Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Professions Registration Act 2005 - SECT 23

Endorsement of registration of optometrists

23. Endorsement of registration of optometrists



(1) If the Optometrists Registration Board of Victoria is satisfied that an
optometrist is qualified to obtain and to have in his or her possession and to
use, sell or supply the Schedule 2, 3 or 4 poisons within the meaning of the
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 that are approved by the
Minister under that Act, the Board may endorse the registration of the
optometrist and specify in the endorsement the approved Schedule 2, 3 or 4
poisons that the optometrist is qualified to obtain and to have in his or her
possession and to use, sell or supply subject to that Act and the regulations
under that Act.

(2) The Board must not specify any Schedule 2, 3 or 4 poison in an endorsement
unless the poison is, or is of a class or type of poison, approved by the
Minister under section 14A of the
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 for the purposes of this
section.