Legal topics – useful links
Here are some websites providing information from source on topics covered in the AOP Members Handbook. It is hoped that these sources update the information in a more timely manner than it is possible to do with the AOP Members Handbook. Most other topics in the Members Handbook will be found elsewhere on the AOP website.
The links below are to main website pages to minimise issues with broken links where there are longer links (deep-linking) to sub-pages. You will therefore have to navigate on the website to find the particular topic. You may usually do this by doing a key-word search on the website.
Patient records – www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
For information on the Data Protection Act 1998 and access to health records.
Health & Safety – www.hse.gov.uk
Sunday trading – www.dti.gov.uk
Disability discrimination – www.disability.gov.uk; www.eoc.org.uk
Equal opportunities. – www.eoc.org.uk
Taxation – www.hmrc.gov.uk
General advice on Income Tax and Value Added Tax. For advice more specific to optometrists please contact the Association of Optometrists.
