Nevada Professions, Occupations and Businesses

Sec. § 636.325
Authorized disciplinary action; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records.

1.

If the Board finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a person has engaged in one or more grounds for disciplinary action set forth in NRS 636.295, it may take any one or more of the following actions:

(a)

Publicly reprimand the licensee and impose any terms or conditions deemed necessary by the Board;

(b)

Place the licensee on probation for a specified or unspecified period and impose any conditions deemed necessary by the Board;

(c)

Suspend the license of the person for not more than 1 year and impose any terms or conditions deemed necessary by the Board;

(d)

Revoke the license of the person and impose any terms or conditions for reinstatement of the license deemed necessary by the Board;

(e)

Impose an administrative fine pursuant to the provisions of NRS 636.420;

(f)

Limit the person’s practice of optometry;

(g)

Suspend the enforcement of any penalty by placing the person on probation, which the Board may revoke if the person fails to comply with any condition of probation imposed by the Board;

(h)

Require the person to submit to the supervision of or counseling or treatment by a person designated by the Board, and the person must be responsible for any expense incurred for providing those services;

(i)

Impose and modify any conditions of probation for the protection of the public or the rehabilitation of the person;

(j)

Require the person to pay for any costs of remediation or restitution; or

(k)

Take any combination of the actions specified in paragraphs (a) to (j), inclusive.

2.

The Board shall not issue a private reprimand.

3.

An order that imposes discipline and the findings of fact and conclusions of law supporting that order are public records.
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Feb. 5, 2021

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