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,