The General Optical Council (Continuing Professional Development) Rules Order of Council 2021

Notice of possible shortfall

22.—(1) This rule applies where, two months prior to the end of any relevant period, it appears to the administrator that a registrant will have a shortfall in CPD requirements if no further continuing professional development events are undertaken by the registrant before the end of that relevant period (“a possible shortfall”).

(2) The administrator must immediately serve a notice on the registrant stating—

(a) the possible shortfall,

(b) the procedure for disputes under rule 24,

(c) that unless the registrant undertakes continuing professional development events to meet the CPD requirements equivalent to the possible shortfall by the end of the relevant period, the registrar may remove from or refuse to retain in the appropriate register—

(i) the name of the registrant, or

(ii) in any case where the possible shortfall relates to a specialty, particulars of that specialty which are entered against the registrant’s name in the appropriate register,

(d) that if there is any such removal, the registrant’s name or the particulars of the specialty (or specialties) as the case may be, may only be restored if the shortfall in CPD requirements has been satisfied.

(3) The notice under paragraph (2) may be served electronically where—

(a) the registrant has consented in writing to receipt of notices by electronic communication for the purposes of this rule, and

(b) the notice has been sent to the address specified by the registrant when giving that consent.