Verification record

How current is Nevada’s pharmacy staffing rule, and how does RxShift know?

Last verified 2026-10-19. Read from the issuing body's own text and recorded word for word; the weekly re-check on 2026-10-19 confirmed that every recorded passage is still there today.

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Passages captured from the issuing body

2,383 characters, word for word

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Official sources

leg.state.nv.us, bop.nv.gov

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Dated reads on file

captures taken 2026-10-05, 2026-10-15

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Automatic re-checks

newest 2026-10-19

The rule on file

NAC 639.250. One pharmacist may supervise up to 3 technicians, or 1 technician plus 2 technicians-in-training.

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The recorded passages

Recorded word for word on the read of 2026-10-15. Each week an automated re-check opens every official source named here and confirms each passage is still on the page as served; the mark on each passage is what the newest re-check (2026-10-19) found.

2 of 2 passages found 2026-10-19

  • chapter masthead

    Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-19
    [Rev. 6/26/2026 12:02:46 PM]

    28 characters, recorded as written.

  • NAC 639.250 in full with its history line, verbatim (whitespace normalised)

    Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-19
    NAC 639.250 Restrictions on supervision. ( NRS 639.070 , 639.0727 , 639.1371 ) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 639.258 : 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, in a hospital, a pharmacist who is dispensing prescriptions may not supervise more than a total of three pharmaceutical technicians at one time. A pharmacist who is supervising distributive functions may not supervise more than a total of two pharmaceutical technicians and one pharmaceutical technician in training while the trainee is performing technician functions in on-the-job training. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, in any pharmacy, other than a hospital pharmacy, telepharmacy, remote site, satellite consultation site or nondispensing pharmacy, a pharmacist may not supervise more than a total of three pharmaceutical technicians or one pharmaceutical technician and two pharmaceutical technicians in training at one time. 3. In any telepharmacy, remote site or satellite consultation site, a pharmacist may not supervise more than a total of three pharmaceutical technicians at one time. 4. In any nondispensing pharmacy, a pharmacist may not supervise more than a total of eight pharmaceutical technicians or six pharmaceutical technicians and two pharmaceutical technicians in training at one time. 5. A pharmacist may supervise more pharmaceutical technicians and pharmaceutical technicians in training at one time than are otherwise allowed pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 if: (a) Not more than three of the pharmaceutical technicians or pharmaceutical technicians in training are performing the duties of a pharmaceutical technician as set forth in NAC 639.245 ; and (b) The record kept by the pharmacy pursuant to NAC 639.245 identifies the pharmaceutical technicians and pharmaceutical technicians in training who are performing the duties of a pharmaceutical technician as set forth in NAC 639.245 . 6. As used in this section, “nondispensing pharmacy” means a pharmacy that is licensed pursuant to this chapter and chapter 639 of NRS that does not dispense, including, without limitation, drugs, controlled substances, poisons, medicines or chemicals. [Bd. of Pharmacy, § 639.215, eff. 6-26-80]—(NAC A 12-3-84; 2-18-88; 3-27-90; 11-15-93; 12-13-96; R016-99, 11-3-99; R037-07, 1-30-2008; R098-13, 3-28-2014; R002-19, 10-30-2019)

    2,339 characters, recorded as written.

2 of 2 passages found 2026-10-19

  • R072-25 row 1

    Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-19
    R072-25I

    8 characters, recorded as written.

  • R072-25 row 2

    Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-19
    R072-25P

    8 characters, recorded as written.

Named in the record as a source; no passage is recorded from it.

Every read and every re-check, newest first

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  • 2026-10-19

    Re-check: confirmed

    The weekly re-check found every recorded passage (4 of 4, 2,036 characters) still on the issuing body's page as served that day.

  • 2026-10-16

    Re-check: confirmed

    The weekly re-check found every recorded passage (4 of 4, 2,036 characters) still on the issuing body's page as served that day.

  • 2026-10-15

    Re-check: confirmed

    The weekly re-check found every recorded passage (4 of 4, 2,036 characters) still on the issuing body's page as served that day.

  • 2026-10-15

    Full read

    Read in full from the issuing body's own text and recorded word for word.

    Nevada's pharmacist-to-technician ratio is unchanged. Under NAC 639.250, re-read on October 15, 2026 from the Legislative Counsel Bureau's official Nevada Administrative Code, one pharmacist in a retail pharmacy may supervise up to 3 pharmacy technicians, or 1 technician plus 2 technicians in training, at one time. Proposed rule R072-25 remains unadopted: the Legislature's register lists only its initial and proposed drafts, and the Board's list of adopted regulations does not include it.

    Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log

  • 2026-10-05

    Full read

    Read in full from the issuing body's own text and recorded word for word.

    Nevada's pharmacist-to-technician ratio is unchanged. Under NAC 639.250, re-read on October 5, 2026 from the Legislative Counsel Bureau's official Nevada Administrative Code, one pharmacist in a retail pharmacy may supervise up to 3 pharmacy technicians, or 1 technician plus 2 technicians in training, at one time. Proposed rule R072-25 remains unadopted: the Board's own regulation log, updated September 30, 2026, still lists it as tabled since June 4, 2026.

    Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log

  • 2026-09-28

    Report

    A dated report on file for this state.

    Nevada's pharmacist-to-technician ratio is unchanged. Under NAC 639.250 one pharmacist may supervise up to 3 pharmacy technicians, or 1 technician plus 2 technicians in training, at one time. Proposed rule R072-25 remains unadopted and does not appear on the Board's October 14-15, 2026 agenda. That agenda does include a general review of all Board regulations under Governor's Executive Order 2026-003, with recommendations due to the Governor by December 31, 2026; no specific change to the technician ratio has been proposed through it.

    Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log

  • 2026-09-21

    Report

    A dated report on file for this state.

    Nevada's pharmacist-to-technician ratio is unchanged. Under NAC 639.250 one pharmacist may supervise up to 3 pharmacy technicians, or 1 technician plus 2 technicians in training, at one time. Proposed rule R072-25, which would raise the cap and add prescription-volume staffing minimums, remains unadopted: the Nevada Legislature's register of administrative regulations shows only a draft and a proposed version of it on file, with no adopted or approved regulation. It was tabled at the Board's June 4, 2026 hearing and has not returned to a Board agenda. The Board's next meeting is October 14-15, 2026.

    Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log

  • 2026-09-17

    Report

    A dated report on file for this state.

    Nevada does not cap how many hours a pharmacist or pharmacy technician may work, does not require time off between shifts, and does not limit consecutive days worked. It does require every pharmacy to keep a written record of which pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and technicians in training were on duty during business hours, readily retrievable and kept for two years, under NAC 639.245, and NAC 639.556 sets out how a meal or rest period is taken when only one pharmacist is on duty.

    Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log

  • 2026-09-14

    Report

    A dated report on file for this state.

    Nevada's pharmacist-to-technician ratio is unchanged. Under NAC 639.250 one pharmacist may supervise up to 3 pharmaceutical technicians, or 1 technician plus 2 technicians in training, at one time. Proposed rule R072-25, which would raise the cap and add prescription-volume staffing minimums, was tabled at the Board's June 4, 2026 hearing and has not been adopted. The Board's newly published minutes of its July 2026 meeting confirm the proposal was not taken up again in July, and it was not on the September agenda either. The Board's next scheduled meetings are October 14-15 and December 2-3, 2026.

    Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log

  • 2026-09-07

    Report

    A dated report on file for this state.

    Nevada's pharmacist-to-technician ratio is unchanged: under NAC 639.250 one pharmacist may supervise up to 3 pharmaceutical technicians, or 1 technician plus 2 technicians-in-training, at one time. Proposed rule R072-25, which would raise the cap to 4 technicians and add prescription-volume staffing minimums, was tabled at the Board's June 4, 2026 hearing, was not on the September 2-3, 2026 agenda, and has not been adopted or approved by the Legislative Commission. The Board's next scheduled meetings are October 14-15 and December 2-3, 2026.

    Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log

  • 2026-09-04

    Report

    A dated report on file for this state.

    In Nevada the pharmacist-to-technician limit in NAC 639.250 counts registered pharmaceutical technicians and technicians in training only, and a pharmacy intern is a separate registration under NRS 639.137, so an intern working under an intern certificate does not take up one of those three slots; the intern would only count if that same person is also registered as a pharmaceutical technician and is working in that role. Nevada sets no numeric limit on how many interns one pharmacist may supervise. Separately, effective July 1, 2026 the Board lowered the minimum age to register as a pharmaceutical technician in training from 18 to 16 and now accepts current enrollment in high school instead of a diploma (NAC 639.242, as amended by LCB File No. R010-26).

    Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log

  • 2026-09-03

    Report

    A dated report on file for this state.

    Nevada's pharmacist-to-technician ratio remains 1 pharmacist to 3 technicians (or 1 technician plus 2 technicians-in-training) under NAC 639.250. Proposed rule R072-25 -- which would raise the cap to 4 technicians and add volume-based staffing minimums -- was tabled by the Board in June and was not taken up at the Board's September 2026 meeting. It has not been adopted.

    Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log

  • 2026-09-01

    Report

    A dated report on file for this state.

    Nevada's pharmacist-to-technician ratio remains 1 pharmacist to 3 technicians (or 1 technician plus 2 technicians-in-training) under NAC 639.250. Proposed staffing rule R072-25 remains a proposal and has not been adopted.

    Confidence recorded: low. This entry on the updates log

What the re-check results mean

  • Confirmed: every recorded passage was still on the issuing body’s page as served that day.
  • Mismatch: at least one passage was not found. It is reported as it stands, a person looks, and the rows after it show what followed.
  • Not allowed: the issuing body’s site does not permit automated reading, so the rule rests on its dated read, by a person where the page can only be opened in a browser.
  • Nothing to match, no baseline: the record on file held no passage the re-check can match, or no report yet qualified as its baseline.
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