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Last updated: July 2026
OptoGuide™ references material published by government bodies, professional colleges and other third parties. This page records those sources and their ownership. It supplements clause 10 of our Terms of Use.
All third-party material remains the property of its owner. Reference material is reproduced or summarised for clinical convenience and is not a substitute for the authoritative source — always verify against the original before acting.
Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS)
Commonwealth of Australia
MBS optometry item numbers, descriptors, schedule fees and benefit amounts are sourced from the official MBS data files published by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. This material is used under the Creative Commons Attribution licence applying to MBS Online content. It is reproduced for reference only and is not billing advice — always confirm against MBS Online before claiming.
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
Commonwealth of Australia
PBS item codes, restriction and authority information, and prescribing quantities are sourced from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme published by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. Reproduced for reference only; always confirm current listings against the PBS before prescribing.
Assessing Fitness to Drive
Austroads Ltd and the National Transport Commission
Vision standards used in the Fitness-to-Drive workflow are derived from Assessing Fitness to Drive for commercial and private vehicle drivers, published by Austroads. OptoGuide™ summarises the applicable standards in its own words; the publication itself remains the copyright of Austroads. OptoGuide™ is not affiliated with or endorsed by Austroads, and the licensing authority remains solely responsible for all licence decisions.
Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
Commonwealth of Australia
Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods registration status and product information are referenced from the TGA. OptoGuide™ links to TGA sources rather than reproducing them.
Clinical guidelines and reference sources
Various
OptoGuide™ clinical content is authored by us, informed by published guidance from bodies including RANZCO, Optometry Australia, the Centre for Eye Health, the National Health and Medical Research Council, and the Australian Medicines Handbook. Individual records cite their sources. Those publications remain the copyright of their respective owners. Naming a source indicates that it informed our content — it does not imply that the organisation has reviewed, approved, endorsed, or is affiliated with OptoGuide™.
Pharmaceutical brand names
Respective trade mark owners
Medicine brand names appear in the therapeutics database to help you identify products dispensed in Australia. All such names are the registered trade marks of their respective owners, are used descriptively for identification only, and their inclusion does not imply any association with, sponsorship by, or endorsement from those owners.
Clinical illustrations
OptoGuide™
Clinical images in OptoGuide™ are original synthetic illustrations generated for teaching purposes and reviewed by a registered optometrist. They are not photographs of real patients, contain no patient information, and are not sourced from any third-party image library or publication.
Open-source software
Respective contributors
OptoGuide™ is built with open-source software distributed under the MIT, BSD, ISC, Apache 2.0 and LGPL-3.0 licences, among others. Copyright in those components remains with their respective authors, and each is used in accordance with its licence. A complete list of components and their licence texts is available on request from support@optoguide.com.au.
Corrections
If you believe material has been attributed incorrectly, or used in a way that exceeds its licence, please tell us at support@optoguide.com.au and we will correct or remove it promptly.