Paragraph 13 Requirement to undertake continuing professional development events relating to each competency
The continuing professional development events undertaken for the purposes of obtaining the CPD points within the period specified under each of rules 11, 12, 26 and 27 must relate to—
in the case of a registered optometrist, or a person seeking restoration as a registered optometrist, each of the optometrist competencies,
in the case of a registered dispensing optician, or a person seeking restoration as a registered dispensing optician, each of the dispensing optician competencies, and
in the case of a registrant against whose name particulars of a specialty are entered in the appropriate register, or a person seeking restoration of such an entry, each of the specialty competencies that relate to that specialty.
Paragraph (1) is not to apply where in the last 12 months of the relevant period—
the first entry was made of the registrant’s name in the register, or
in relation to a specialty, the particulars of that specialty were first entered against the registrant’s name in the appropriate register.
For the purposes of this rule—
the competencies are those established by the Council as they applied on the first day of the relevant period,
an approved event relates to a competency if the administrator has specified it as such under rule 9(1)(a)(iii), or the administrator is otherwise satisfied that an event relates to a competency, and
a continuing professional development event provided by a person other than a listed provider relates to a competency as determined by the registrant.