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Amendment of section 48 of Principal Act.
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12.—Section 48 of the Principal Act is amended by—
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(a) substituting the following for subsection (1):
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“(1) A registered optician who is not a registered medical practitioner shall not suggest by any written or oral statement or by any action that the registered optician has made or is capable of making a medical diagnosis of a disease of the eye or that, in relation to the treatment of the eyes, the registered optician has done or is capable of doing anything other than—
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(a) in the case of a registered optometrist, the prescribing or provision of spectacles, or
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(b) in the case of a registered dispensing optician, the provision of spectacles.”,
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and
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(b) inserting the following subsection:
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“(4) Where in the course of an eye examination, a registered optician referred to in subsection (1) suspects the presence of a disease or condition of the eye, the registered optician shall inform the patient of this and recommend that the patient consult with a registered medical practitioner.”.
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