NAC637.200. Continuing education: Subjects; approval of and credit for courses; minimum hours.

     1. Subjects for continuing education in ophthalmic dispensing include:

     (a) Mechanical and geometric optics;

     (b) The measurement, fitting and adapting of eyeglasses, contact lenses and optical prosthetics;

     (c) Optical materials and their design and uses as visual aids;

     (d) The nature and properties of light and its refraction by lenses;

     (e) The anatomy and physiology of the eye and its appendages;

     (f) The principles of management relating to ophthalmic dispensing;

     (g) The principles of ophthalmic dispensing and the wearing of contact lenses related to ophthalmology and optometry;

     (h) Refractometry;

     (i) Anatomy, physiology and health of the eye;

     (j) Ethics in ophthalmic dispensing;

     (k) Ophthalmic products;

     (l) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training; and

     (m) The provisions of this chapter and chapter 637 of NRS.

     2. The Board will approve each course of continuing education and determine the number of credits to be given for each course. A sponsor of a course shall submit to the Board an outline of the course, and any other related materials that the Board may require, for approval of the course before the course is offered.

     3. A licensee is not entitled to receive credit for a course of continuing education unless the course is approved by the Board. A licensee may seek approval of a course before attending the course to receive credit towards his or her hours of continuing education by submitting to the Board an outline of the course and any other related materials that the Board may require.

     4. A licensee who attends the same educational lecture more than once every 3 years is entitled to count only his or her original attendance as credit toward the licensee’s hours of continuing education.

     5. A dispensing optician with a limited license may not receive more than a total of six credits each year towards his or her hours of continuing education for completion of self-study courses or courses offered over the Internet.

     6. A dispensing optician may not receive more than a total of seven credits each year towards his or her hours of continuing education for completion of self-study courses or courses offered over the Internet.

     7. A dispensing optician with a limited license shall complete at least 12 hours of continuing education each year. The dispensing optician with a limited license is entitled to receive credit for not more than 6 additional hours of continuing education completed during a year and may apply those hours of continuing education to the requirement for continuing education for the following year.

     8. A dispensing optician shall complete at least 14 hours of continuing education each year, including 7 hours of instruction related to the practice and theory of fitting contact lenses. The dispensing optician is entitled to receive credit for not more than 7 additional hours of continuing education completed during a year and may apply those hours of continuing education to the requirement for continuing education for the following year.

     [Bd. of Dispensing Opt., Nos. 20.3 & 20.4, eff. 10-6-78; No. 20.7, eff. 10-16-80]—(NAC A 11-14-97; R042-02, 8-29-2002; R108-04, 12-1-2004; R113-06, 6-28-2006)