1. “Ophthalmic dispensing” means the design, verification and delivery to the intended wearer of lenses, frames and other specially fabricated optical devices upon prescription.
2. The term includes:
(a) The taking of measurements to determine the size, shape and specifications of the lenses, frames or contact lenses;
(b) The preparation and delivery of work orders to laboratory technicians engaged in grinding lenses and fabricating eyewear;
(c) The verification of the quality of finished ophthalmic products;
(d) The adjustment of lenses or frames to the intended wearer’s face or eyes;
(e) The adjustment, replacement, repair and reproduction of previously prepared ophthalmic lenses, frames or other specially fabricated ophthalmic devices; and
(f) The fitting of contact lenses and the dispensing of prepackaged contact lenses pursuant to a written prescription, when done by a dispensing optician or apprentice dispensing optician who is authorized to do so pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
3. The term does not include any act for which a license is required pursuant to chapter 630 or 636 of NRS, and the provisions of this chapter do not authorize a dispensing optician or apprentice dispensing optician to perform any such act.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 601; A 2003, 2011)
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