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Accreditation

General registration

Graduates of OCANZ-accredited undergraduate optometry courses are entitled to seek general registration with the Optometry Board of Australia and the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board, New Zealand.

List of OCANZ-accredited courses >>

 

Registration board approval for therapeutic practice

Changes to legislation in New Zealand and in most of the Australian jurisdictions have extended the scope of optometric practice to include the prescribing of certain controlled drugs and poisons (‘therapeutic practice’).

OCANZ accredited training in ocular therapeutics >>

 

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