637.110 - Fees for application for license as dispensing optician and apprentice dispensing optician; requirements for examination; waiver of examination; passing score.

637.110  Fees for application for license as dispensing optician and apprentice dispensing optician; requirements for examination; waiver of examination; passing score.

      1.  An application for the issuance of a license as an apprentice dispensing optician must be accompanied by a fee of not more than $250 to cover the costs of the Board and the initial licensing.

      2.  An application for the issuance of a license as a dispensing optician must be accompanied by a fee of not more than $500 to cover the cost of the examination by the Board and the initial licensing.

      3.  The Board shall, if it approves an application for the issuance of a license as a dispensing optician, examine the applicant in ophthalmic dispensing, except that the Board may waive the examination of an applicant who is, at the time of application, licensed as a dispensing optician in another state.

      4.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 622.090, to pass the examination for the issuance of a license as a dispensing optician, an applicant must achieve a score of at least 70 percent.

      [Part 4:216:1951; R 1953, 554; new section added 1953, 554] + [Part 6:216:1951; A 1953, 554]—(NRS A 1975, 550; 1979, 1196; 1981, 1342; 1987, 604; 1989, 911; 1997, 2139; 2003, 2013, 2017; 2007, 2950)