Optometry Amendment Act, 2004 Kormos, Peter — Bill 45 (38th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 45, 38-1

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Bill 45, Optometry Amendment Act, 2004

Kormos, Peter

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Bill 45 2004

An Act to amend the

Optometry Act, 1991

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, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998,

chapter 18,

Schedule G,

section 40, is repealed and the following substituted: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, 2004 .

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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

March 31, 2004

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March

31, 2004

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

Acts Affected: 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 45, 38-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p38 s1 bill 45 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	e55b116540aaa58e33ba09f3c90426d9fb5c796c

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