Section 31
Prohibition against the use of drugs to measure powers of vision
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Section 31
(1)
No person other than a medical practitioner shall employ a method for the measurement of the powers of vision which involves the use of drugs.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1)—
(a)
a registered optometrist; and
(b)
a registered optician who is permitted to prescribe and dispense contact lenses under this Act, may use for refractive purposes such drugs as may be deemed suitable by the Council from time to time.