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The General Optical Council (Continuing Professional Development) Rules Order of Council 2021

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

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This Order approves and gives effect to the General Optical Council (Continuing Professional Development) Rules 2021 (“the Continuing Professional Development Rules”). These Rules revoke and replace the General Optical Council (Continuing Education and Training) Rules 2005. The General Optical Council (Continuing Education and Training Rules) Order of Council 2005 (S.I. 2005/1473) and the General Optical Council (Continuing Education and Training Rules) (Amendment) Order of Council 2012 (S.I. 2012/2882), which approved and gave effect to the 2005 Rules and amendments to it, are superseded.

The Continuing Professional Development Rules provide for a scheme of continuing professional development for registered optometrists and registered dispensing opticians (“registrants”) administered on behalf of the General Optical Council. They set out the requirements for registrants to obtain general and specialist continuing professional development points during each relevant period of three years. They provide for a scheme of approval of events and event providers (“listed providers”), and set out the requirements of listed providers, administrators and registrants to keep records of continuing professional development events.

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