Statutory Registration of Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians at CORU
CORU is preparing for the transfer of the registers for dispensing opticians and optometrists from Bord na Radharcmhastóirí (the Opticians Board) to the Optical Registration Board at CORU, later this year.
The Optical Registration Board at CORU is currently working to put in place the standards that will determine how the two professions are regulated in the future.
The Board wants to hear the views of members of the professions, the public and stakeholders on a number of matters relating to the statutory registration of optometrists and dispensing opticians at CORU:
· Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Dispensing Opticians Bye-Law 2015
· Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Optometrists Bye-Law 2015
· Regulation and Control of Prescribing and Dispensing of Prescriptions and Sale of Spectacles Bye-Law 2015
By participating in this consultation process you are helping to shape how optometrists and dispensing opticians are regulated.
The full text of each of the bye-laws can be viewed on www.coru.ie at the following links
· Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Dispensing Opticians Bye-Law 2015
· Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Optometrists Bye-Law 2015
or can be requested by emailing consultation@coru.ie or calling us on 01 2933160.
Feedback can be provided by filling in the consultation feedback forms, which can be found at the following links:
· Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Dispensing Opticians Bye-Law 2015
· Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Optometrists Bye-Law 2015
You can also email your feedback to consultation@coru.ie or send it in writing to Public Consultation, CORU, 13 - 15 The Mall, Beacon Court, Bracken Rd., Sandyford, Dublin 18.
The closing date for receipt of submissions is 5:00pm on Friday, 24 July 2015. Any submissions received after that time will not be considered.
A report on the consultation process will be published on www.coru.ie.
Ginny Hanrahan,
Registrar Optical Registration Board at CORU
1st July 2015