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Volume 55, No. 14

200/2012

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

July 17, 2012

B.C. Reg. 200/2012 , deposited July 6, 2012, pursuant to the HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACT [sections 12 and 55]. Ministerial Order M146/2012, dated June 29, 2012.

I, Michael de Jong, Minister of Health, order that, effective August 1, 2012, the Optometrists Regulation, B.C. Reg. 33/2009, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— M. DE JONG, Minister of Health .

Schedule

Section 1 of the Optometrists Regulation, B.C. Reg. 33/2009, is amended

(

a) by repealing paragraph (

c) of the definition of "diagnostic drug" and substituting the following:

(

c) to be administered in accordance with

section 5 (1) (d); ,

(

b) by adding the following definition:

"primary care practitioner" means the medical practitioner or nurse practitioner who is a patient's primary health care provider; ,

(

c) by repealing paragraph (

c) of the definition of "therapeutic pharmaceutical agent" and substituting the following:

(

c) to be administered

(

i) topically in accordance with

section 5 (1) (e), or

(ii) orally in accordance with

section 5 (1) (f); , and

(

d) by repealing the definition of "treating physician" .

Section 5 (1) is amended

(

a) by adding the following paragraph:

(c.1) apply ultrasound for the purpose of measuring the thickness of a cornea; , and

(

b) by repealing paragraphs (

d) to (

f) and substituting the following:

(

d) for the purpose of making a diagnosis under paragraph (a),

(

i) dispense a diagnostic drug in a form to be administered topically, or

(ii) administer topically a diagnostic drug;

(

e) for the purpose of general therapeutic treatment or care,

(

i) prescribe or dispense a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent in a form to be administered topically, or

(ii) administer topically a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent;

(

f) for the purpose of emergency treatment only of angle closure glaucoma,

(

i) prescribe or dispense a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent in a form to be administered orally, or

(ii) administer orally a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent; .

Section 6 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out " topically ",

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out " treating physician " and substituting " primary care practitioner ", and

(

c) by adding the following subsection:

(2.1) A registrant, in respect of a patient,

(

a) may perform an activity described in

section 5 (1) (

f) only

(

i) if a qualified medical practitioner is not readily available to examine the patient, and

(ii) to the extent reasonably required for emergency treatment until the patient can be examined by a qualified medical practitioner, and

(

b) must refer the patient to a qualified medical practitioner immediately after performing an activity described in

section 5 (1) (f).

4 The

Schedule is amended by adding the following item as indicated:

Category

Description

Anti-glaucoma medications

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