# The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997, Regulation 10: Issue of vouchers by NHS trusts

Extent: E+W

(1) An NHS trust which, following a testing of sight, issues a prescription for an optical appliance to a patient—
(a) who has indicated that he is an eligible person;
(b) who (whether or not he has so indicated) is issued with a prescription for a complex appliance; or
(c) who is an eligible person by virtue of regulation 8(5),
shall issue to the patient a voucher relating to the optical appliance prescribed.
(2) The NHS trust issuing the voucher shall—
(a) mark on it the letter code specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 which relates to the type of optical appliance prescribed as set out in column 1 of that Schedule;
(b) duly complete the relevant parts of the voucher with the name and address of the patient, the patient’s date of birth, particulars of the prescription issued to the patient, the date on which the patient’s sight was tested and the date of issue of the voucher.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/818/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-1997/regulation-10
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