Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 636 – Optometry | Midpage636.010Legislative declaration636.015Definitions636.016“Advertise” defined636.0165“Asynchronous optometric telemedicine” defined636.017“Board” defined636.0175“Comprehensive examination” defined636.018“Contact lens” defined636.019“Diagnostic pharmaceutical agents” defined636.0195“Distant site” defined636.0199“Health care services” defined636.0203“Licensee” defined636.0207“Non-comprehensive examination” defined636.021“Ophthalmic lens” defined636.0211“Optometric telemedicine” defined636.0212“Optometry practice” and “optometric practice” defined636.0213“Originating site” defined636.0215“Pharmaceutical agent” defined636.022“Prescription” defined636.0223“Remote patient monitoring” defined636.0225“Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach” defined636.023“Spectacle lens” defined636.0235“Synchronous optometric telemedicine” defined636.0237Purpose of licensing; license is revocable privilege636.025Acts constituting practice in optometry; unauthorized acts636.027Applicability of chapter: Applicability to persons licensed to or engaged in practice of optometry; inapplicability to licensed physicians and surgeons and persons permitted to practice other healing arts636.028Applicability of chapter: Inapplicability to certain students; applicability to clinicians or instructors engaged in practice of optometry636.0285Applicability of chapter: Inapplicability to certain graduate students participating in an externship or certain persons engaged in residency program; inapplicability to rendering of emergency care at clinic in certain circumstances636.029Applicability of chapter: Certain sales not prohibited636.030Creation; membership636.035Qualifications of members636.070Terms of members636.075Salary of members; per diem allowances and travel expenses of members and employees; payment of compensation and expenses of members and employees636.080Election and term of President; appointment and compensation of Executive Director; vacancy in position of Executive Director636.085Executive Director: Duties636.090Employees; counsel636.095Regular and special meetings; quorum636.100Offices; seal636.103Fiscal year636.105Records, register and inventory636.110Deposit of money received by Board; delegation of authority to take disciplinary action; deposit of fines; claims for attorney’s fees and costs of investigation636.120Roster of licensees: Preparation and availability636.125Policies and regulations636.130Power of Board to grant or refuse licenses and discipline licensees636.135Duty of Board to accredit or approve accreditation of schools of optometry636.141Subpoenas636.143Fees636.145Unlawful practice of optometry; exceptions; investigation and hearing; penalties; reporting requirements of Board636.150Requirements for applying for license636.155Proof of applicant’s qualifications636.159Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of license; duty of Board636.159Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of license; duty of Board636.170Examination: Prohibition on participation of member of Board who represents general public in preparing, conducting or grading examination636.180Examination: Character and design; preparation and administration636.185Scope of examination636.190Grade necessary to pass examination636.206Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance636.207Expedited 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 application636.215Licenses: Execution and contents636.227Licensing by Board; application for license; notice to Board of changes regarding facility; regulations636.250Requirement636.255Notice to licensee of deadline to renew license636.260Payment 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 agents636.262Authority of Board to make data request concerning demographic and practice information available to applicants for voluntary completion and electronic submission; confidentiality of information provided636.265Renewal card: Issuance, contents and display636.270Suspension of license for failure to comply with requirements for renewal636.275Restoration or expiration of license suspended for failure to comply with requirements for renewal636.285Penalty for failure to renew license636.286Administration or prescription of certain pharmaceutical agents prohibited without certificate636.287Requirements for certification: Regulations636.288Issuance of certificates; Board required to provide list of certified optometrists to State Board of Pharmacy636.2881Training required for certain optometrists relating to persons with substance use and other addictive disorders and prescribing of opioids; regulations636.2882Conditions and limitations on prescribing controlled substances636.2891Treatment of glaucoma prohibited without certificate or certification by endorsement; duty to refer certain patients with glaucoma to ophthalmologist636.2893Requirements for issuance of certificate: Regulations636.2895Issuance of certificates636.2897Expedited certificate by endorsement636.2899Eligibility; application; issuance; renewal; authorized equipment and services; regulations636.290Authority of Board; authorized actions by Board636.295Grounds636.296Inspection of premises by Board636.300Unethical or unprofessional conduct: Improper association or use of prescription blanks636.301Unethical or unprofessional conduct: Division of fees or certain understandings or arrangements; exceptions636.302Unethical or unprofessional conduct: Restrictions on advertising636.303Unethical or unprofessional conduct: Use of pharmaceutical agent for treatment; repeated malpractice636.304Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license636.305Complaint against licensee: Persons authorized to make complaint; review; investigation; retention636.310Form and filing of complaint; referral of complaint; immunity from civil liability636.320Requirements for disciplinary hearing of formal charge636.325Authorized disciplinary action; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records636.337Disciplinary 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 case636.338Review 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 advisory bulletin for optometrist certified to prescribe and administer pharmaceutical agents relating to relevant law636.339Summary suspension of licensee’s authority to prescribe, administer or dispense controlled substances; issuance of order; formal hearing and decision636.3395Summary suspension of license: Issuance of order; hearing; reinstatement of license required if no formal complaint pending on date of hearing636.340Restoration of revoked or suspended license636.340Restoration of revoked or suspended license636.342Confidentiality of certain records of Board; exceptions636.345Licensee authorized to practice636.346Supervision of authorized activities of assistants; conduct of final eye examination of patient636.347Permit required for professional association with health maintenance organization; regulations636.350Certificate of registration to own optometry practice under assumed or fictitious name: Requirements; application; duties; regulations636.355Unauthorized use of license or renewal card636.360Posting of license and renewal card636.365Issuance of duplicate license and renewal card636.369Duty of licensee to notify Board of change of mailing address, telephone number or electronic mail address636.370Notice to Board of initial or change of location of practice or establishment of additional location636.371Duty of licensee to notify Board of disciplinary action taken by other jurisdiction636.372Leasing of office from unlicensed person; regulations636.373Associations or other business relationships with physicians; prohibition on supervision or control or influence over professional judgment of optometrist unless licensed to practice optometry636.374Collaboration with ophthalmologist: Records; fixed fee; patient referrals; required documents636.375Service of process and transmission of other notices to licensees636.380Right to advertise636.382Authority of licensed optometrist to administer topical diagnostic ophthalmic agents636.387Requirements for prescriptions for and initial fitting of contact lenses636.394Requirements; authorized activities; prohibitions636.398Ownership of optometry practice without license by family member, guardian or guardian ad litem for limited period after death or permanent incapacitation of sole owner; requirement to dissolve or transfer ownership of optometry practice636.403Unlawful for licensee to issue, offer to issue, duplicate or extend prescription for ophthalmic lens without performance of or access to results of comprehensive examination636.405Duties of peace officers and district attorneys636.407Injunctive relief636.410Criminal penalties636.420Administrative fines; citations