Memorandum and articles of association of the Victorian Optical Association Incorporated (and) Ethics in Optometry
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Catalogue Number: 926
Memorandum and articles of association of the Victorian Optical Association Incorporated (and) Ethics in Optometry
Category: Papers
Sub-Category: Constitution, legal document
Institution: Victorian Optical Association
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1930
Time Period: 1900 to 1939
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Melbourne
Publisher/Manufacturer: Victorian Optical Association printed by Carter & Tavener Pty Ltd
Description Of Item: Original brown printed card wrappers, 20 pages, added typed leaf at page 9 modifying rule 10. Ink and pencil annotations throughout Signature of Cyril Kett in red ink on front
Historical Significance: The Victorian Optical Association was incorporated in 1911. The document includes a code of ethics dealing with duty to the profession and the public, duties to patients, duty to fellow optometrists and kindred professions, dispensing prescriptions and four clauses in Article V dealing with prohibition of canvassing, dignified advertising, prohibition of advertising of fees and prices and prohibition on advertising 'free examination'. The archive holds five booklets giving the Rules of the Victorian Optical Association for 1911, 1924, 1930, 1934 and 1947 (Cat Nos 925, 926. 928 and 929) some of which contain the code of ethics and one the details of the FVOA course.
How Acquired: Donated by Cyril Kett
Condition: Good
Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 2
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