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Nevada Optometry (OD) CE category requirements

How the 40 CE hours every 2 years breaks down by category for optometrists in Nevada, sourced from the official board.

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Required categories

Diagnosis/treatment of conditions of the eye or prescribing optometric pharmaceutical agents (OPAC-certified ODs: minimum 30 of their 50 hrs; non-OPAC: minimum 30 of 40)
30h
Total CE for ODs certified to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents (OPAC, formerly TPA)
50h
Prescribing opioids, addiction, substance abuse, and/or pain management (OPAC-certified ODs holding a Nevada controlled substances number; part of the 30)
2h

Confirmed against Nev. Admin. Code 636.Sec. 8 (eff. 10/24/2022, amended 8/28/2024): non-certified licensees need at least 40 hrs per 2 years (not more than 5 hrs practice management); pharmaceutical-agent-certified (OPAC) licensees need at least 50 hrs per 2 years, of which at least 30 hrs relate to pharmaceutical agents or disease (not more than 10 hrs practice management). OPAC-certified ODs holding a Nevada controlled substances number must include at least 2 hrs on opioids/addiction/substance abuse/pain management within the 30. CE may be in-person, internet, correspondence, or videoconference (non-in-person courses require a 75% exam score); max 10 hrs per 24-hour period. NOTE: the Board's 2017 Board Policies document describes a 30-hr/12-month regime — that is superseded by the current NAC Sec. 8 (40/50 hrs per 2 years).

Official source: Nevada Admin. Code 636.082 (NV Legislature)

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