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Archived consultations 2007-2024
2020 archived consultation: Education and training requirements for GOC approved qualifications
2018-19 archived consultation: Education Strategic Review
2021 archived consultation: Education and training requirements for specialist entry to the GOC register (additional supply, supplementary prescribing and independent prescribing)
2021-22 archived consultation: Education and training requirements for entry to the GOC register as a contact lens optician
2023 archived consultation: Managing applications for GOC registration from optical professionals who have qualified outside the UK or Switzerland
2019 archived consultation: Case Management Meetings
2020 archived consultation: Acceptance criteria policy for GOC business registrants
2021 archived consultation: Case Management Meetings - Post-Pilot Review
2021 archived consultation: Hearings and indicative sanctions guidance
2021 archived consultation: Remote hearings protocol
2021-22 archived consultation: Illegal practice strategy review
2020-21 archived consultation: COVID-19 statements
2021 archived consultation: Service of statutory notices by email policy
2022 archived consultation: Call for evidence on the Opticians Act and consultation on associated GOC policies
2022-23 archived consultation: Updating gender on register
2023 archived consultation: Statement on verification of contact lens specifications and definition of aftercare
2023 archived consultation: Removing reference to a registrant's gender on the public register
2018 archived consultation: Standards for Optical Businesses
2018 archived consultation: Fit for the Future - Lifelong Learning Review
2019 archived consultation: Disclosing confidential information about patients (including where patients may not be fit to drive) - draft guidance for GOC registrants
2019-20 archived consultation: Draft Strategic Plan 2020-2027
2020 archived consultation: CPD (CET) review proposals
2020 archived consultation: Temporary changes to our Optometry Handbook and Supervision policy
2020-21 archived consultation: Draft guidance for registrants - Speaking Up
2020-21 archived consultation: CET Rules consultation
2021 archived consultation: CET exceptions policy
2024 archived consultation: revised Standards of Practice for Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians, Standards for Optical Students and Standards for Optical Businesses
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