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.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 637.071
in effectThe 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.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-637.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026