Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 636 - Optometry
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Section 636.215 - Certificate of registration required to practice under assumed or fictitious name

1. An optometrist shall not own any portion of an optometry practice under an assumed or fictitious name, including, without limitation, a name stating that he or she is "doing business as" followed by another name, unless he or she has been issued a certificate of registration by the Board to practice optometry under the assumed or fictitious name at the office where the optometrist practices pursuant to NRS 636.350.

2. Before a licensee may own any portion of an optometry practice under an assumed or fictitious name, the licensee must submit a completed application for a certificate of registration of the assumed or fictitious name on a form provided by the Board. A separate application must be submitted for each location at which the assumed or fictitious name will be used. The application must:

3. The Board will not approve an application for a certificate of registration to own any portion of an optometry practice under an assumed or fictitious name which:

4. If a licensee practices under a fictitious or assumed name at a medical or surgical facility, the assumed or fictitious name must include the professional designation of the licensee.

5. Not later than 90 calendar days after any percentage of the ownership of an optometry practice for which a fictitious or assumed name is registered changes, the licensee to whom the fictitious or assumed name is registered must submit a new application for the registration of the assumed or fictitious name.

6. If a licensee uses or displays an assumed or fictitious name in any manner or medium before receiving a certificate of registration to practice optometry under an assumed or fictitious name from the Board, the optometrist: