The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023

8.  The grounds on which a Local Health Board must refuse to include a qualified practitioner in its combined list are that—

(a) the qualified practitioner has been convicted in the United Kingdom of murder;

(b) the qualified practitioner is the subject of a national disqualification;

(c) the qualified practitioner has not provided further information under regulation 15(5);

(d) the qualified practitioner has not notified the Local Health Board under regulation 28(6);

(e) the Local Health Board is not satisfied of the qualified practitioner’s intention to provide or assist in the provision of primary ophthalmic services (as the case may be) in the Local Health Board’s area;

(f) the qualified practitioner—

(i) applies to be included in the ophthalmic list, but is included in the supplementary list of any Local Health Board, or

(ii) applies to be included in the supplementary list, but is included in either the ophthalmic list of any Local Health Board or the supplementary list of another Local Health Board unless, in either case, the qualified practitioner has given notice in writing to that Local Health Board that they wish to withdraw from that list;

(g) except in relation to a student optometrist, the Local Health Board considers that the qualified practitioner is not qualified to provide, or assist in the provision of, primary ophthalmic services (as appropriate);

(h) in relation to a student optometrist, the Local Health Board considers that the person is not qualified to assist in the provision of services under supervision.