Part II Registration and Training of Opticians
The registers and lists
8AF1Registers of students
1
The Council shall maintain a register of persons undertaking training as optometrists and a register of persons undertaking training as dispensing opticians.
2
A person who is undertaking training provided by an approved training establishment or obtaining practical experience in the work of an optometrist or a dispensing optician shall have his name in the appropriate register.
3
A person shall be entitled to have his name in the appropriate register if he satisfies the Council that he is fit to undertake training as an optometrist or a dispensing optician, and either—
a
he is undertaking, or will be undertaking, training provided by an approved training establishment; or
b
he is obtaining, or will be obtaining, practical experience in the work of—
i
an optometrist under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner or a registered optometrist; or
ii
a dispensing optician under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner, a registered optometrist or a registered dispensing optician.
4
Each register shall contain the names and addresses of the persons who are registered under this section, together with such other particulars as the Council may prescribe in rules.
5
The Council may make rules as to the circumstances in which a person’s name may be removed from a register maintained under this section.