2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 45 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Section 45:12A-1 - Definitions
45:12A-1. Definitions
As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Board" means the State Board of Medical Examiners.
(b) "Commission" shall mean the commission created in section 9 of this act.
(c) "Orthoptics" means that field of vision training concerned with the inability of the patient to maintain fusion and binocular co-ordination.
(d) "Orthoptist" shall mean a person trained to carry out technical functions of prescribed orthoptic care under specific directions, professional supervision and guidance and may provide services only to patients referred by an ophthalmologist or optometrist.
L.1968, c. 114, s. 1, eff. June 25, 1968.
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