Paragraph 5 Certification

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. rule 15 word substituted by General Optical Council (Injury or Disease of the Eye and Contact Lens (Qualifications)) Rules 2005 Sch. rule 3
Sch. rule 3 words inserted by General Optical Council (Therapeutics and Contact Lens Specialties) Rules 2008 Sch. rule 5
sch. amended by General Optical Council (Contact Lens (Qualifications etc.) (Amendment) Rules) 1989

(1)

“Certification” shall mean the issue to a registered optician who is entitled to apply for certification of a certificate by the Registrar stating that the registered optician has satisfied the Council by the extent of his practical experience and competence in the fitting of contact lenses that he is qualified to fit contact lenses.

(2)

A registered optician who does not hold an approved qualification shall be entitled to apply for certification if:

(a)

in the three years immediately preceding the date of his application he has fitted contact lenses to not less than 150 persons;

(b)

his name was annotated in the Register as an optician having experience as a contact lens practitioner or fitter under arrangements operated by the Council prior to the 1st January, 1972; or

(c)

he is currently engaged, and has been continuously so engaged for at least three years, in teaching contact lens practice to persons training as opticians in approved training institutions.

(3)

A registered optician shall also be entitled to apply for certification if he does not have an approved qualification and has not, in the three years immediately preceding the date of his application, fitted contact lenses to not less than 150 persons, provided that he has acquired sufficient practical experience and competence to enable him to fit contact lenses.