Section 1: Establishment of the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Registration Board of Nigeria

(1) There is hereby established for optometrists and dispensing opticians a body to be known as the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Registration Board of Nigeria (in this Act referred to as "the Board").
(2) The Board shall be charged with the duties of-
(a) determining what standards of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to become members of the profession of optometry and dispensing optics and improving those standards from time to time as circumstances may permit;
(b)
securing in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons registered under this Act as members of the profession of optometry and dispensing optics and the publication from time to time of lists of those persons;
(c) conducting examinations in the relevant profession, and awarding certificates or diplomas to successful candidates as appropriate; and for such purpose the Board shall prescribe fees to be paid in respect thereof; and
(d) performing the other functions conferred on the Board by this Act.