NRS636.350. Certificate of registration required to practice under assumed or fictitious name; regulations.

      1.  An optometrist shall not practice optometry under an assumed or fictitious name unless the optometrist has been issued a certificate of registration by the Board to practice optometry under an assumed or fictitious name.

      2.  An optometrist who applies for a certificate of registration to practice optometry under an assumed or fictitious name must submit to the Board an application on a form provided by the Board.

      3.  Each optometrist who is issued a certificate of registration pursuant to this section shall:

      (a) Comply with the provisions of chapter 602 of NRS; and

      (b) Display or cause to be displayed near the entrance of his or her business the full name of the optometrist and the words or letters that designate him or her as an optometrist.

      4.  The Board shall adopt regulations that prescribe the requirements for the issuance of a certificate of registration to practice optometry under an assumed or fictitious name.

      5.  As used in this section, “assumed or fictitious name” means a name that is not the real name of each person who owns an interest in a business.

      [82:208:1955]—(NRS A 1999, 1915)