Requirements for certification: Adoption of regulations. The Board shall adopt regulations which prescribe the requirements for certification to administer and prescribe therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to NRS 636.288. The requirements must include:
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 on or after January 1, 1993, or an equivalent examination approved by the Board; and
3. The successful completion of not fewer than 40 hours of clinical training in administering and prescribing therapeutic pharmaceutical agents in a training program which is conducted by an ophthalmologist and approved by the Board.
Last modified: February 27, 2006