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2025 Official Opinions Op. Nev. Att'y Gen. 1 (2025)

handle is hein.sag/sagnv0130 and id is 1 raw text is: AARON D. FORD Attorney General CRAIG A. NEWBY First Assistant Attorney General CHRISTINE JONES BRADY Second Assistant Attorney General STATE OF NEVADA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 100 North Carson Street Carson City, Nevada 89701 TERESA BENITEZ- THOMPSON Chief of Staff LESLIE NINO PIRO General Counsel HEIDI PARRY STERN Solicitor General March 26, 2025 OPINION NO. 2025-01 BOARD OF PHARMACY: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: DRUGS/DRUG ADDICTS: FOOD AND DRUG; HEALTH: HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS: HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE: LICENSES: MEDICINE: OSTEOPATHY: STATE BOARD OF HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL EXAMINERS: Nevada law, specifically NRS 453, 454 and 639 do allow a licensed homeopathic physician in Nevada to possess, administer, prescribe, and dispense controlled substances and dangerous drugs. However, the administration and prescription of said drugs and substances is strictly limited to only the drugs and substances used in accepted homeopathic medicine practice, and only in the very limited amounts permitted in accepted homeopathic practice. Helen Park, Pharm.D., President Nevada State Board of Pharmacy 985 Damonte Ranch, Pkwy #206 Reno, Nevada 89521 Dear President Park, Pursuant to NRS 228.150, you have requested an opinion from this office regarding Nevada's pharmacy and controlled substance statutes, including Ne- vada Revised Statutes (NRS) 453, 454 and 639. Specifically, you have asked whether a licensed homeopathic physician, who is not otherwise licensed as an allopathic or osteopathic physician in Nevada, may possess, administer, pre- scribe, and dispense controlled substances and dangerous drugs under Nevada law. This letter addresses that question. 1