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The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998

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Issue of vouchers by F1... [F2Health Boards] in connection with the hospital eye serviceS

10.—(1) Where, following a testing of sight, a prescription for an optical appliance is issued to a patient–

(a)who has indicated that he is an eligible person;

(b)who (whether or not he has so indicated) is issued with a prescription for a complex appliance; or

(c)who is an eligible person by virtue of regulation 8(5),

the F3... [F4Health Board] by or on behalf of which the patient’s sight was tested shall issue to the patient a voucher relating to the optical appliance prescribed.

(2) The F5... [F6Health Board] issuing the voucher shall–

(a)mark on it the letter code specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 which relates to the type of optical appliance prescribed as set out in column 1 of that Schedule; and

(b)duly complete the relevant parts of the voucher with the name and address of the patient, the patient’s date of birth, particulars of the prescription issued to the patient, the date on which the patient’s sight was tested and the date of issue of the voucher.

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