Nevada Code § 637.071

Regulations governing dispensing opticians and apprentice dispensing opticians: Requirements for issuance of licenses and program of apprenticeship for apprentice dispensing opticians; examination or certificate required for issuance of license as dispensing optician; procedures for licensing; period of validity and terms for renewal and reinstatement of license; inactivation and reactivation of license; requirements for approval of course or provider of course of continuing education
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The
Board may adopt regulations:
1. Establishing requirements for the
issuance of licenses and the program of apprenticeship for apprentice
dispensing opticians.
2. Prescribing or adopting any examination
or certificate required for the issuance of a license as a dispensing optician.
Any examination prescribed or adopted by the Board must, without limitation, be
designed to test an applicants knowledge of the theory and practice of
ophthalmic dispensing.
3. Prescribing the procedure for:
(a) Submitting an application for licensure and
any required documentation to the Board; and
(b) Approving or denying applications and issuing
licenses.
4. Prescribing the period for which a
license or limited license as a dispensing optician is valid and the terms for
the renewal and reinstatement of such a license, which may include, without
limitation, requirements for continuing education. Unless otherwise prescribed
by regulation pursuant to this subsection, a license or limited license as a
dispensing optician:
(a) Expires on January 31 each year;
(b) Is valid until its expiration date;
(c) Becomes delinquent if not renewed by January
31; and
(d) May be reinstated not more than 1 year after
the date on which it becomes delinquent.
5. Prescribing the period for which a
license as an apprentice dispensing optician is valid and the terms for the
renewal and reinstatement of such a license, which may limit the number of
times the license may be renewed and restrict the issuance of a new license if
the apprentice dispensing optician does not meet the requirements adopted
pursuant to subsection 1. Unless otherwise prescribed by regulation pursuant to
this subsection, a license as an apprentice dispensing optician:
(a) Expires on January 31 each year;
(b) Is valid until its expiration date;
(c) Becomes delinquent if not renewed by January
31; and
(d) May be reinstated not more than 30 days after
the date on which it becomes delinquent.
6. Prescribing requirements for the
placement of a license as a dispensing optician on inactive status and the
reactivation of such a license.
7. Prescribing requirements for the
approval of a course of continuing education or a provider of a course of
continuing education.

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