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

Issue of vouchers by Health Boards and NHS trusts in connection with the hospital eye service

10.—(1) Where, following a testing of sight, a prescription for an optical appliance is issued to a patient–

(a) who has indicated that he is an eligible person;

(b) who (whether or not he has so indicated) is issued with a prescription for a complex appliance; or

(c) who is an eligible person by virtue of regulation 8(5),

the Health Board or NHS Trust by or on behalf of which the patient’s sight was tested shall issue to the patient a voucher relating to the optical appliance prescribed.

(2) The Health Board or NHS trust issuing the voucher shall–

(a) mark on it the letter code specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 which relates to the type of optical appliance prescribed as set out in column 1 of that Schedule; and

(b) duly complete the relevant parts of the voucher with the name and address of the patient, the patient’s date of birth, particulars of the prescription issued to the patient, the date on which the patient’s sight was tested and the date of issue of the voucher.