‘Opticians must not prescribe contact lenses’

‘Opticians must not prescribe contact lenses’ 

 The Star Online

"PETALING JAYA: The Association of Malaysian Optometrists wants opticians to be barred from prescribing contact lenses, claiming that they lack sufficient training...

It will suggest to the Health Ministry to disallow opticians from prescribing contact lenses...
He said that prescribing and dispensing contact lenses required tertiary level training in the basic and applied sciences such as microbiology, physiology, ocular pathology, ocular anatomy and biochemistry...

This was to ensure that the prescriber was competent enough to deal with possible contact lens complications and side effects..."

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