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The Rules approved by this Order prescribe the qualifications required and certification procedures necessary to permit the fitting of contact lenses by registered opticians. The Rules also provide for a period of patient after-care lasting six months from the date when contact lenses were first fitted and make consequential amendments to the Rules on the Fitting of Contact Lenses 1985 (scheduled to S.I 1985/856).