Obtaining eye care can be a confusing experience: Who should examine your eyes? Will I need glasses, and if so, what sort should I get? What about contact lenses? At Just Spectacles we are more than happy to assist you with these decisions.
All optometrists in Australia are required to be registered in the State or Territory in which they practise. It is illegal for an unregistered person (other than a medical practitioner) to practise optometry anywhere in Australia.
Optometrists must apply to the Registration Board in the State or Territory in which they wish to practice. Registration in one State or Territory of an overseas qualified optometrist automatically entitles an optometrist to registration in any other State and Territory via "mutual recognition", regardless of their original qualifications.
All of Just Spectacles optometrists are fully qualified and registered as per the guidelines from the Optometrist Association of Australia. For this reason you can rest assure that your eyes will be always be taken care of with the highest degree of knowledge and profession.
 Just Spectacles optometrists have agreed to participate as providers of optometric care for the Federal Government's National Health Scheme known as Medicare. Participation in this scheme also requires adherence to standards of practice and limitations on consultation fees that may be charged.*
The optometric profession in Australia is well-established and highly developed. The scope of practice, the legislative and social status of the profession, and the expertise of practitioners is considered to be equivalent to those in Great Britain and Canada. Australia and these countries are all served by a well-developed optometric profession.
Australian optometrists basic range of clinical skills and procedures include refraction, binocular vision tests, ophthalmoscopy, slit lamp biomicroscopy, tonometry, supply and management of spectacles and contact lens patients. Optometrists in Australia employ ophthalmic drugs to facilitate diagnostic procedures, using anaesthetics in performing tonometry, mydriatics where required for internal examinations, and cycloplegics.
Australian optometrists also involve themselves in what may be thought of as special areas of interest in optometric practice. Such areas include: the specialised vision care of the elderly and the very young; research into all aspects of vision; care of the low vision and blind patient; assessment and care of patients with perceptual problems; visual ergonomics; counselling on subjects such as occupational vision; educational problems that are visually related; visual hygiene and eye safety; visual and occupational safety screening and implementation of occupational vision programs; lighting design; research and development in optics and the practical application of the research findings and many matters concerning visibility (road signs, signals, etc).
To arrange for your eyes to be tested or for advice on vision in general, please visit our Store Locations page, select the Just Spectacles location nearest to you and simply call and book your appointment.
* Under the Medicare agreement a person is allowed one eye test every two years. A fee may be charged if it is less that two years.
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