National Eye Centre Act

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An Act to establish the National Eye Centre at Kaduna for the prevention and cure

of eye defects and diseases and to establish a Board to govern the Centre and an

Academic Committee, to take charge of the Centre’s academic affairs.

[1979 No. 52.]

[20 th August, 1979]

[Commencement.]

Establishment, etc. of the National Eye Centre

Establishment of the National Eye Centre

(1) There is hereby established at Kaduna, a center by the name of the National Eye

Centre (in this Act referred to as “the Centre”), which shall be a body corporate with per-

petual succession and a common seal.

(2) The Centre shall be a hospital, specialising in ophthalmology, with facilities for

the training of ophthalmic personnel at all levels.

Functions of the Centre

(1) The functions of the Centre shall be to provide as part of the hospital and special-

ist services, services in connection with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or defects

of the eye, supply of optical appliances and other supplementary ophthalmic services.

(2) The Centre shall have power-

(a) to provide diagnostic, curative, promotive and rehabilitative ophthalmic serv-

ices;

(b) to provide ambulatory and domiciliary ophthalmic treatment, employing the

services of ophthalmologists and other medical practitioners;

(d) to provide facilities for the training of ophthalmic and dispensing opticians,

ophthalmic nurses, orthoptists and ophthalmic technicians;

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