The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013

Amendment of the 2006 Regulations

3.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “mobile practice” after “residential centre” insert “or at a place where the patient normally resides”;

(b) for the definition of “primary eye examination”, substitute—

““primary eye examination” means a general eye health check which includes a sight test, an internal and external examination of the eye as well as other tests and procedures appropriate to the needs of the patient;”;

(c) in the definition of “records” omit “and as specified in Schedule 5”;

(d) omit the definition of “required equipment”;

(e) for the definition of “supplementary eye examination”, substitute—

““supplementary eye examination” means an eye health check which is either carried out—

(a)

after a primary eye examination for a particular reason which has arisen during the primary eye examination; or

(b)

in circumstances set out in regulation 22(3C),

and includes the tests and procedures appropriate to the clinical needs of the patient;”.