The General Optical Council (Continuing Education and Training Rules) Order of Council 2005

PART 3 LISTING OF PROVIDERS AND APPROVAL OF EVENTS

Application to become a listed provider

5.—(1) Any person who wishes to provide a continuing education and training event to optometrists or dispensing opticians shall apply to the administrator for his name to be entered on the list of event providers for a period of twelve months.

(2) An application shall be made in such form (including electronic) as is specified by the Council.

Fee payable for application to be a listed provider

6.  A fee of £35 shall be payable in respect of each application to become a listed provider.

Application by a listed provider for approval of an event

7.—(1) Any listed provider who wishes to provide a continuing education and training event in the United Kingdom or elsewhere shall apply to the administrator for the event to be approved.

(2) An application shall be made in such form (including electronic) as is specified by the Council.

Application by a person undertaking an event outside the United Kingdom for approval of the event

8.—(1) Any person who wishes to undertake a continuing education and training event provided outside the United Kingdom by a person other than a listed provider shall apply to the administrator for the event to be approved.

(2) An application shall be made in such form (including electronic) as is specified by the Council.

Grant or refusal of application to become a listed provider

9.—(1) Where an application under rule 5 has been submitted to the administrator, together with the appropriate fee specified in rule 6, the administrator shall grant or refuse the application and, if he grants it, he shall enter the applicant’s name to the list of event providers.

(2) The administrator shall notify the applicant of his decision in respect of the application.

(3) A person’s entry on the list of event providers shall expire at the end of the period of twelve months beginning with the date on which the entry is made.

Grant or refusal of application for approval of an event

10.—(1) Where an application under rule 7 or 8 for approval of an event has been submitted to the administrator, the administrator shall grant or refuse the application and, if he grants it, he shall—

(a) specify—

(i) the number of CET points that a registrant who undertakes the approved event will obtain, and

(ii) whether those points are to be general CET points under paragraph (2) or specialist CET points under paragraph (3); and

(b) allocate a reference number to the approved event.

(2) Where the administrator considers that an approved event is relevant to competencies which—

(a) are established by the Council under section 12(1)(a) (education and training)(1); and

(b) a registrant must be able to demonstrate in order to be granted a qualification as an optometrist or dispensing optician,

he shall specify that the type of points to be obtained by undertaking the event are general CET points.

(3) Where the administrator considers that an approved event is relevant to competencies which—

(a) are established in relation to a specialty by the Council under section 12(1)(a) (as applied to specialties by section 12(11)); and

(b) a registrant must be able to demonstrate in order to be permitted to practise that specialty,

he shall specify that the type of points to be obtained by undertaking the event are specialist CET points.

(4) The administrator shall notify the applicant of his decision in respect of the application and, if he grants it, he shall notify the applicant of the number and type of points specified, and the reference number allocated, under paragraph (1).

Information to be provided by listed provider

11.—(1) The person who is the listed provider of an approved event shall—

(a) provide to the administrator the names of persons who have undertaken the event and, if they have one, their registration number as optometrists or dispensing opticians;

(b) provide to a person who has undertaken the event a statement of—

(i) the listed provider’s name,

(ii) the number and type of CET points specified under rule 10(1)(a) for the event, and

(iii) the reference number of the approved event allocated under rule 10(1)(b).

(2) The information required under paragraph (1) shall be supplied in such form (including electronic) as is specified by the Council.

(1)

Section 12 was substituted by S.I. 2005/848.