GOC opens 2017 registration

General Optical Council registration for the year beginning April 1 2017 is now open to OOs, DOs and optical businesses.

The Council encouraged registrants to apply online by logging in to their MyGOC account at www.optical.org by March 15 in order to pay the renewal fee of £330. Applications made after this date but before the final deadline of March 31 will have to pay an additional £20.

Michelle Norman, GOC head of registration said: ‘Registration is a legal requirement for anyone practising in the UK. Those who fail to renew will be removed from our registers and will be unable to practise.’