NRS637.030. Creation; number, appointment, qualifications and removal of members; representative of general public not to participate in examination.

      1.  The Board of Dispensing Opticians, consisting of five members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created.

      2.  The Governor shall appoint:

      (a) Four members who have actively engaged in the practice of ophthalmic dispensing for not less than 3 years in the State of Nevada immediately preceding the appointment.

      (b) One member who is a representative of the general public. This member must not be:

             (1) A dispensing optician; or

             (2) The spouse or the parent or child, by blood, marriage or adoption, of a dispensing optician.

      3.  The Governor, after hearing, may remove any member for cause.

      4.  The member who is the representative of the general public shall not participate in preparing, conducting or grading any examination required by the Board.

      [Part 10:216:1951; A 1953, 554]—(NRS A 1977, 1255; 1979, 1195; 2003, 1195)