0 someone whose job is examining people's eyes and selling glasses or contact lenses to correct sight problems
1 a person trained to test the sight of people and to decide how best to improve their sight, if necessary, by ordering glasses or contact lenses for them
The paper does not include the other categories of independent contractor (dentists, optometrists and pharmacists) as no individuals from these groups were interviewed.
At that stage many can be discharged to an optometrist for final refraction.
Pharmacists can now sell or supply these medicines to additional supply optometrists.
Changes of attitudes by ophthalmologists, optometrists and the public would be needed.
It also contains modifications to the statements for optometrist supplementary prescribers.
First-degree relatives are offered screening by an optometrist routinely.
This has stimulated the development of shared-care schemes between hospital eye services and suitably trained optometrists to monitor patients with stable glaucoma.
In 2001 the circulation was extended to include optometrists, other nurses, community dentists and community hospital staff.
