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Figure 26
Number of Registered Optometrist and Optician, 2014 to 2017

Source: Malaysian Optical Council, MoH

b. Contact Lens Permit
All registered optometrists are contact lens practitioner, while opticians are not allowed to practice
contact lens unless they have contact lens permit. Contact lens permit is given if optician passed
contact lens exam conduct by MOC. In 2017, 1 theory contact lens exam and 2 practical exams were
conducted at SEGi University. From these exams, 4 opticians passed both theory and practical exams.
These opticians are granted with contact lens permit, it makes a total of 571 opticians are allowed to
practice contact lens.

c. Annual Practicing Certificate (APC)
According to Optical Act 1991, all registered optometry practitioner are required to apply for their APC.
Application to renew the APC is made available online using OPTims system and online payment
through MyBayar system. In 2017, a total of 1,494 transactions to renew APC online were recorded.
Figure 27 shows percentage of practitioners who had renewed their APC in percentage (2014 to 2017).

Figure 27
Percentage of Registered Optometry Practitioners Who had Renewed Their APC, 2014 to 2017

83.08 83.45 78.83
100.00% 76.55
80.00%
60.00%

40.00%
20.00%
0.00%
2014 2015 2016 2017

Percentage of optometry practitioner renewed APC
Source: Malaysian Optical Council, MoH

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