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Association of British Dispensing Opticians - the representative body for dispensing opticians in the UK.
Age-related macular degeneration
Association of Optometrists - the representative body for optometrists in the UK.
A body corporate is a limited company or limited liability partnership that has been incorporated with Companies House. Bodies corporate registered with the GOC are known as business registrants.
A business registrant is a body corporate that has registered with the GOC.
The Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
The knowledge and skills an optometrist or dispensing optician must possess, in order to register with us and practise in the UK.
Department of Health
European Economic Area
Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians
(Fitness to Practise) A registrant's ability to carry out their professional duties as outlined in the Opticians Act. We deal with 'fitness to practise' complaints. These are allegations about optometrists and dispensing opticians, including students, and companies which are registered as bodies corporate. A registrant's fitness to practise may be impaired due to poor health, conduct or performance.
Local Optometric Committee
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
National Health Service
Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator
Primary Care Trust
Professional Qualifying Examination
The collective term used to refer to the organisations who represent the optical professions in the UK.
Protected titles are: (registered) optometrist; (registered) dispensing optician; (registered) ophthalmic optician; and (registered) optician(s).
Royal National Institute of Blind People - a UK charity supporting blind and partially-sighted people.
An area of skilled practise that requires additional training, assessment and qualification. Registrants with a specialty entered against their name in the opticians register are qualified to perform additional duties to those of a normal optometrists or dispensing optician.
The College of Optometrists. The professional body for optometrists in the UK.