1.  Each pharmacy, except for an institutional pharmacy, shall, upon the request of a prescribing practitioner, a patient or an authorized representative of a patient, provide the information required by subsection 6 of NRS 639.2801 in English and any language in which the information is required to be provided pursuant to subsection 3.

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2.  Each pharmacy subject to the requirements of subsection 1 shall post in a conspicuous place:

(a) Notice of the rights of a patient to request information in a language other than English pursuant to subsection 1; and

(b) A list of every language in which such information is available.

3.  The Board shall adopt regulations prescribing every language in which a pharmacy is required to provide information required by NRS 639.2801. The languages in which a pharmacy is required to provide such information must be specified by the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to this section based on demographic trends and projections.

4.  The Board may adopt such other regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

5.  If a pharmacy enters into a contract with a third party for the translation of the information that the pharmacy is required to provide pursuant to this section, the pharmacy and any employee of the pharmacy are not liable in any civil action for any injury resulting from the translation by the third party which is not the result of negligence, recklessness or deliberate misconduct of the pharmacy or employee.