Health Assessment and Monitoring

The Optometrists Board of Queensland recognises that sometimes, the quality of practice may suffer if an Optometrist is unwell. The Health Assessment and Monitoring Program is quite separate from the disciplinary and conduct programs of the Optometrists Board of Queensland.

The first goal of the Board's Health Assessment and Monitoring Program is to protect the public. This is the Board's main responsibility.

The second goal is to intervene with expert advice and experience, to help Optometrists stay in the workforce wherever possible, provided this can be done safely. The Board aims to have Optometrists with illnesses practice in such a way that neither patients nor practitioner are at risk.

Like any other person, an Optometrist can suffer from serious illness. It is in nobody's best interests for Optometrists with illnesses to go undiagnosed and untreated. The Board's Health Assessment and Monitoring Program is designed to be supportive, not punitive. The program strives to intervene before patient care is compromised and before steps must be taken to curtail continuing practice.

For more detail please contact the Manager, Health Assessment and Monitoring on:

• telephone 61 7 3405 6013
• fax: 3234 1013 or
• email:healthassessment@healthregboards.qld.gov.au

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