# The General Optical Council (Registration Rules) Order of Council 2005, Paragraph 10: Work or activities permitted for persons with register entries relating to specialties

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A registrant of a category listed in column 1 of the Table, may be permitted to register particulars of the specialty listed in relation to that category in column 2.
(2) Where particulars of a specialty listed in column 2 of the Table are entered against a registrant's name in a register, the registrant may perform the work or activities listed in relation to that specialty in column 3.
Table
Specialties
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Category of person
Specialty
Work or activities
A
Registered dispensing optician
Contact lens specialty
(a) assessing whether a contact lens meets the needs of an individual;
(b) providing the individual with one or more contact lenses for use during a trial period
B
Registered optometrist
Additional supply specialty
(a) the signing of orders for the sale or supply of prescription only medicines set out in column 2 of paragraph 8 of Part 1 of Schedule 17 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012
(b) the sale or supply of the prescription only medicines referred to in column 2 of and in accordance with column 3 of paragraph 9 of that Schedule
C
Registered optometrist
Supplementary prescribing specialty
The prescribing, administration or giving of directions for administration of medicinal products under and in accordance with regulation 215 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012
D
Registered optometrist
Independent prescribing specialty
the prescribing, administration or giving of directions for the administration of medicinal products that are—
(a)
for the treatment of ocular conditions affecting the eye or adnexa; and
(b)
specified in regulation 5(3) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012
other than those that are controlled drugs or for parenteral administration.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1478/schedule/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-rules-order-of-council-2005/schedule/paragraph-10
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