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NEWFOUNDLAND AND

LABRADOR

REGULATION 90/12

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Drug Regulations, 2012

under the

Optometry Act, 2012

Amended by:

35/21

2024 cP-12.3 s82

62/ 24

NEWFOUNDLAND AND

LABRADOR

REGULATION 90/12

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Drug Regulations, 2012

under the

Optometry Act, 2012

(Filed December 17, 2012)

Under the authority of

section 57 of the Optometry Act, 2012,

the Council of the Newfoundland and Labrador College of Optometrists, with the approval of the Minister of Health and Community Services, makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. Johns

, December 13, 2012.

Justin Boulay

Council of the Newfoundland

and Labrador

College

of Optometrists

Susan Sullivan

Minister of Health and Community Services

REGULATIONS

Analysis

Short title

Diagnostic drug certificate

Therapeutic drug certificate

3.1

Advanced diagnostic and therapeutic drug certificate

Foreign bodies

Suspension or revocation

Disciplinary action

Repeal

Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Drug Regulations

, 2012.

90/12 s1

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Diagnostic drug certificate

(1)The council may issue to an optometrist a diagnostic drug certificate.

(2) An optometrist who holds a diagnostic drug certificate may administer and prescribe

(

a) topical ophthalmic anaesthetics for the purpose of measuring a patient's intra-ocular pressure; and

(

b) topical ophthalmic cycloplegics and mydriatics for the purpose of dilation and to facilitate examination of the eye.

90/12 s2

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Therapeutic drug certificate

(1)The council may issue a therapeutic drug certificate to an optometrist who

(

a) graduated on or after January 1, 1995

from an educational body approved by the council, and has successfully completed the pharmaceutical

section of the Optometric Assessment Examinations administered by the Canadian Examiners in Optometry; or

(

b) graduated prior to January 1, 1995

from an educational body approved by the council, and

(

i) has successfully completed a post-graduate course approved by the council in the administration and prescription of therapeutic medications, and

(ii)

has passed an examination administered or approved by the council respecting the use of therapeutic medications.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where an optometrist completed the requirements of paragraph (1)(

a) or (

b) before January 1, 2000, the optometrist shall complete a refresher course approved by the council in the administration of therapeutic medicines as a condition of receiving a certificate.

(3) An optometrist who holds a therapeutic drug certificate may administer and prescribe the following pharmaceutical agents for the diagnosis and treatment of ocular anterior segment disorders:

(

a) mydriatics;

(

b) cycloplegics;

(

c) topical local ophthalmic anaesthetics;

(

d) topical ophthalmic non-steroidal anti-allergy medications;

(

e) topical ophthalmic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications;

(

f) topical ophthalmic anti-infective medications;

(

g) topical ocular corticosteroids; and

(

h) topical ocular anti-infective corticosteroid combinations.

(4) [Rep. by 35/21 s1]

90/12 s3 ; 35/21 s1

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Advanced diagnostic and therapeutic drug certificate

3.1

(1)The council may issue an advanced diagnostic and therapeutic drug certificate to an optometrist who

(

a) graduated on or after January 1, 2015

from an educational body approved by the council and has successfully completed the entry to practice examinations approved by the council; or

(

b) graduated prior to January 1, 2015

from an educational body approved by the council and has successfully completed an advanced scope certificate course approved by the council.

(2) An optometrist who holds an advanced diagnostic and therapeutic drug certificate may

(

a) diagnose, treat

and manage glaucoma in accordance with standards set by the council; and

(

b) administer and prescribe a

Schedule I drug and

Schedule II drug as defined in the Pharmacy Regulations, 2024

, to treat and manage ocular disease, except for narcotics and other controlled pharmaceutical agents;

35/21 s2 ; 2024 cP-12.3 s82 ; 62/24 s26

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Foreign bodies

An optometrist may remove superficial foreign bodies from the human eye and surrounding tissue by performing surgical procedures on body tissue

(

a) below the dermis or mucous membrane; or

(

b) in or below the surface of the cornea.

90/12 s4 ; 35/21 s3

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Suspension or revocation

The council may suspend or revoke a diagnostic drug certificate, a therapeutic drug certificate or an advanced diagnostic and therapeutic drug certificate where the member fails to maintain standards set by the council.

90/12 s5 ; 35/21 s4

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Disciplinary action

(1)Where an optometrist

(

a) prescribes or administers pharmaceutical agents without the appropriate certificate;

(

b) prescribes or administers pharmaceutical agents not authorized by the certificate he or she holds; or

(

c) diagnoses, treats

or manages glaucoma without the appropriate certificate,

that action shall be considered conduct deserving of sanction for the purposes of

Part IV of the Optometry Act, 2012.

(2) [Rep. by 35/21 s5]

90/12 s7 ; 35/21 s5

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Repeal

The Diagnostic and Therapeutic Drug Regulations

, Newfoundland

and Labrador Regulations 95/05, are repealed.

90/12 s8

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