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Third
Session, 47th General Assembly 63
Elizabeth II, 2014 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE
DISPENSING OPTICIANS ACT, 2005 |
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Received and Read the First Time................................................................................................. |
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Committee.......................................................................................................................................... |
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Royal Assent...................................................................................................................................... |
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HONOURABLE
PAUL DAVIS Minister of Health and Community Services |
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Ordered
to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly |
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EXPLANATORY NOTES This Bill would amend the Dispensing Opticians Act, 2005 to · remove the restriction that a dispensing optician may only supply contact lenses where a prescription specifically indicates that they may be supplied; and · clarify that a dispensing optician who is authorized by the board to fit contact lenses may convert a prescription in order to fit, dispense or supply contact lenses. |
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A BILL AN ACT TO AMEND THE DISPENSING OPTICIANS ACT, 2005 Analysis 1.
S.33 R&S Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: SNL2005 cD-25.1 as amended 1. Section 33 of the Dispensing Opticians Act, 2005 is repealed and the following substituted: Contact lenses 33. (1) Contact lenses shall only be fitted by a dispensing optician who holds a certificate from the board authorizing him or her to do so. (2) Notwithstanding subsection 32(1), a dispensing optician who holds a certificate from the board authorizing him or her to fit contact lenses may convert a prescription for the purposes of fitting, dispensing or supplying contact lenses. ©Queen's Printer |