BILL NO. 60

(as amended)

1st Session, 57th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
47 Elizabeth II, 1998

Government Bill

Optometry Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 33 OF THE ACTS OF 1998

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)

Royal Assent: December 3, 1998

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:

GENERAL

29 (1) In this Section, "motor vehicle" and "highway" have the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Act.

(2) Every optometrist shall 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.