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| FHS. Devcat #23 asked about a proper/full eye sight test, presumably to check if he needed glasses; as well as the more basic one required for converting a driving-licence. I'm simply trying to point out that if he goes to a fully qualified Opthalmologist as opposed to a high-street Optician, he can claim against his medical insurance for the cost of the tests. If he has a full test done at the Opticians, he can't.
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And I am just trying to say that an Optometrist is sufficient to prove you can drive adequately and safely on a your afformentioned unlit carriageway. I don't call in a Professor in Hydrodynamics to come and tell me if my toilet is working correctly or not, when a plumber can do it just the same. However, if the plumber tells me I need said professor, then I would call him in.
Anyway, for drivers licence conversion the test has to be documented on the application itself. I doubt an Opthal would "lower" him/herself to sign that and then try to charge it to healthcare.
An Optom doing a test here is certainly better than in Australia, where the RTA officer just gets you to read a standard chart that someone could easily memorise, and no other vision deficiencies are examined.