ANZSIC 8532—Optometry and Optical Dispensing

Where 8532 sits

1. Q Healthcare and social assistance
2. 85 Medical and Other Health Care Services
3. 853 Allied health services
4. 8532 Optometry and Optical Dispensing

What 8532 includes

• This class consists of units of registered optometrists mainly engaged in testing sight,diagnosing sight defects or in prescribing or dispensing spectacles or contact lenses on prescription.

What 8532 excludes

• Manufacturing ophthalmic articles or spectacle frames or in grinding spectacle lenses are included in Class 2411 Photographic, Optical and Ophthalmic Equipment Manufacturing; and
• Providing ophthalmic specialist services are included in Class 8512 Specialist Medical Services.

Example activities

• contact lens dispensing
• eye testing (optometrist)
• optical dispensing
• optician service
• orthoptic service
• spectacles dispensing

8532 in other systems