Nev. Rev. Stat. § 639.007

Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1

Section 639.007 - "Drug" and "medicine" defined

"Drug" and "medicine" mean:

1. Articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, the official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them;

2. Articles and devices intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in humans or other animals;

3. Articles, other than food, aspirin and effervescent saline analgesics, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals;

4. Articles intended for use as a component of any article specified in subsection 1, 2 or 3; and

5. Any controlled substance.

NRS 639.007

Added to NRS by 1967, 1651; A 1971, 2039; 1983, 1505; 1987, 1566