During the year, the Board regularly issues e-communications to practitioners and stakeholders that include news on the work of the Board, updates to policies, standards or guidelines, important information that practitioners need to be aware of, and requests for input and feedback.
Click on the links below to access recent e-communications issued by the Board –
February 2021
9 February 2021 e-communication (both professions)
December 2020
18 December 2020 e-communication (both professions)
4 December 2020 e-communication (both professions)
August 2020
3 August 2020 e-communication (both professions)
COVID-19 Communications (see also, the Board’s Special COVID-19 website page)
Special COVID-19 Update: 21 September 2020
Special COVID-19 Update: 12 August 2020
Special COVID-19 Update: 12 August 2020
Special COVID-19 Update: Level 1 Guidelines, 8 June 2020
Special COVID-19 Update: Level 2 Guidelines, 2 June 2020
Special COVID-19 Update: Level 2 Guidelines, 11 May 2020
Special COVID-19 Update, 4 May 2020
Special COVID-19 Update: Definition of Urgent Care and ‘Contact Tracing’, 24 April
Special COVID-19 Update: Level 3 Update, 23 April 2020
Special COVID-19 Update: Level 3 Guidelines, 15 April 2020
Special COVID-19 Update: Mental Wellbeing, 15 April 2020
Special COVID-19 Update, 7 April 2020
- Triage guidelines (NZ Optometry)
- RANZCO NZ Triage Guidelines
- Stepping up infection control measures in ophthalmology during the novel coronavirus outbreak: an experience from Hong Kong, Lai 2020 (reference article)
Special COVID-19 Update – Spectacles and Lenses, 1 April 2020
Special COVID-19 Acute and Emergency Care Update, 27 March 2020
Special COVID-19 Update, 26 March 2020
Ministry of Health Media Release – COVID-19, 25 March 2020
Special COVID-19 E-Communication, 24 March 2020
February 2020
The Board also issues consultations during the year via email. Information on these can be found on the ‘Latest news’ page of the Board’s website. Click here to go to this page.
