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The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

  3. PART II CHARGES

    1. 2.Charges for glasses and contact lenses

  4. PART III PAYMENTS TOWARDS FOR COST OF SIGHT TESTS

    1. 3.Eligibility – sight tests

    2. 4.Completion and use of voucher – sight tests

    3. 5.Payments to sight testers

    4. 6.Payments to patients in respect of sight tests

    5. 7.Redemption value of voucher for sight tests

  5. PART IV PAYMENTS FOR COST OF SUPPLY OF OPTICAL APPLIANCES

    1. 8.Eligibility – supply of optical appliances

    2. 9.Issue of vouchers by ophthalmic medical practitioners and opticians

    3. 10.Issue of vouchers by ... Health Boards in connection with the hospital eye service

    4. 11.Issue of replacement vouchers by the Agency, ... or Health Boards

    5. 12.Use of vouchers for the supply of optical appliances

    6. 12A.Notice of entitlement

    7. 13.Payments to suppliers

    8. 14.Redemption value of voucher for supply of optical appliances

  6. PART V PAYMENTS FOR COST OF REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR OF OPTICAL APPLIANCES

    1. 15.Eligibility – replacement or repair

    2. 16.Completion of vouchers for replacement or repair

    3. 17.Use of vouchers for replacement or repair

    4. 18.Payments to suppliers for replacement or repair

    5. 19.Redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair

  7. PART VI PAYMENTS TO PATIENTS

    1. 20.Payments to patients in respect of the supply, replacement or repair of optical appliances

  8. PART VII MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 21.Amounts wrongly paid

    2. 22.Signatures and claims for payments

    3. 23.Application of these Regulations

    4. 24.Revocations

  9. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES – SUPPLY AND REPLACEMENT

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      VOUCHER VALUES – REPAIR

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      PRISMS, TINTS, PHOTOCHROMIC LENSES, SMALL GLASSES AND SPECIAL FRAMES AND COMPLEX APPLIANCES

      1. 1.(1) The amounts in column 3 of Schedule 1 and...

      2. 2.The minimum complex appliance payment is– (a) for a complex...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      REGULATIONS REVOKED

  11. Explanatory Note

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