637.135  Dispensing optician: Continuing education.

1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, all licensed dispensing opticians must complete a yearly program of continuing education in ophthalmic dispensing.

2.  Licensed dispensing opticians on active military service are exempt from the requirement of this section.

3.  The program of continuing education in ophthalmic dispensing must:

(a) Encompass such subjects as are established by regulations of the Board.

(b) Consist of a minimum of 14 hours for a period of 12 months. Of these 14 hours, 7 hours must be related to contact lenses.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 549; A 1979, 1197; 1987, 606; 2003, 2015)