Optometry Amendment Act, 2006 Martel, Shelley — Bill 70 (38th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 70, 38-2

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Bill 70, Optometry Amendment Act, 2006

Martel, Shelley

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Bill 70 2006

An Act to amend the

Optometry Act, 1991

Note: This Act amends the Optometry Act, 1991 . For the legislative history of the Act, see Public Statutes - Detailed Legislative History on

www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca .

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 4 of the Optometry Act, 1991 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

4. Prescribing designated therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of prescribed diseases.

Section 12 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Regulations

12. Subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council and with prior review by the Minister, the Council may make regulations,

(

a) restricting the drugs that a member may use in the course of engaging in the practice of optometry;

(

b) designating therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the purpose of paragraph 4 of

section 4.

Commencement

3. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

4. The

short title of this Act is the Optometry Amendment Act, 2006 .

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Optometry Act, 1991 to allow optometrists to prescribe therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of certain eye diseases.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

February 27, 2006

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

February

27, 2006

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-Laws

Optometry Act, 1991

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 70, 38-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p38 s2 bill 70 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
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