Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB183: Revises provisions relating to optometry. (BDR 54-151)
Status: Chaptered, May 29, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to optometry; providing that a license to practice optometry issued by the Nevada State Board of Optometry is a revocable privilege; establishing procedures by which the Board may summarily suspend a license to practice optometry; specifying the substances which may be prescribed by an optometrist who holds a certificate to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents; increasing the number of members which constitute the Board; revising the requirements for the issuance of a license by endorsement…
From the enrolled text, May 26, 2025:
AN ACT relating to optometry; providing that a license to practice optometry issued by the Nevada State Board of Optometry is a revocable privilege; establishing procedures by which the Board may summarily suspend a license to practice optometry; specifying the substances which may be prescribed by an optometrist who holds a certificate to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents; increasing the number of members which constitute the Board; revising the requirements for the issuance of a license by endorsement; revising provisions governing the issuance of certain certificates by the Board; revising the circumstances under which certain optometrists are authorized to prescribe controlled substances; revising provisions relating to investigations conducted by the Board; clarifying that the practice of optometry includes optometric telemedicine; establishing certain circumstances under which a licensee is not required to report certain events to the Board; establishing certain provisions governing the temporary ownership of an optometry practice of a licensee who is permanently incapacitated; revising provisions governing the issuance of citations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law governs the practice of optometry, including, without limitation, the licensing of optometrists by the Nevada State Board of Optometry. (Chapter 636 of NRS) Section 2 of this bill provides that: (1) the purpose of licensing optometrists is to protect the public health and safety and general …
Sponsors
- Gregory Koenig (R, 38) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor. Chapter 111.
- : Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- : In Assembly. To enrollment.
- : Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- : Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- : Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- : Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- : Read second time.
- : From committee: Do pass.
- : In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
Votes
- Senate (1st Reprint) (May 23, 2025): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly (1st Reprint) (April 22, 2025): 42 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB183?
- AB183 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Revises provisions relating to optometry. (BDR 54-151).
- What does AB183 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to optometry; providing that a license to practice optometry issued by the Nevada State Board of Optometry is a revocable privilege; establishing procedures by which the Board may summarily suspend a license to practice optometry; specifying the substances which may be prescribed by an optometrist who holds a certificate to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents; increasing the number of members which constitute the Board; revising the requirements for the issuance of a license by endorsement…
- What is the status of AB183?
- Chaptered as of May 29, 2025. Latest action: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 111. (May 29, 2025).
- Who sponsored AB183?
- Gregory Koenig (R, 38).
- Where is the official record for AB183?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12153/Overview
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