2016Griffith Research OnlineOpen access

Legal gems: Optometrist prescribing

Denise L Hope, Steven T Dickfos, Michelle A. King

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Abstract

Optometrists with general registration may use particular scheduled medicines for diagnostic purposes. Optometrists endorsed for scheduled medicines with the Optometry Board of Australia (OBA) may prescribe from a specified list of S2, S3 and S4 medicines in the therapeutic management of eye conditions.

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Optometrists with general registration may use particular scheduled medicines for diagnostic purposes. Optometrists endorsed for scheduled medicines with the Optometry Board of Australia (OBA) may prescribe from a specified list of S2, S3 and S4 medicines in the therapeutic management of eye conditions.

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Optometrists with general registration may use particular scheduled medicines for diagnostic purposes. Optometrists endorsed for scheduled medicines with the Optometry Board of Australia (OBA) may prescribe from a specified list of S2, S3 and S4 medicines in the therapeutic management of eye conditions.

Key concepts: Optometry, Medicine, Project commissioning, Medical emergency, Publishing, Law, Political science

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