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NRS 636.2893 - Requirements for issuance of certificate: Regulations.

NV Rev Stat § 636.2893 (2019) (N/A)
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The Board shall adopt regulations that prescribe the requirements for the issuance of a certificate to treat persons diagnosed with glaucoma pursuant to NRS 636.2895. The requirements must include, without limitation:

1. A license to practice optometry in this State;

2. The successful completion of the “Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease Examination” administered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry or an equivalent examination approved by the Board;

3. Proof that each optometrist who applies for a certificate has treated at least 15 persons who were:

(a) Diagnosed with glaucoma by an ophthalmologist licensed in this State; and

(b) Treated by the optometrist, in consultation with that ophthalmologist, for at least 12 consecutive months; and

4. A certificate to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents issued pursuant to NRS 636.288.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 1914; A 2003, 511; 2019, 3647)

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