Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

MEDICINES, POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 (NO 42 OF 2008) - SCHEDULE 2

Schedule 2     Optometry medicines

(see sch 1)

Table 2.1     General optometry medicines

column 1 item	column 2 optometry medicines	column 3 prescribed purpose
1	cycloplegic medicines	paralysing accommodation of eye
2	local anaesthetics	tonometry fitting contact lens
3	miotic medicines	instilling into eye after use of mydriatic substance
4	mydriatic medicines	enlarging pupil

Table 2.2     Restricted optometry medicines

column 1 item	column 2 optometry medicines	column 3 condition to which medicines relate
1	Chloramphenicol Gramicidin Framycetin Neomycin Polymyxin Tetracycline	topical ocular antiinfective agents (antibacterial, antiviral)
2	Cromoglycate Ketotifen Levocabastine Lodoxamide Olopatadine	topical ocular antiallergy agents (antihistamine, mast cell stabilisers)
3	Diclofenac Flurbiprofen Ketorolac	topical ocular non-steroidal antiinflammatory agents (NSAIDS)
4	Fluorometholone Hydrocortisone	topical ocular steroid preparations
5	Apraclonidine Betaxolol Bimatoprost Brimonidine Brinzolamide Carbachol Dipivefrine Dorzolamide Latanoprost Levobunolol Pilocarpine Timolol Travoprost	topical glaucoma preparations in accordance with shared care model between Optometrists Registration Board under Optometrists Act 2002 (NSW), Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists and School of Vision Science, University of New South Wales, as in force from time to time
6	Atropine Cyclopentolate Homatropine Phenylephrine Tropicamide	mydriatics and cycloplegics
7	Amethocaine Oxybuprocaine Proxymetacaine	topical local anaesthetics