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4.—(1) A doctor who wishes to establish his or her status as an ophthalmic medical practitioner shall apply to the Ophthalmic Qualifications Committee for approval of his or her qualifications and experience, and shall give to that Committee such particulars of his or her qualifications and experience as it shall require.
(2) The Ophthalmic Qualifications Committee shall consider such application and within one month after the date thereof shall inform the applicant of its determination.
(3) If the Ophthalmic Qualifications Committee is satisfied that the doctor possesses the qualifications prescribed by regulation 3, he or she shall be an ophthalmic medical practitioner.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 3 and paragraph (1), a doctor who has the prescribed qualifications for the purposes of providing general ophthalmic services in England and Wales under the National Health Service Act 1977(1) or in Northern Ireland under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(2), shall be an ophthalmic medical practitioner.
S.I. 1972/1265.
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