On 20/06/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 20/06/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 20/06/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 31/12/2008.
THE SCHEDULE
Sections 2 and 36
Part I
Acts or Activities Constituting
“Opticianry” or “Practice of Opticianry”
“Opticianry” or “Practice of Opticianry”
1. Refraction for persons of 8 years of age or older.
2. Interpreting prescriptions of medical practitioners and optometrists.
3. Supplying, preparing and dispensing of all optical appliances, except for contact lenses .
4. Fitting, adjusting and adapting of all optical appliances, except for contact lenses , to the human face and eyes in accordance with the prescriptions of legally qualified medical practitioners and optometrists.
Part II
Acts or Activities Constituting
“Optometry” or “Practice of Optometry”
“Optometry” or “Practice of Optometry”
1. Refraction.
2. Prescribing of optical appliances .
3. Detecting abnormalities of the eye using the following methods:
(a)
binocular vision tests;
(b)
ophthalmoscopy or fundoscopy;
(c)
retinoscopy;
(d)
slit-lamp examination;
(e)
tonometry; and
(f)
visual field testing.
4. Interpreting prescriptions of medical practitioners and optometrists.
5. Supplying, preparing and dispensing of all optical appliances .
6. Fitting, adjusting and adapting of all optical appliances to the human face and eyes in accordance with the prescriptions of legally qualified medical practitioners and optometrists.
[G.N. No.S 92/2008]