SCHEDULE 1TERMS OF SERVICE
Eye examinations
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(1)
An ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician who accepts in accordance with these regulations–
(a)
an application from a patient for a primary eye examination; or
(b)
an application from a patient for a supplementary eye examination F1...
shall carry out an eye examination.
F2(1A)
An ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician who accepts in accordance with these regulations an application under sub-paragraph (1) shall carry out each specific mandatory test and procedure specified in Schedule 3 or Schedule 4 as appropriate unless—
(a)
the ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician considers that the patient has a physical or mental condition which would make the carrying out of one or more specified test(s) or procedure(s) clinically inappropriate, or
(b)
the patient has refused to undertake one or more specified test(s) or procedure(s).
F3(2)
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(3)
Where an ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician carries out a sight test, he or she shall fulfil any duty imposed on him or her by, or in regulations made under, the Opticians Act 1989.
(4)
Where an ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician is of the opinion that a patient whose eyes he or she has examined in accordance with sub paragraph (1)–
(a)
shows signs of injury, disease or abnormality in the eye or elsewhere which may require medical treatment; or
(b)
is not likely to attain a satisfactory standard of vision notwithstanding the application of corrective lenses,
he or she shall, if appropriate, and with the consent of the patient–
F4(i)
refer the patient either to his or her doctor or to an ophthalmic hospital;
(ii)
F5in the case of a referral to an ophthalmic hospital, inform the patient's doctor or GP practice that he or she has done so; and
(iii)
give the patient a written statement that he or she has done so, with details of the referral.
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(6)
A prescription for glasses issued following an eye examination which includes a sight test shall be completed by the method recommended in Appendix A to British Standard F72738-3:2004 (Glossary of Terms relating to Ophthalmic Lenses and Spectacle Frames) published by the British Standards Institution, as effective on the date of its publication, and shall comply with any requirements as to its form specified in the Statement for the purposes of payment in respect of the eye examination.
(7)
An ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician shall carry out a maximum of 20 eye examinations in any working day.
(8)
Following a primary eye examination or a supplementary eye examination the ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician who carried out the examination shall give a statement of the outcome of the examination to the patient.