BILL NO. 60
1st Session, 57th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
47 Elizabeth II, 1998
Optometry Act
(amended)
The Honourable James A. Smith, M.D.
Minister of Health
First Reading: November 2, 1998
Second Reading: November 13, 1998
Third Reading: November 24, 1998 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)
Explanatory Note
This Bill authorizes an optometrist to report to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles the name and address of a patient of the optometrist who, in the optometrist's opinion, should not drive a motor vehicle because of a physical infirmity or disability.
An Act to Amend Chapter 328
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Optometry Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Chapter 328 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Optometry Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 28 the following heading and Section:
29 (1) In this Section, "motor vehicle" and "highway" have the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Act.
(2) Every optometrist may report to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles the name and address of any patient attending upon the optometrist for professional services who, in the opinion of the optometrist, is afflicted with physical infirmities or disabilities rendering it unsafe for such a patient to drive a motor vehicle upon a highway.
(3) No action lies against any optometrist for the disclosure of any information, or any document or anything therein, pursuant to subsection (2) unless such disclosure is made with malice.
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