NACDS, the Retail Association of Nevada and our chain members applauded Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) for directing the Board of Pharmacy to permanently withdraw the proposed staffing rules from the June 4 hearing agenda. The Governor made this decision after reviewing an independent analysis commissioned by NACDS and conducted by Applied Analytics, a well-respected Nevada-based consulting group and the Governor’s pollster. The analysis revealed that complying with the proposed rules would require hiring an unprecedented number of pharmacists statewide—far beyond the available labor supply. Furthermore, it conservatively estimated that compliance could cost retail pharmacies an additional $39.3 million in wages, threatening the sustainability of pharmacy services given Nevada providers’ already narrow operating margins.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

Several years ago, the Board of Pharmacy conducted the Nevada Pharmacist Workplace and Patient Safety Survey. As a result, a proposed rule dictating staffing will be debated and possibly adopted at the June 4 Board meeting. The purpose of the proposed regulation is to set minimum staffing standards in certain chain pharmacies so that patient care and safety are prioritized in the process of meeting pharmacy workloads. Members are encouraged to submit their comments to the Nevada Board of Pharmacy at teambc@pharmacy.nv.gov before the meeting. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

The Board of Pharmacy’s next hybrid meeting is on June 3 and 4 in Las Vegas.

Also in Nevada, the Board of Pharmacy will hold a Public Hearing on June 4 to discuss the Proposed Rule regulating workforce, establishing certain requirements governing the staffing of certain pharmacies, including revising the number of pharmaceutical technicians or pharmaceutical technicians in training that a pharmacist is authorized to supervise, depending on the type of pharmacy in which the pharmacist is working.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

The Board of Pharmacy’s next hybrid meeting is on June 3 and 4 in Las Vegas. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

The Board of Pharmacy posted the agenda for a two-day meeting in Las Vegas on March 4 and 5.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

The Board of Pharmacy posted the agenda for the January 14-15 meeting in Las Vegas.

Also in Nevada, the legislature is not in session in 2026.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) convened a special session of the state Legislature on November 13 to address several key issues, including expanding healthcare access and workforce training.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

For the past several years, the Board of Pharmacy has been debating adopting rules to establish standards for licensees relating to staffing, supervision, duties of a pharmacy, duties of a pharmacist and requirements related to the timing of dispensing prescription drugs and devices in local retail pharmacies only. At the October Board workshop meeting, the Board decided to move forward to vote on workforce staffing regulations at the meeting on December 3-4 in Las Vegas.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

After three hours of discussion and debate at the September 4 workshop meeting over the latest draft regulation on pharmacy staffing, the board of pharmacy direct staff to redraft the language for a workshop meeting in Las Vegas on October 16. NACDS will continue to engage on this issue.  

Also in Nevada, NACDS submitted the state survey on the Rural Health Transformation Program funds. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.