Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Act 2010

A person must not prescribe an optical appliance unless—

the person is an optometrist or medical practitioner; or

the appliance is spectacles and the person is an orthoptist who—

prescribes the spectacles in the course of carrying out duties at a public health facility; or

prescribes the spectacles under the supervision of an optometrist or medical practitioner; or

prescribes the spectacles, on the written referral of an optometrist or medical practitioner, to a person who has had, within the 12 months before the referral, an ocular health examination conducted by an optometrist or medical practitioner; or

the person is a person, or a member of a class of persons, prescribed under a regulation as being authorised to prescribe an optical appliance of that type or to prescribe optical appliances generally.

Maximum penalty: $60 000 or 3 years imprisonment or both.

In this section—

optical appliance means—

any appliance designed to correct, remedy or relieve any refractive abnormality or defect of sight, including, for example, spectacle lenses; or

contact lenses, whether or not designed to correct, remedy or relieve any refractive abnormality or defect of sight.

optometrist means a person registered in the optometry profession.

orthoptist means a person whose name is recorded in the Register of Orthoptists kept by the Australian Orthoptists Registration Body Pty Ltd (ACN

095 11 7 678).