The window for responses to the General Optical Council’s (GOC) call for evidence on the Opticians Act closed on July 18 and optical professional bodies have published their feedback.
In the section about testing of sight, the GOC asked should dispensing opticians (DOs) be able to undertake refraction for the purposes of the sight test? It noted that this would only be possible if the GOC amended or removed its 2013 statement on refraction.
In response to the question, the Association of Optometrists (AOP) said DOs should not be able to refract and highlighted that the Opticians Act does not permit the delegation of the sight test.
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