Section 637.200 - Unlawful actsThe following acts constitute misdemeanors, unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 200.830 or 200.840:
1. The insertion of a false or misleading statement in any advertising in connection with the business of ophthalmic dispensing.2. Making use of any advertising statement of a character tending to indicate to the public the superiority of a particular system or type of eyesight examination or treatment.3. Furnishing or advertising the furnishing of the services of a refractionist, optometrist, physician or surgeon.4. Changing the prescription of a lens without an order from a person licensed to issue such a prescription.5. Filling a prescription in violation of the expiration date or, for a prescription for a contact lens, in violation of the number of refills specified by the prescription. A prescription shall be deemed to have an expiration date of 2 years after the date on which the prescription was issued, unless the practitioner who wrote the prescription includes on the prescription a different period.6. Holding oneself out to the public, either verbally or in writing, to be an optician, a dispensing optician or an apprentice dispensing optician without holding a valid and active license issued pursuant to this chapter.7. Failing to comply with a citation or order issued pursuant to this chapter after the citation or order is final.8. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 637.026, violating any provision of this chapter.[12:216:1951]-(NRS A 1967, 642; 1979, 1200; 1997, 1258; 2013, 1000; 2023, 1399, 2591)Amended by 2023, Ch. 426,§10, eff. 10/1/2023.Amended by 2023, Ch. 223,§32, eff. 10/1/2023.Amended by 2013, Ch. 230,§17, eff. 10/1/2013.[12:216:1951] - (NRS A 1967, 642; 1979, 1200; 1997, 1258)