New South Wales
Optical Dispensers Licensing Board

NOTICE TO OPTICAL DISPENSERS STUDENTS

Approvals to Practise
&
Log Books

Application forms may be downloaded from the Board's website. If you experience defficulties in downloading any of the forms, please contact the Board on 02 9219 0237 or by email on opticalreg@hprb.health.nsw.gov.au so that the form can be forwarded to you.

Applications for an Approval to Practise must be submitted to the Board for approval to allow you to legally carry out optical dispensing under supervision in New South Wales in order to gain the necessary 800 hours experience to be licensed as an optical dispenser.

An Approval to Practise may be granted to a person who proposes to practise optical dispensing for the purposes of qualifying for a licence or who is undertaking practical training in optical dispensing for that purpose.

Approvals to Practise are renewed annually on or before 31 May each year.

A renewal will only be issued if satisfactory progress is made in your course of study. Satisfactory progress is considered to be successful completion of a minimum of four (4) modules (subjects) per year or such satisfactory progress as may be determined by the Board.

When applying for a renewal it will be necessary to provide a written statement from the TAFE Sydney Institute or OTEN that such satisfactory progress has been made.

In order to satisfy the Board's requirements for licensing as an optical dispenser you will need to complete a log book which can be issued when the attached Approval to Practise application is approved.

Please attach a cheque or money order for ten (10) dollars, made out to the Optical Dispensers Licensing Board, to your application so that we can issue your log book.

If you have any questions about this process please contact the Board's office on (02) 9219 0237.