Injury or Disease
of the Eye (Jersey) Order 1963
Official
Consolidated Version
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version of consolidated legislation compiled and issued under the authority of
the Legislation (Jersey) Law 2021.
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Injury or Disease
of the Eye (Jersey) Order 1963
1
Where it appears to a registered optician that an individual
consulting the registered optician is suffering from an injury or disease of
the eye, the optician shall, subject to the provisions of Articles 3 and
4, refer that individual to a registered medical practitioner for advice and
treatment, unless the registered optician is acting on the advice or
instructions of a registered medical practitioner (other than a medical
recommendation for a sight test) in testing the sight of such an individual or
in fitting and supplying such an individual with an optical appliance, but in
such case the optician shall forthwith report to that practitioner any findings
of injury or disease of the eye of which the practitioner may be unaware.
2
In referring an individual to a registered medical practitioner, a
registered optician shall –
(a) advise the individual
to consult such a practitioner; and
(b) wherever practicable,
furnish a registered medical practitioner named by the individual with a
written report on the registered optician’s findings indicating the
registered optician’s grounds for thinking that the individual may be
suffering from injury or disease of the eye, and where action appears urgent the
registered optician shall also take such measures as are open to the registered
optician to inform a registered medical practitioner immediately.
3
If an individual, who appears to a registered optician to be
suffering from injury or disease of the eye, is unwilling, on conscientious or
other grounds, to consult a registered medical practitioner, the optician shall
record that fact and the grounds which the individual gives for the
individual’s unwillingness to consult a registered medical practitioner.
4
Nothing in this Order shall operate to prevent a registered optician
from rendering in an emergency whatever services are, having regard to the
circumstances, in the best interest of an individual consulting the registered
optician, or from giving treatment in accordance with the provisions of Orders
made under Article 18(1)(d) of the Opticians (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1962.
5
This Order may be cited as the Injury or Disease of the Eye (Jersey)
Order 1963.