Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 637 - Dispensing Opticians

NRS 637.010 - Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Dispensing Opticians Act...

NRS 637.020 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...

NRS 637.021 - "Board" defined. - "Board" means the Board of Dispensing Opticians. (Added to NRS...

NRS 637.0215 - "Dispensing optician" defined. - "Dispensing optician" means a person engaged in the practice of...

NRS 637.022 - "Ophthalmic dispensing" defined. - 1. "Ophthalmic dispensing" means the design, verification and delivery to...

NRS 637.023 - "Prescriber" defined. - "Prescriber" means a physician or optometrist authorized to examine eyes...

NRS 637.0235 - "Prescription" defined. - "Prescription" means a direction from a licensed prescriber to: 1....

NRS 637.024 - "Supervision" defined. - "Supervision" means the provision of individual direction, control, inspection and...

NRS 637.025 - Applicability of chapter. - The provisions of this chapter do not apply to: 1....

NRS 637.030 - Creation; number, appointment, qualifications and removal of members. - 1. The Board of Dispensing Opticians, consisting of five members...

NRS 637.040 - Election of officers; issuance of subpoenas; administration of oaths. - 1. The Board shall elect a President, Vice President, Secretary...

NRS 637.041 - Enforcement of subpoenas issued by Board. - 1. The district court in the county in which any...

NRS 637.045 - Salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees. - 1. Each member of the Board is entitled to receive:...

NRS 637.050 - Offices; meetings. - 1. The principal office of the Board is the place...

NRS 637.060 - Deposit and use of money received by Board; delegation of authority to take disciplinary action; deposit of fines imposed by Board; claims for attorney’s fees and costs of investigation. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, all money...

NRS 637.070 - Rules and regulations; seal; members may be empowered to conduct proceedings, hearings and investigations; employees and assistants. - 1. The Board may adopt such rules and regulations as...

NRS 637.073 - Regulations setting minimum standards for optical and ophthalmic devices. - 1. The Board shall adopt regulations setting forth minimum standards...

NRS 637.075 - Fiscal year. - The Board shall operate on the basis of a fiscal...

NRS 637.085 - Confidentiality of certain records of Board; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all applications...

NRS 637.090 - Active license required for practice of ophthalmic dispensing or management of business engaged in ophthalmic dispensing. - A person shall not engage in the practice of ophthalmic...

NRS 637.100 - Qualifications for examination and licensing as dispensing optician; regulations governing licensing of dispensing opticians and apprentice dispensing optician. - 1. To qualify for examination and licensing as a dispensing...

NRS 637.110 - Fees for application for license; requirements for, waiver of and passing score for examination of applicant for license as dispensing optician; prohibition on participation in preparing, conducting and grading examination. - 1. An application for the issuance of a license as...

NRS 637.113 - 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 637.115 - Board required to maintain public records concerning applicants. - The Board shall maintain records pertaining to applicants to whom...

NRS 637.120 - Issuance of license as dispensing optician; display of license; nontransferability; issuance of duplicate license. - 1. The Board shall issue a license as a dispensing...

NRS 637.121 - Limited license as dispensing optician; regulations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a limited...

NRS 637.123 - Apprentice dispensing optician: Expiration, renewal and reinstatement of license; fees; continuing education; limitations on renewal. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section: (a) The...

NRS 637.125 - Employment and supervision of dispensing opticians, apprentice dispensing opticians and other assistants; regulations. - 1. A person may not employ another person to perform...

NRS 637.127 - Special license as dispensing optician. - 1. The Board shall issue a special license as a...

NRS 637.135 - Dispensing optician: Continuing education. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, all licensed...

NRS 637.140 - Dispensing optician: Expiration, renewal and reinstatement of license; fees; inactive status; reactivation of inactive license. - 1. A license as a dispensing optician issued under the...

NRS 637.145 - Renewal: 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 637.150 - Grounds; authority of Board to refuse to grant license or take disciplinary action; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records. - 1. If the Board finds, by a preponderance of the...

NRS 637.153 - 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 637.154 - Investigation of licensee; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations to carry out investigations. - 1. To the extent that money is available for that...

NRS 637.155 - Hearing required after receipt of report of certain violations of Industrial Insurance Act. - If the Board receives a report pursuant to subsection 5...

NRS 637.170 - Reinstatement of revoked license; fee. - 1. Any licensee whose license was revoked by the Board...

NRS 637.175 - Expiration of prescriptions. - A prescription received by a dispensing optician shall be deemed...

NRS 637.181 - Investigation of unlicensed activity; issuance of order to cease and desist; administrative fine; retention of complaints. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS: 1. The...

NRS 637.183 - Administrative fine for violation of provisions governing employment and supervision of dispensing opticians, apprentice dispensing opticians and other assistants. - 1. The Board may impose an administrative fine against a...

NRS 637.185 - Injunctive relief. - Whenever any person has engaged in any act or practice...

NRS 637.200 - Unlawful acts. - The following acts constitute misdemeanors, unless a greater penalty is...