and inserting “5.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by adding the text of the repealed section, following sec. 13, to read as follows:

“

 

 

TEXT OF REPEALED SECTION

 

 

     Section 81 of Senate Bill No. 91 of this session:

     Sec. 81.  Section 2 of Senate Bill No. 52 of this session is hereby amended to read as follows:

     Sec. 2.  NRS 639.0125 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     639.0125  “Practitioner” means:

     1.  A physician, dentist, veterinarian or podiatric physician who holds a [valid] license to practice his profession in this state;

     2.  A hospital, pharmacy or other institution licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer drugs in the course of professional practice or research in this state;

     3.  An advanced practitioner of nursing who has been authorized to prescribe controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices; or

     4.  A physician assistant who:

     (a) Holds a license issued by the board of medical examiners; and

     (b) Is authorized by the board to possess, administer, prescribe or dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs or devices under the supervision of a physician as required by chapter 630 of NRS.

     5.  An osteopathic physician’s assistant who:

     (a) Holds a certificate issued by the state board of osteopathic medicine; and

     (b) Is authorized by the board to possess, administer, prescribe or dispense controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs or devices under the supervision of an osteopathic physician as required by chapter 633 of NRS.”.