This Act sets up rules for registering optometrists and opticians and regulating their practice.
Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007 2020 REVISED EDITION This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021 An Act to provide for the registration of optometrists and opticians, to regulate their practices and to provide for purposes connected therewith. [22 February 2008] PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title 1. This Act is the Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “Board” means the Optometrists and Opticians Board established under section 4; “certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration issued by the Board under section 17; [Deleted by Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] “eye care” means any form of healthcare that is related to the diagnosis and treatment of eye or vision‑related conditions; “inspector” means an inspector appointed by the Board under section 31(1); “institution of higher learning” means a polytechnic or university; “medical practitioner” means a person who is registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997; “member” means a member of the Board; “ophthalmologist” means a person who is, by virtue of registration in the Register of Specialists under the Medical Registration Act 1997, entitled to practise as a specialist in ophthalmology; “optical appliances” means lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, artificial eyes, contact lenses or appurtenances thereto for the aid or correction of visual or ocular anomalies of the eyes; “optician” means a person who is registered in the Register of Opticians under this Act; “opticianry” or “the practice of opticianry” means any of the acts or activities specified in Part 1 of the Schedule; “optometrist” means a person who is registered in the Register of Optometrists under this Act; “optometry” or “the practice of optometry” means any of the acts or activities specified in Part 2 of the Schedule; “practising certificate” means a practising certificate issued under section 18; “refraction” means an eye examination to measure the power of vision; “Register of Opticians” means the Register of Opticians kept and maintained under section 13(1)(b); “Register of Optometrists” means the Register of Optometrists kept and maintained under section 13(1)(a); “registered person” means a person who is registered under section 15 for the carrying out of any practice of optometry or opticianry; “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Board; “registration” means the registration of any person under section 15 as an optometrist or optician; “regulations” means regulations made under section 37. Application 3. This Act does not apply to any ophthalmologist in relation to his or her practice of optometry or opticianry.