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Professional Standards

Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO)

• Advice on professional standards from ABDO

College of Optometrists

• Advice on professional standards from the College

General Optical Council (GOC)

• Advice on professional standards from the GOC
• All GOC rules and regulations

GOC - Fitness to Practise Regulations

The General Optical Council (GOC) is the statutory body which regulates dispensing opticians and optometrists and those bodies corporate carrying on business as optometrists or dispensing opticians. The GOC's main aims are to protect the public and promote high standards of professional conduct and education amongst opticians.  For more information about the GOC, click here

Documents relating to the GOC’s fitness to practise regulations:

• GOC Fitness to Practise rules, 2005
• GOC Fitness to Practise (Amendment in Relation to Standard of Proof) Rules, 2008
• GOC Fitness to Practise investigation flow chart
• GOC Fitness to Practise Investigation Committee Guidance

Rules and Regulations on Sight Testing and Contact Lens Fitting and Supply

• Guidance from the College of Optometrists and Royal College of Ophthalmologists - March 2011

Safeguarding

• Optical Confederation Guidance on Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

• Model Chaperone Framework

Supervision

Following the findings released on 30 June 2009 of a GOC Fitness to Practise hearing regarding supervision, FODO has issued Provisional Operational Advice for Employers.

• Provisional Operational Advice for Employers

To view the hearing findings on the GOC website, click here