20 MARCH 2008 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 63

Application for a change of scope of practice 150.00
Certificate of registration 30.00
Restoration of name to Register 55.00
Certificate of good standing 30.00
Copy of Register 30.00
CPD accreditation assessment (eg wholesalers) 150.00

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of February 2008.

JENNY LEE, Registrar, Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board.

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Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Amendment Notice 2008

Pursuant to section 130(1) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, the following amended notice is given.

Notice

Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Amendment Notice 2008.

(2) This notice comes into force on 31 March 2008.

(3) This notice replaces the notice issued in the New Zealand Gazette, 10 February 2005, No. 34, page 878.

Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board

Notice of Scope of Practice and Related Qualifications Prescribed by the Opticians Board

Scopes of Practice

Pursuant to section 11(1) of the Act, the board specifies five scopes of practice as follows:

1. Scope of Practice for Optometry (Optometrist)

   The practice of optometry provides evidence based comprehensive eye health and vision care in a professional and ethical manner, delivered by university-qualified optometrists.

2. Scope of Practice for Optometry (TPA Endorsement) (Optometrist with Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents (TPA) Endorsement)

   The practice of optometry (TPA endorsement) provides evidence based comprehensive eye health and vision care in a professional and ethical manner, delivered by university-qualified optometrists.

3. Scope of Practice for Educator in Optometry (Educator Optometrist)

   The scope of practice for an educator optometrist refers to the scope of practice for optometry, practised within an educational institution.

4. Scope of Practice for Educator in Optometry (TPA Endorsement) (Educator Optometrist With Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents (TPA) Endorsement)

   The scope of practice for an educator optometrist (TPA endorsement) refers to the scope of practice for optometry with TPA endorsement, practised within an educational institution.

5. Scope of Practice for Optical Dispensing (Dispensing Optician)

   Optical dispensing describes the practice of the interpreting and dispensing of optical prescriptions by a person with a recognised qualification. This includes the giving of advice and instruction in the dispensing of spectacle lenses, spectacle frames (including their fitting), contact lenses, and any other optical device intended for correction of a defect of sight.

Qualifications Prescribed for Registration in Each Scope of Practice

Pursuant to section 12 of the Act, the following qualifications are prescribed for registration.

1. Scope of Practice for Optometry (Optometrist)

   Qualifications

   Pathway (a) or (b) may be taken.

   Pathway (a): The applicant holds an undergraduate qualification or proof of eligibility to graduate from an institution accredited by the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand (OCANZ) and this includes:

   • BOptom University of Auckland; or
   • BOptom University of Melbourne; or
   • BOptom University of New South Wales; or
   • BApplSc (Optometry) Queensland University of Technology.

   Pathway (b): The applicant has a pass in the current OCANZ Competency in Optometry Examination.

2. Scope of Practice for Optometry (TPA Endorsement) (Optometrist with Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents (TPA) Endorsement)

   Qualifications

   The applicant is qualified for the scope of practice for optometry and holds:

   • a Certificate in Ocular Pharmacology, University of Auckland, and an acknowledgement from the University of Auckland Faculty of Science stating that the applicant has successfully completed all the requirements of the Auckland programme in ocular therapeutics; or
   • a BOptom, University of Auckland conferred in 2007 and thereafter; or
   • a pass in a therapeutics programme accredited by OCANZ; or
   • a pass in a therapeutics programme accredited by the board.