Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Registration of Optometrists and Opticians
13. Registers
Feedback & supportThe Registrar must keep and maintain the following registers:
a Register of Optometrists containing the names of persons registered as optometrists under section 15;
a Register of Opticians containing the names of persons registered as opticians under section 15.
The Register of Optometrists and the Register of Opticians must contain the following particulars of every registered person:
Register of Optometrists
“Register of Optometrists” means the Register of Optometrists kept and maintained under section 13(1)(a);
the registered person’s name and residential address;
information as to whether the registered person is practising as a proprietor or an employee;
the registered name of the business or eye care establishment that the registered person operates or is employed by;
the address of the registered person’s most current place of work;
the date of the registered person’s registration as an optometrist or optician;
the qualifications by virtue of which the registered person is registered and the date on which the registered person obtained those qualifications;
such other particulars as the Board may determine.
A registered person must inform the Registrar in writing of —
registered person
“registered person” means a person who is registered under section 15 for the carrying out of any practice of optometry or opticianry;
any change in the registered person’s name, residential address, practice address or other particulars as may be prescribed, within 28 days of the occurrence of the change; and
any alteration or addition to the registered person’s qualifications.
A person who fails to comply with subsection (3)(a) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
A person who makes a report of a change in his or her residential address under section 10 of the National Registration Act 1965 is deemed to have complied with subsection (3)(a) in relation to the person’s residential address on the date on which the person makes the report.
registration
“registration” means the registration of any person under section 15 as an optometrist or optician;
The Registrar may disclose any information in the Register of Optometrists or the Register of Opticians to any person prescribed by the regulations, if the disclosure is in accordance with any conditions specified in those regulations.
Register of Opticians
“Register of Opticians” means the Register of Opticians kept and maintained under section 13(1)(b);
Subsection (6) does not affect any other right or duty to disclose the information under any general or written law.