Nevada News: Label Expiration Dates

January 1, 2006 10:26 AM Topics: Prescription label

Reprinted from the January 2006 Nevada State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter.

The Board office is still fielding many calls regarding what is now required on a prescription label for an expiration date. There are now two choices: 1) the actual manufacturer’s expiration date that appears on the product from which the prescription is dispensed or 2) a date one year from the date of dispensing, if that date is within the actual manufacturer’s expiration date. Board staff recommends that the actual manufacturer’s expiration date be used on all prescriptions dispensed in an original container to alleviate patient confusion (ie, one date on the label and a different one on the package).