PART 2AMENDMENT OF THE PRESCRIBING ORDER

Amendment of article 1 of the Prescribing Order2

In article 1 of the Prescribing Order (citation, commencement, extent and interpretation), in paragraph (4)—

a

after the definition of “registered midwife”, insert the following definition—

  • “registered optometrist” means a person whose name is entered in the register of optometrists maintained under section 7(a) of the Opticians Act 19896;

b

in the definition of “relevent register”—

i

in paragraph (b) omit “and”;

ii

in paragraph (c), after “that register;” insert “and”; and

iii

after paragraph (c), insert—

d

in relation to a registered optometrist, the register of optometrists maintained under section 7(a) of the Opticians Act 1989;

c

in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”—

i

in paragraph (c), omit “or”;

ii

in paragraph (d), after “radiographers: diagnostic or therapeutic,” insert “or”; and

iii

after paragraph (d), insert—

e

a registered optometrist,