10. Jun. 2010. – 13:29:27
The notorious Harold Shipman
whose name will live alongside Crippen in the annals of rogue medical murderers
......I won`t use his title the honour of which he fouled so
heinously.......changed the manner in which most professions in this country
are regulated.
Information from contacts
within the optical profession has informed me of sweeping changes in the
regulation of that profession; changes which are not necessarily unique to that
group. But for a minute I would suggest that readers whose "previous"
included a period as a student before 2,000 think back to their conduct and
whether or not it included perhaps minor misdemeanours which resulted in
meeting face to face the criminal justice system. I would suggest that not many
of us could say that our behaviour in those days was as upright as age and
experience developed. A bit too much to drink at the wrong time and place,
smoking substances other than tobacco, a tendency to speak rather bluntly with
a few more decibels and expletives than would have been necessary, a mistaken
inclination perhaps for males to consider every female possible fair game and for
females time at last to discover that beauty and brains is a deadly combination
when applied appropriately. All that and myriad similar personal recollections
have been and still are put down to youthful exuberance.....not any more for
students of optometry and the allied profession of dispensing optics.
The aspiring optometrist must
be registered with the General Optical Council. Not registered? Can`t study.
This compulsory student registration means that eighteen year olds away at
university are subject to similar controls as are qualified practitioners. But
in the case of students the G.O.C. when and if it removes a student from the
register is effectively preventing that individual continuing to study for his
degree in optometry. Removal is of course the most serious sanction at its
disposal and is used only in the most serious cases.
An undeclared fixed penalty
notice received in 2007 and a police caution the following year for assault and
possession of cannabis has led to student optometrist Amandeep Sandhu being
issued with a G.O.C. warning which will remain on his record for three years.
This cannot by any stretch of
the imagination be described as double jeopardy but it is a warning to students
within the caring and legal professions that whilst some of their non
vocational friends have only the law with which to concern themselves when
spirits or nervous systems are perhaps higher than is sensible they face major
problems for their entire future if thoughtless activity becomes lawless
activity.
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