Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 636 - Optometry

NRS 636.0225 - "Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach" defined. - "Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach" means an...

NRS 636.023 - "Spectacle lens" defined. - "Spectacle lens" means an ophthalmic lens with refractive properties prescribed...

NRS 636.025 - Acts constituting practice in optometry; unauthorized acts. - 1. The acts set forth in this section, or any...

NRS 636.027 - Applicability of chapter: Applicability to persons licensed to or engaged in practice of optometry; inapplicability to licensed physicians and surgeons. - This chapter: 1. Applies to any person who is licensed...

NRS 636.028 - Applicability of chapter: Inapplicability to certain students; applicability to clinicians or instructors engaged in practice of optometry. - 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person is...

NRS 636.029 - Applicability of chapter: Certain sales not prohibited. - The provisions of this chapter shall not prohibit: 1. The...

NRS 636.030 - Creation; membership. - The Nevada State Board of Optometry, consisting of four members...

NRS 636.035 - Qualifications of members. - 1. The Governor shall appoint: (a) Three members who are...

NRS 636.070 - Terms of members. - Unless his or her membership has become vacant prior to...

NRS 636.075 - Salary of members; per diem allowances and travel expenses of members and employees; payment of compensation and expenses of members and employees. - 1. Each member of the Board is entitled to receive:...

NRS 636.080 - Election and term of President; appointment and compensation of Executive Director; vacancy in position of Executive Director. - 1. At the first meeting of the Board held each...

NRS 636.085 - Executive Director: Duties. - The Executive Director shall receive, maintain and disburse money on...

NRS 636.090 - Employees; counsel. - 1. The Board may employ: (a) Agents and inspectors to...

NRS 636.095 - Regular and special meetings; quorum. - 1. The Board shall hold a regular meeting at least...

NRS 636.100 - Offices; seal. - The Board may: 1. Establish and maintain offices in as...

NRS 636.103 - Fiscal year. - The Board shall operate on the basis of a fiscal...

NRS 636.105 - Records, register and inventory. - 1. The Executive Director shall make and keep: (a) A...

NRS 636.107 - Certain records relating to complaint or investigation deemed confidential; certain records relating to disciplinary action deemed public records. - [Replaced in revision by NRS 636.342.]

NRS 636.110 - Deposit of money received by Board; delegation of authority to take disciplinary action; deposit of fines; claims for attorney’s fees and costs of investigation. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, all money...

NRS 636.120 - Roster of licensees: Preparation and availability. - The Board shall periodically prepare and make available to all...

NRS 636.125 - Policies and regulations. - The Board may adopt policies and regulations necessary to carry...

NRS 636.130 - Power of Board to grant or refuse licenses and discipline licensees. - The Board may grant or refuse licenses after examination and...

NRS 636.135 - Duty of Board to accredit or approve accreditation of schools of optometry. - The Board shall accredit schools, or approve the accreditation of...

NRS 636.141 - Subpoenas. - 1. The Board shall have power to issue subpoenas to...

NRS 636.143 - Fees. - At least once every 2 years, the Board shall review...

NRS 636.145 - Unlawful practice of optometry; investigation and hearing; penalties; reporting requirements of Board. - 1. A person shall not engage in the practice of...

NRS 636.150 - Requirements for applying for license. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 636.206 and 636.207, any...

NRS 636.155 - Proof of applicant’s qualifications. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 636.206 and 636.207, an...

NRS 636.159 - Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of license; duty of Board. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish proced... - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...

NRS 636.170 - Examination: Prohibition on participation of member of Board who represents general public in preparing, conducting or grading examination. - The member of the Board who is a representative of...

NRS 636.180 - Examination: Character and design; preparation and administration. - An examination must: 1. Be practical in character and design...

NRS 636.185 - Scope of examination. - 1. An examination, other than one conducted solely for reexamination...

NRS 636.190 - Grade necessary to pass examination. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 622.090, a grade of...

NRS 636.206 - Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance. - 1. The Board may issue a license by endorsement to...

NRS 636.207 - Expedited license by endorsement for active member of Armed Forces, member’s spouse, veteran or veteran’s surviving spouse: Requirements; procedure for issuance; provisional license pending action on application. - 1. The Board may issue a license by endorsement to...

NRS 636.215 - Licenses: Execution and contents. - The Board shall execute a license for each person who...

NRS 636.227 - Licensing by Board; application for license; notice to Board of changes regarding facility; regulations. - 1. The Board may grant a license to an accredited...

NRS 636.250 - Requirement. - A license issued under this chapter or any former law...

NRS 636.255 - Notice to licensee of deadline to renew license. - The Executive Director shall provide a notice of the deadline...

NRS 636.260 - Payment of renewal fee; requirements for continuing education; waiver; presentment of evidence of completion of educational or postgraduate program by licensee certified to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents. - 1. Before March 1 of each even-numbered year, each licensee...

NRS 636.262 - Authority of Board to make data request concerning demographic and practice information available to applicants for voluntary completion and electronic submission; confidentiality of information provided. - 1. The Board may: (a) Make the data request developed...

NRS 636.265 - Renewal card: Issuance, contents and display. - Upon payment of the renewal fee, submission of evidence of...

NRS 636.270 - Suspension of license for failure to comply with requirements for renewal. - If a licensee fails to comply with the provisions of...

NRS 636.275 - Restoration or expiration of license suspended for failure to comply with requirements for renewal. - 1. A license which has been suspended for failure of...

NRS 636.285 - Penalty for failure to renew license. - The Board shall establish a penalty for failure to renew...

NRS 636.286 - Administration or prescription of certain pharmaceutical agents prohibited without certificate. - An optometrist shall not administer or prescribe a pharmaceutical agent...

NRS 636.287 - Requirements for certification: Regulations. - The Board shall adopt regulations which prescribe the requirements for...

NRS 636.288 - Issuance of certificates; Board required to provide list of certified optometrists to State Board of Pharmacy. - The Board shall provide to: 1. Each optometrist who has...

NRS 636.2881 - Training required for certain optometrists relating to persons with substance use and other addictive disorders and prescribing of opioids; regulations. - The Board shall, by regulation, require each optometrist who is...

NRS 636.2882 - Conditions and limitations on prescribing controlled substances. - An optometrist who is certified to administer and prescribe a...

NRS 636.2891 - Treatment of glaucoma prohibited without certificate or certification by endorsement; duty to refer certain patients with glaucoma to ophthalmologist. - 1. An optometrist shall not treat a person diagnosed with...

NRS 636.2893 - Requirements for issuance of certificate: Regulations. - The Board shall adopt regulations that prescribe the requirements for...

NRS 636.2895 - Issuance of certificates. - The Board shall issue a certificate to treat persons diagnosed...

NRS 636.2897 - Expedited certificate by endorsement. - 1. The Board may issue a certificate by endorsement to...

NRS 636.2899 - Eligibility; application; issuance; renewal; authorized equipment and services; regulations. - 1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary,...

NRS 636.290 - Authority of Board; authorized actions by Board. - 1. Any person licensed pursuant to the provisions of this...

NRS 636.295 - Grounds. - The following acts, conduct, omissions, or mental or physical conditions,...

NRS 636.296 - Inspection of premises by Board. - A member or any agent of the Board may enter...

NRS 636.300 - Unethical or unprofessional conduct: Improper association or use of prescription blanks. - The following acts, among others, constitute unethical or unprofessional conduct:...

NRS 636.301 - Unethical or unprofessional conduct: Division of fees or certain understandings or arrangements; exceptions. - The following acts, among others, constitute unethical or unprofessional conduct:...

NRS 636.302 - Unethical or unprofessional conduct: Restrictions on advertising. - The following acts, among others, constitute unethical or unprofessional conduct:...

NRS 636.303 - Unethical or unprofessional conduct: Use of pharmaceutical agent for treatment; repeated malpractice. - The following acts, among others, constitute unethical or unprofessional conduct:...

NRS 636.304 - Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until 2 years after the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each stat... - 1. If the Board receives a copy of a court...

NRS 636.305 - Complaint against licensee: Persons authorized to make complaint; review; investigation; retention. - 1. A complaint may be made against a licensee by:...

NRS 636.310 - Form and filing of complaint; referral of complaint; immunity from civil liability. - 1. A complaint: (a) Must be made in writing and...

NRS 636.320 - Requirements for disciplinary hearing of formal charge. - Any disciplinary hearing of a formal charge relating to an...

NRS 636.325 - Authorized disciplinary action; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records. - 1. If the Board finds by a preponderance of the...

NRS 636.337 - Disciplinary action by hearing officer or panel: Procedural requirements; powers and duties of officer or panel; decision relating to imposition of administrative fine or penalty is final decision in contested case. - 1. Any disciplinary action taken by a hearing officer or...

NRS 636.338 - Review and investigation of complaint relating to prescriptions for certain controlled substances; notice to licensee; formal complaint and hearing; referral or postponement of investigation; regulations; explanation or technical adviso... - 1. The Executive Director of the Board or his or...

NRS 636.339 - Summary suspension of licensee’s authority to prescribe, administer or dispense controlled substances; issuance of order; formal hearing and decision. - 1. If the Board determines from an investigation of a...

NRS 636.340 - Restoration of revoked or suspended license. [Effective until 2 years after the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professi... - Unless a license is suspended pursuant to NRS 425.540, on...

NRS 636.342 - Confidentiality of certain records of Board; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...

NRS 636.345 - Licensee authorized to practice. - A licensee shall be authorized and entitled to practice optometry...

NRS 636.346 - Supervision of authorized activities of assistants; conduct of final eye examination of patient. - 1. In any setting where optometry is practiced, an assistant...

NRS 636.347 - Permit required for professional association with health maintenance organization; regulations. - 1. No licensee may be employed by or contract with...

NRS 636.350 - Certificate of registration to own optometry practice under assumed or fictitious name: Requirement; application; duties; regulations. - 1. An optometrist shall not own all or any portion...

NRS 636.355 - Unauthorized use of license or renewal card. - A licensee shall not lend, sell, or otherwise permit the...

NRS 636.360 - Posting of license and renewal card. - Each holder of an optometry license, or an optometry license...

NRS 636.365 - Issuance of duplicate license and renewal card. - The Board or the Executive Director may issue a duplicate...

NRS 636.370 - Notice to Board of initial or change of location of practice or establishment of additional location. - 1. A person who has been issued an initial license...

NRS 636.372 - Leasing of office from unlicensed person; regulations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, an optometrist...

NRS 636.373 - Associations or other business relationships with physicians; prohibition on supervision or control or influence over professional judgment of optometrist unless licensed to practice optometry. - 1. An optometrist may form an association or other business...

NRS 636.374 - Collaboration with ophthalmologist: Records; fixed fee; patient referrals; required documents. - An optometrist may, based upon the individual needs of a...

NRS 636.375 - Service of process and transmission of other notices to licensees. - 1. Service of process made under this chapter must be...

NRS 636.380 - Right to advertise. - A licensee shall be entitled fairly, ethically and truthfully to...

NRS 636.382 - Authority of licensed optometrist to administer topical diagnostic ophthalmic agents. - Any licensed optometrist may administer topical diagnostic ophthalmic agents. (Added...

NRS 636.387 - Requirements for prescriptions for and initial fitting of contact lenses. - 1. The form for any prescription which is for a...

NRS 636.405 - Duties of peace officers and district attorneys. - 1. Constables, police officers and sheriffs shall report violations of...

NRS 636.407 - Injunctive relief. - The Board may cause appropriate legal action to be taken...

NRS 636.410 - Criminal penalties. - A violation of this chapter shall constitute a gross misdemeanor...

NRS 636.420 - Administrative fines. - After providing notice and a hearing pursuant to chapter 622A...

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Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 636 - Optometry

Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 636 - Optometry