Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 637 - Dispensing Opticians
Section 637.Sec. 5 - NEW
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 637.Sec. 5
Current through September 16, 2024
1. An apprentice dispensing optician who desires to obtain a license as a dispensing optician pursuant to NRS 637.100 must:
(a) Complete an educational program approved
by the Board which includes the following areas of instruction:
(1) Ocular anatomy, physiology and refractive
anomalies of the eye;
(2) Processes
of vision, especially the effect of light, lenses and prisms placed before the
eye;
(3) Theoretical
optics;
(4) Ophthalmic
vocabulary;
(5) Ophthalmic
prescription interpretation, eyeglass lens and contact lens identification,
fitting and adjustment of eyeglasses and use of instruments in the analysis of
eyeglass lenses and contact lenses in a practical examination; and
(6) All facets of ophthalmic dispensing
procedures.
(b) Receive
instruction and training under the direct supervision of a licensed dispensing
optician, ophthalmologist or optometrist in this State while employed at an
optical establishment. Such instruction and training must include experience at
the fitting table in preparing laboratory orders, verifying processed work from
the laboratory and the performance of other duties related to ophthalmic
dispensing consisting of:
(1) At least 2,000
hours of training and experience as an apprentice dispensing optician
completing a 2-year apprenticeship pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph
(c) of subsection 1 of
NRS
637.100; or
(2) At least 1,000 hours of training and
experience as an apprentice dispensing optician completing a 1-year
apprenticeship pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of
NRS
637.100.
(c) Complete at least 100 hours of training
and experience related to the fitting and filling of prescriptions for contacts
lenses, as evidenced in the form and manner prescribed by the Board and signed
by the licensed dispensing optician, ophthalmologist or optometrist in this
State who provided such training. A dispensing optician with a limited license
shall not provide any of the training required pursuant to this
paragraph.
(d) Perform the accurate
and correct neutralization of at least 100 pairs of prescription spectacles as
evidenced on a form prescribed by the Board and signed by the licensed
dispensing optician, ophthalmologist or optometrist in this State who provided
such training.
2. The Board will waive the requirements of paragraphs (b) and (d) of subsection 1 for an apprentice dispensing optician who holds a limited license as a dispensing optician pursuant to NRS 637.121.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Dispensing Opt. by R067-23A, eff. 12/15/2023
NRS 637.070, as amended by section 22 of Assembly Bill No. 415, chapter 223, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1391, section 8 of Assembly Bill No. 415, chapter 223, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1386
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