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AN ACT relating to optometry; providing that a license to practice optometry issued by the Nevada State Board of Optometry is a revocable privilege; establishing procedures by which the Board may summarily suspend a license to practice optometry; specifying the substances which may be prescribed by an optometrist who holds a certificate to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents; increasing the number of members which constitute the Board; revising the requirements for the issuance of a license by endorsement; revising provisions governing the issuance of certain certificates by the Board; revising the circumstances under which certain optometrists are authorized to prescribe controlled substances; revising provisions relating to investigations conducted by the Board; clarifying that the practice of optometry includes optometric telemedicine; establishing certain circumstances under which a licensee is not required to report certain events to the Board; establishing certain provisions governing the temporary ownership of an optometry practice of a licensee who is permanently incapacitated; revising provisions governing the issuance of citations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to optometry; providing that a license to practice optometry issued by the Nevada State Board of Optometry is a revocable privilege; establishing procedures by which the Board may summarily suspend a license to practice optometry; specifying the substances which may be prescribed by an optometrist who holds a certificate to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents; increasing the number of members which constitute the Board; revising the requirements for the issuance of a license by endorsement; revising provisions governing the issuance of certain certificates by the Board; revising the circumstances under which certain optometrists are authorized to prescribe controlled substances; revising provisions relating to investigations conducted by the Board; clarifying that the practice of optometry includes optometric telemedicine; establishing certain circumstances under which a licensee is not required to report certain events to the Board; establishing certain provisions governing the temporary ownership of an optometry practice of a licensee who is permanently incapacitated; revising provisions governing the issuance of citations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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AN ACT relating to optometry; providing that a license to practice optometry issued by the Nevada State Board of Optomet
Existing law governs the practice of optometry, including, without limitation, the licensing of optometrists by the Nevada State Board of Optometry. (Chapter 636 of NRS) Section 2 of this bill provides that: (1) the purpose of licensing optometrists is to protect the public health and safety and general welfare of the people of this State; and (2) any license issued by the Board is a revocable privilege. Section 3 of this bill establishes procedures by which the Board may summarily suspend the license of a licensee to practice optometry under certain circumstances. Section 5 of this bill revises the definition of the term “pharmaceutical agent” for the purposes of provisions governing the practice of optometry to specify that the term includes any drug subject to certain provisions restricting the prescription of controlled substances or added to schedule III, schedule IV or schedule V by the State Board of Pharmacy by regulation. Section 6 of this bill increases the number of members of the Nevada State Board of Optometry from four members to five. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint to the Board: (1) three members who are licensed to practice optometry in this State and are actually engaged in that practice; and (2) one member who is a representative of the general public. (NRS 636.035) Section 7 of this bill increases the number of members who are licensees who the Governor must appoint from three members to four members. Existing law authorizes the Board to issu
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