POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 17B Authorisation of possession, use, supply or prescription of substances by optometrists

POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 17B

17B Authorisation of possession, use, supply or prescription of substances by optometrists

An optometrist whose registration has an endorsement of a kind referred to in section 94 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) that qualifies the optometrist to possess, use, supply or prescribe a poison or restricted substance is authorised to possess, use, supply or prescribe that poison or restricted substance for the purposes of the practice of optometry.