Section 2

“Chairman” means Chairman of the Council;

“Council” means the Malaysian Optical Council constituted under section 3;

“Deputy Director General” means the Deputy Director General of

Health, Malaysia;

“Director General” means the Director General of Health, Malaysia;

“higher educational institution” means a University or University

College established under the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 [Act 30];

“medical practitioner” means a person registered under the Medical

Act 1971 [Act 50];

“member” means a member of the Council;

“ophthalmic lens” means a lens which is used to correct, remedy or relieve any refractive abnormalities or optical defects of sight;

“ophthalmologist” means a person who is registered under the

Medical Act 1971 and who specializes in the care of eye conditions;

“optical appliance” means an appliance designed to correct, remedy or relieve any refractive abnormalities or optical defects of sight;

“optometry” means the employment of methods for the measurement of the powers of vision, or the adaptation of ophthalmic lenses or prisms for the aid of the powers of vision, or both;

“Register” means a Register kept in accordance with section 17;

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“registered optician” means an optician registered under section 18;

“registered optometrist” means an optometrist who is registered under section 19;

“registered person” means a person registered under section 18 or 19

and includes a person provisionally registered under subsection 18(3);

“Registrar” means the Registrar referred to in section 16.