Section 34

Notwithstanding subsection (1), no person, unless he is a registered medical practitioner, shall hold himself out as being qualified, competent or willing to undertake the treatment of diseases of the human eye or the prescription of remedies therefor, or the giving of advice in connection with the treatment thereof:

Provided that nothing in this section shall be taken to prohibit a person who is not a registered medical practitioner from holding himself out as being qualified, competent or willing to test refraction,

Medical 49

visual acuity and colour vision, or to make or provide spectacles or other optical appliances for the remedy of defects of vision.

Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Examination and treatment of patients by students of medicine