1. The Board may issue a license by endorsement to engage in the practice of optometry to an applicant who meets the requirements set forth in this section. An applicant may submit to the Board an application for such a license if the applicant holds a corresponding valid and unrestricted license to engage in the practice of optometry in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States.
2. An applicant for a license by endorsement pursuant to this section must submit to the Board with his or her application:
(a) Proof satisfactory to the Board that the applicant:
(1) Satisfies the requirements of subsection 1;
(2) Has had no adverse actions reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank within the past 5 years;
(3) Has been continuously and actively engaged in the practice of optometry for the past 5 years;
(4) Has not been disciplined and is not currently under investigation by the corresponding regulatory authority of the District of Columbia or any state or territory in which the applicant currently holds or has held a license to engage in the practice of optometry; and
(5) Has not been held civilly or criminally liable for malpractice in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States;
(b) An affidavit stating that the information contained in the application and any accompanying material is true and correct; and
(c) Any other information required by the Board.
3. Not later than 15 business days after receiving an application for a license by endorsement to engage in the practice of optometry pursuant to this section, the Board shall provide written notice to the applicant of any additional information required by the Board to consider the application. Unless the Board denies the application for good cause, the Board shall approve the application and issue a license by endorsement to engage in the practice of optometry to the applicant not later than 45 days after receiving the application.
4. A license by endorsement to engage in the practice of optometry may be issued at a meeting of the Board or between its meetings by the President of the Board. Such an action shall be deemed to be an action of the Board.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3014; A 2019, 4287)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 636.010 - Legislative declaration.
NRS 636.016 - "Advertise" defined.
NRS 636.017 - "Board" defined.
NRS 636.018 - "Contact lens" defined.
NRS 636.019 - "Diagnostic pharmaceutical agents" defined.
NRS 636.021 - "Ophthalmic lens" defined.
NRS 636.0215 - "Pharmaceutical agent" defined.
NRS 636.022 - "Prescription" defined.
NRS 636.0225 - "Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach" defined.
NRS 636.023 - "Spectacle lens" defined.
NRS 636.025 - Acts constituting practice in optometry; unauthorized acts.
NRS 636.029 - Applicability of chapter: Certain sales not prohibited.
NRS 636.030 - Creation; membership.
NRS 636.035 - Qualifications of members.
NRS 636.070 - Terms of members.
NRS 636.085 - Executive Director: Duties.
NRS 636.090 - Employees; counsel.
NRS 636.095 - Regular and special meetings; quorum.
NRS 636.105 - Records, register and inventory.
NRS 636.120 - Roster of licensees: Preparation and availability.
NRS 636.125 - Policies and regulations.
NRS 636.130 - Power of Board to grant or refuse licenses and discipline licensees.
NRS 636.135 - Duty of Board to accredit or approve accreditation of schools of optometry.
NRS 636.150 - Requirements for applying for license.
NRS 636.155 - Proof of applicant’s qualifications.
NRS 636.180 - Examination: Character and design; preparation and administration.
NRS 636.185 - Scope of examination.
NRS 636.190 - Grade necessary to pass examination.
NRS 636.206 - Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance.
NRS 636.215 - Licenses: Execution and contents.
NRS 636.255 - Notice to licensee of deadline to renew license.
NRS 636.265 - Renewal card: Issuance, contents and display.
NRS 636.270 - Suspension of license for failure to comply with requirements for renewal.
NRS 636.285 - Penalty for failure to renew license.
NRS 636.287 - Requirements for certification: Regulations.
NRS 636.2882 - Conditions and limitations on prescribing controlled substances.
NRS 636.2893 - Requirements for issuance of certificate: Regulations.
NRS 636.2895 - Issuance of certificates.
NRS 636.2897 - Expedited certificate by endorsement.
NRS 636.290 - Authority of Board; authorized actions by Board.
NRS 636.296 - Inspection of premises by Board.
NRS 636.302 - Unethical or unprofessional conduct: Restrictions on advertising.
NRS 636.310 - Form and filing of complaint; referral of complaint; immunity from civil liability.
NRS 636.320 - Requirements for disciplinary hearing of formal charge.
NRS 636.342 - Confidentiality of certain records of Board; exceptions.
NRS 636.345 - Licensee authorized to practice.
NRS 636.355 - Unauthorized use of license or renewal card.
NRS 636.360 - Posting of license and renewal card.
NRS 636.365 - Issuance of duplicate license and renewal card.
NRS 636.372 - Leasing of office from unlicensed person; regulations.
NRS 636.375 - Service of process and transmission of other notices to licensees.
NRS 636.380 - Right to advertise.
NRS 636.382 - Authority of licensed optometrist to administer topical diagnostic ophthalmic agents.
NRS 636.387 - Requirements for prescriptions for and initial fitting of contact lenses.
NRS 636.405 - Duties of peace officers and district attorneys.
NRS 636.407 - Injunctive relief.