The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013

Payments to ophthalmic practitionersE+W

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5.—(1) The Board must, if the conditions specified in paragraph (2) are met, make a payment of the voucher's redemption value to an ophthalmic practitioner who has accepted a voucher in accordance with regulation 4(4).

(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that—

(a)the eligible person has signed the declaration in accordance with regulation 4(3); and

(b)the ophthalmic practitioner has—

(i)made a claim for a payment on a completed voucher [F1(which may be submitted in either electronic or paper form)] to the Board within three months of the date of the sight test; and

(ii)informed the Board of the amount of the patient contribution.

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