# The General Optical Council (Contact Lens (Qualifications etc.) Rules) Order of Council 1988, Paragraph 6: Provisional certifiction


(1) “Provisional certification” shall mean the issue to a registered optician who is entitled to apply for provisional certification of a provisional certificate by the Registrar stating that the registered optician has satisfied the Council that the practical experience he is acquiring, or his progress in obtaining an approved qualification, is such that he is qualified to fit contact lenses for a period expiring not later than 31st December 1990.
(2) A registered optician shall be entitled to apply for provisional certification if he does not hold an approved qualification provided that either:—
(a) he anticipates that, in a period of three years ending on the 31st December 1990 he will have fitted contact lenses to not less than 150 persons and so, by that date, able to satisfy the Council as to his entitlement to apply for certification; or
(b) he is undertaking, or about to undertake, a course of study leading after examination to an approved qualification.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1305/schedule/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-contact-lens-qualifications-etc-rules-order-of-council-1988/schedule/paragraph-6
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