Paragraph 27 Restoration of entry relating to a specialty
This rule applies where the registrar has received an application for a person’s entry relating to a specialty to be restored to the register under—
rule 4(1)(b) of the Registration Rules (restoration following removal by the registrar), or
section 13K(1) (restoration following removal of an entry on a direction of the Fitness to Practise Committee).
Subject to paragraph (3) in the case of an application to which paragraph (1) applies, an applicant must have obtained—
6 specialist CPD points in the 12 months prior to the month in which the application is received, or
if the first entry relating to the specialty against the applicant’s name in the register of optometrists or in the register of dispensing opticians was made in the 12 months preceding the month in which the application is received, a number of specialist CPD points equivalent to half the number of whole months between (and not including) the month in which that first entry was made and the month in which the application is received.
Where a person makes an application for restoration of an entry relating to more than one specialty—
paragraph (2) applies as if the application was for the restoration of just one specialty, and
for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) the date of the first entry must be the earliest date upon which an entry for a specialty was made in the 12 month period preceding the month in which the application was received.
If the number of specialist CPD points which must have been obtained, as determined in accordance with paragraph (2), would include any fraction of a whole number, the number of specialist CPD points which must have been obtained is the nearest whole number below the number so determined.