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OPTOMETRISTS ACT 1930 - SECT 29

Restriction on medical or surgical practice

29 Restriction on medical or surgical practice

After the commencement of this Act any person, whether registered under this Act or not, who:

(a) not being a legally qualified medical practitioner, practises or holds himself or herself out by any means or device whatsoever as practising the profession or calling of an oculist or ophthalmic surgeon, or
(b) not being a legally qualified medical practitioner, assumes the title of oculist or ophthalmic surgeon or any other name, title, or designation implying that he or she is a medical practitioner or is qualified to practise ophthalmology or ophthalmic medicine or surgery, or
(c) not being a legally qualified medical practitioner, prescribes or administers any drug for the purpose of paralysing the accommodation of the eye, or
(d) not being a legally qualified medical practitioner or registered pharmacist, sells or supplies any drug or remedy for or for treating any disease of the eye,
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 1 penalty unit: Provided that the sale in the ordinary course of business by any retail storekeeper or shopkeeper of any patent medicine or proprietary medicine or drug commonly sold in a bottle, tin, packet, or other container shall not be an offence against paragraph (d):
Provided further that the administration of any cycloplegics or any other prescribed drugs for paralysing the accommodation of the eye under and in accordance with Part 4A by a registered optometrist who is the holder of a certificate for the time being in force under that Part shall not be an offence against paragraph (c).


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