Optician

trade

The individual fabrication, supply and repair of corrective sight aids, determination of the position of pupils, inclination and deflection of the centre of spectacles and other parameters required for the production of a corrective aid designed for farsightedness, for reading purposes or for another working distance. Measuring and evaluating head parameters required for the production of corrective spectacles or other corrective aids, as appropriate, conversion, provided by a physician or an optometrist, of a specified dioptric value of astigmatic correction and calculation of a correction change in relation to its final position in front of the eye, adaptation of the produced corrective aid to the size of the user’s head in order to meet functional, hygienic, safety and aesthetic requirements. Provision of technical information on how to use and maintain corrective aids, advice on the selection of corrective frames, recommendations of appropriate types and modifications of spectacle lenses.

2005/36/EC

Minister of Industry and Trade

a) competence to pursue the healthcare profession of optometrist in accordance with Act No 96/2004 on conditions for the acquisition and recognition of competence to engage in paramedical professions and to carry out activities connected with the provision of health care and amending certain related laws (the Paramedical Act), as amended by Act No 125/2005, or b) further vocational education in a field of education to become a certified optician or certified eye technician, or c) secondary education with a school-leaving examination in a field of education to become an optician or eye technician, or d) a retraining certificate or other evidence of professional qualifications for the relevant work activities, issued by an establishment accredited in accordance with specific legislation, or by an establishment accredited by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, or by a ministry in whose purview the sector in which the trade is operated falls

as to d) 4 years’ professional experience

yes; Section 6 of Act No 455/1991 Coll., the Trade Licensing Act, as amended

no

No (a bankruptcy declaration in itself is not an impediment to the carrying-on of a trade). An impediment to the carrying-on of a trade arises in accordance with Section 8 (1) of Act No 455/1991 Coll., the Trade Licensing Act, as amended, if a bancruptcy of estate of a natural or legal person has been declared, only in the case of sale of the undertaking by means of a single contract in the context of the liquidation of assets in accordance with Act No 182/2006 Coll., on bankruptcy and the methods of handling bankruptcy (the Insolvency Act), as amended; or in the case of termination of the undertaking´s operations by a decision of a court. An impediment to the carrying-on of a trade also arises (for a period of 3 years since a decision enters into force) if an insolvency petition has been dismissed on the grounds that the debtor’s estate is insufficient to defray the costs of insolvency proceedings; or if bankruptcy procedure has been cancelled on the grounds that the debtor’s estate is entirely insufficient to satisfy creditors (Section 8 (2) of Act No 455/1991 Coll.).

Partly, it is only examined whether a natural person was pronounced a ban of the activity in the field or in the related field of the trade by administrative or judicial body.

no

no

no