Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

OPTOMETRISTS ACT 1940

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title and commencement  

   PART I -- Preliminary  

   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      This Act not to affect medical practitioners  

   PART II -- The Optometrists Registration Board  

   5.      Establishment of Board  
   6.      Tenure of office  
   7.      Board to be a body corporate  
   8.      Proceedings of the Board  
   9.      Resignation  
   10.     Disqualification  
   11.     Vacancies  
   12.     Deputy members  
   13.     Meetings of the Board  
   14.     Officers of the Board  
   15.     Remuneration  
   16.     Funds of the Board  
   16A.    Accounts  
   16B.    Audit  
   16C.    Annual report  
   17.     Rules  
   18.     Conduct of proceedings on behalf of Board  

   PART III -- The Register of Optometrists  

   19.     Register to be kept  
   20.     Register open to inspection  
   21.     Withdrawal of name from Register  
   22.     Name of person may be re-entered in Register  
   23.     Registrar to remove names of deceased persons from Register  
   24.     Registrar to amend Register to insure accuracy  
   25.     Publication of Register and evidentiary provisions  
   25A.    Investigator  
   25B.    Report of investigator  
   25C.    Powers of investigator  
   25D.    Warrant to enter premises  
   25E.    Issue of warrant  
   25F.    Execution of warrant  
   25G.    Incriminating information, questions, or documents  
   25H.    Failure to comply with investigation  
   25I.    Obstruction of investigator  
   26.     Registered optometrists may be suspended or be struck off Register  
   27.     Board may require attendance at inquiries  
   28.     Board may annul suspension or restore name to Register  
   29.     Effect of suspension and of removal of name from Register  
   30.     Person struck off Register to surrender certificate of registration to the Board  
   31.     Review  

   PART IV -- Registration of optometrists  

   32.     Practice of optometry by persons not registered prohibited  
   33.     Effect of registration  
   34.     Registration of persons practising as optometrists or opticians at the commencement of this Act  
   35.     Qualifications for registration as optometrist  

   PART V -- Miscellaneous  

   36.     Licences and licence fees  
   37.     Optometrist making default in payment of licence fee may be struck off  
   38.     Examinations and course of training  
   39.     Executor or administrator of deceased optometrist may continue practice  
   40.     Prohibition against use of drugs as method of measuring powers of vision  
   41.     Provisions relating to practice of optometry by firms and companies  
   42.     Offences  
   43.     Board may apply for injunction  
   44.     General penalty  
   45.     Proceedings for offences  
   46.     Provisions relating to prosecutions  
   47.     Regulations  
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