{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-637.200","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 637.200","heading":"Unlawful acts.","body":"The following acts constitute misdemeanors, unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 200.830 or 200.840:\n1. The insertion of a false or misleading statement in any advertising in connection with the business of ophthalmic dispensing.\n2. 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.\n3. Furnishing or advertising the furnishing of the services of a refractionist, optometrist, physician or surgeon.\n4. Changing the prescription of a lens without an order from a person licensed to issue such a prescription.\n5. 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.\n6. 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.\n7. Failing to comply with a citation or order issued pursuant to this chapter after the citation or order is final.\n8. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 637.026, violating any provision of this chapter.","path":["TITLE 54 — PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 637 - DISPENSING OPTICIANS","PROHIBITED ACTS; PENALTIES; ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-637.html#NRS637Sec200","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:44Z","sha256":"e181457d5430e8274f0186e2d3e558dd27c0d03f6454c36be498a149d6a4a8af","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-637.185","next":"us-nv/nrs-637b.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}