Optometrists Amendment Regulation 2004 (NSW)

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New South Wales

Optometrists Amendment

Regulation 2004

under the

Optometrists Act 2002

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Optometrists Act 2002.

MORRIS IEMMA, M.P.,

Minister for Health

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Optometrists Regulation 2004 so as to allow certain drugs to be used by optometrists for the purpose of fitting contact lenses and examining the eye.
This Regulation is made under the Optometrists Act 2002, including sections 21 (5) and

136 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 147 of 17 September 2004, page 7535	Page 1
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Clause 1	Optometrists Amendment Regulation 2004

Optometrists Amendment Regulation 2004

under the

Optometrists Act 2002

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Optometrists Amendment Regulation 2004.

2 Amendment of Optometrists Regulation 2004

The Optometrists Regulation 2004 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.

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Optometrists Amendment Regulation 2004

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 2)

Clause 5 Authority for use of prescribed drugs by optometrists

Insert at the end of clause 5 (d):

, and

(e) staining agents, ocular lubricants, or any ocular astringents or decongestants that were prescribed under section 29A (2) of the Optometrists Act 1930 immediately before the repeal of that section, are prescribed for the purpose of fitting contact lenses and examination of the eyes.

BY AUTHORITY