The General Optical Council (Testing of Sight by Persons Training as Ophthalmic Opticians Rules) Order of Council 1994

Classes of Persons Training as Ophthalmic Opticians

4.  The classes of persons prescribed for the purposes of these Rules are the following:—

(a) persons who are receiving instruction at an approved training institution with a view to obtaining an approved qualification;

(b) persons who are undertaking a period of practical experience in the work of an ophthalmic optician with a view to satisfying the Council as to the adequacy of their practical experience in such work, for the purposes of section 8 of the Act;

(c) persons who are completing an adaptation period within the meaning, and for the purposes, of Regulation 6 of the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 1991(1) or who are receiving instruction at an approved training institution, with a view to taking an aptitude test within the meaning, and for the purposes, of that regulation;

(d) persons who are undergoing examination for an approved qualification;

(e) persons who have qualified as ophthalmic opticians outside the United Kingdom and are receiving instruction at an approved training institution.

(1)

S.I. 1991/824.