Examples of Opticians Act in a sentence
The General Optical Council (GOC) was established in 1958 to promote high standards of professional education and professional conduct among opticians and to carry out some additional duties assigned by the Opticians Act.
The fitting of contact lenses (Section 25 of the Opticians Act 1989).
Under Section 28 of the Opticians Act it is a criminal offence for a person who is not appropriately registered to use any of the titles dispensing optician, registered optician, enrolled optician or optician.
When complying with requests from patients for either a copy of an existing prescription from practice records, or the provision of refractive details from an existing pair of spectacles, great care should be taken to ensure that circumstances cannot arise where the practice, or members of staff within a practice, could be alleged to have carried out a sight test and issued a prescription in contravention of the Opticians Act 1989, Section 24.
Under section 24 of the Opticians Act 1989 it is a criminal offence for a registered dispensing optician to test the sight of another person with intent to prescribe an optical appliance.
However, when contact lenses are fitted by registered dispensing opticians in accordance with the advice in Section III of these guidelines, when a refraction by a registered dispensing optician forms part of an LVA examination, or when certain types of low vision aids are supplied, the use of techniques to check their performance does not constitute the testing of sight within the meaning of the Opticians Act.
Accreditation and Quality Assurance visits take place under powers given in Sections 12 and 13 of the Opticians Act 1989 (as amended 2005) which provide the legal framework within which the GOC operates (attached at Appendix A).
The GOC Visitor Panel undertake visits to approved providers to assess whether the standard of education and assessment offered gives sufficient assurance that students have achieved the adequate skills and knowledge to practise safely.Visits take place under powers given by Sections 12 and 13 of the Opticians Act 1989 (amended 2005) and are undertaken on a one to five-year cycle subject to the conditions given in visitor panel reports.
Similar illustrative lists are contained in the governing legislation of the Health Professions Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council, although the 22 Chiropractors Act 1994, s 19(3) and Opticians Act 1989, s 3(3).
An appropriate eye and eyesight test means a sight test as defined by the Opticians Act Legislation and includes a test of vision and an examination of the eye.