RecordsN.I.
7.—(1) A contractor shall keep a full, accurate and contemporaneous record in respect of each patient to whom he provides general ophthalmic services, giving the appropriate and necessary details of the sight testing.
(2) Records, for the purpose of sub-paragraph (1), shall also include any details in regard to the dispensing, supply, repair or replacement of an optical appliance or prescription which has been given to the patient in consequence of a testing of sight.
(3) Subject to paragraph 9(3), a contractor shall retain all such records for a period of seven years from and including the date of the last recorded sight test, and shall during that period—
(a)produce them on request to an optician in the employment of [F1the Department] for inspection; or
(b)produce them to the DepartmentF2..., the Agency or the Committee within 14 days of being required to do so by the DepartmentF2..., the Agency or the Committee.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(3)(a) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (General Dental and Ophthalmic Services Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/104), regs. 1(1), 4(9)(a)
F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(3)(b) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of The Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (General Dental and Ophthalmic Services Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/104), regs. 1(1), 4(9)(d)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 7 in operation at 9.11.2007, see reg. 1