health professions licensing authority

optometrists board

• membership
• role
• code, policies and forms

membership

• Chair – Mr Bill Robertson
• Public Member – Mr Rollo Manning
• Prof Member – Ms Tess Pollock
• Public Member – Mr Sarjeet Gill
• Prof Member – Mr Alan Chin Quan

role

The Optometrists Board of the Northern Territory is a statutory body responsible for ensuring the public is protected through the regulation of optometrists registered in the Northern Territory.

The Optometrists Board carries out this mandate by:

• Ensuring that all optometrists have received educational preparation to an agreed national standard;
• Dealing with issues of conduct and taking any disciplinary action as required;
• Administering the framework under which impaired optometrists can be rehabilitated without necessarily losing their license to practice;

• Assisting to improve optometrists performance should it be found to be below accepted professional standards, and
• Ensuring that all optometrists either currently registered or intending to be registered are competent and fit to practise.

The Health Professions Licensing Authority (HPLA) provides a bureau service to the Optometrists Board and carries out administrative duties as directed by it.

The objectives of the Health Practitioners Act 2004 (the Act) requires the Optometrists Board to:

• Protect and promote the health and safety of the people of the Territory;
• Promote the highest standard of professional health care practice in the Territory;
• Determine the standards for registration and enrolment of health practitioners and for professional health care practice in the Territory, and
• Facilitate the continuing competence of health practitioners in the Territory.

optometrists code

The Optometrists Code is comprised of the General Policies and Optometrist Specific Policies listed below.

General Policies

Optometrists Board Specific Policies

Note: Policies remain current until a review has been completed and the revised version available on the website

	Entitlement to Registration Policy Optometrists	PDF | DOC
	Authorisation to Practise in a Restricted Practise Area – Ocular Therapeutics	PDF | DOC
	Notification to jurisdictions of conditions undertakings	PDF | DOC

The following policies have been endorsed by the Optometrists Board and can be accessed via the Optometrists Association of Australia website on www.optometrists.asn.au

• OAA Optometric Therapeutic Competency Standards 2000
• OAA patient Rights

Registration Forms

	Application to Add an Authorisation to Practise in a Restricted Practice Area – Ocular Therapeutics	PDF | DOC
	Application for registration as an optometrist including authorisation to practise in a restriced practice area - ocular therapeutics	PDF | DOC
	Application Form – Optometrist	PDF | DOC
	Mutual Recognition & Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Form	PDF | DOC