PART 2AMENDMENT OF THE PRESCRIBING ORDER

Amendment of article 1 of the Prescribing Order

2.  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 1989(1);”;

(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,”.