The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/693
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

(2) In these Regulations, “the 1986 Regulations ” means the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 3 of the 1986 Regulations

In regulation 3 of the 1986 Regulations (qualifications of ophthalmic medical practitioners)–

(a) in paragraph (b)(iii), for “the Diploma in Ophthalmology awarded conjointly by the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of Surgeons of England,” substitute “the Membership of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, ”; and

(b) omit paragraph (c) and the word “or” preceding it.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 13 of the 1986 Regulations

In regulation 13 of the 1986 Regulations (sight tests eligibility) –

(a) after paragraph (1)(b) insert–

(bb) a person who is aged 60 years or more;

(b) at the end of paragraph (1)(f) insert “, or has been advised by an ophthalmologist that he is predisposed to the development of glaucoma;”; and

(c) after paragraph (2) insert–

(2A) In paragraph (1)(f) “ophthalmologist” means a doctor whose name is included in the register of specialists kept by the General Medical Council under article 8 of the European Specialist Medical Qualifications Order 1995 and in respect of whom that register indicates his speciality to be ophthalmology.