Optometry Offences Act 2010 (Tas)

Optometry Offences Act 2010

An Act to provide for offences in relation to the dispensing of optical appliances, the provision of prescriptions, the assessment of a person's suitability to wear contact lenses and for related matters [Royal Assent 25 June 2010]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Optometry Offences Act 2010 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on the day on which section 23 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) Act 2010 commences.

3. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – contact lens means an optical appliance that is designed to be worn directly on the surface of the eye; investigation means an investigation under section 4 ; optical appliance means – (a) any appliance designed to correct, remedy or relieve any refractive abnormality or defect of sight; or (b) contact lenses, whether or not designed to correct, remedy or relieve any refractive abnormality or defect of sight; optical dispenser means a person who dispenses optical appliances; optometrist means a person who is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the optometry profession; optometry means the investigation and management of the functions of the eye and vision and the prescribing of optical appliances; orthoptist has the same meaning as in section 122(2) of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania); prescribed person means a person or class of persons prescribed in the regulations as being authorised to issue prescriptions for a type of optical appliance specified in the regulations in relation to that person or class of persons; prescription means a prescription for – (a) an optical appliance issued by an optometrist or medical practitioner; or (b) an optical appliance that is spectacles issued by an orthoptist in accordance with the conditions specified in section 122(1)(b) of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania); or (c) an optical appliance issued by a prescribed person; repealed Act means the Optometrists Registration Act 1994 ; Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.