The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022

Amendment of the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

14.  In schedule 1 (terms of service)—

(a) in paragraph 2(f) (incorporation of provisions) after “Injury” insert “or Disease”,

(b) in paragraph 3A (mandatory training)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(aa) in head (a) after “undertake” insert “and satisfactorily complete”, and

(bb) head (b) with the “and” immediately preceding it, is omitted,

(ii) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) Where an ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician is first included in the Ophthalmic List of any Board after 31st October in any relevant period, the requirement in paragraph (1) does not apply to that ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician for that relevant period.”

(c) in paragraph 4 (premises at which general ophthalmic services are to be provided)—

(i) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) A contractor described in sub-paragraph (1) may, from time to time, provide general ophthalmic services or cause such services to be provided from the practice premises using remote facilities.”,

(ii) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) An ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician described in sub-paragraph (2) may, from time to time, provide general ophthalmic services or assist in the provision of general ophthalmic services using remote facilities.”,

(d) in paragraph 6 (premises and equipment)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1) after “at” insert “or from”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (2)—

(aa) after “services” in the first place where it occurs insert “for a patient who is”,

(bb) after “or” insert “for a patient who is”,

(e) in paragraph 14(4)(i) (eye examinations) for the words “either to” substitute “to any of an optometrist independent prescriber, another ophthalmic medical practitioner,”.