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ONTARIO REGULATION 59/00

made under the

Opticianry Act, 1991

Made: October 29, 1999
Approved: February 2, 2000
Filed: February 4, 2000

Amending O. Reg. 869/93

(Registration)

Note: Since the end of 1998, �������� Regulation 869/93 has been amended by �������� Regulation 481/99.�� Previous amendments are listed in the Table of Regulations in the Statutes of ��������, 1998.

1. (1) Paragraph 1 of subsection 5 (1) of �������� Regulation 869/93 is revoked and the following substituted:

1. The applicant must,

i. have successfully completed and graduated from an �������� opticianry program approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities at an institution set out in the Schedule,

ii. have successfully completed and graduated from a program which is deemed equivalent to a program referred to in subparagraph i in accordance with the policy guidelines of the Registration Committee, or

iii. in the case of an applicant who does not meet the requirements of subparagraph i or ii or who cannot provide documentary evidence of meeting those requirements, satisfy the Registration Committee that he or she has a level of knowledge and skill in the practice of opticianry that is equivalent to that acquired by graduates of the programs referred to in subparagraphs i and ii and,

A. be licensed or registered to dispense eye glasses, contact lenses and subnormal vision devices in a jurisdiction outside Canada and be in good standing with the licensing or registering body of that jurisdiction, or

B. be engaged in the practice of dispensing eye glasses, contact lenses and subnormal vision devices in a jurisdiction outside Canada in which no licence or certificate of registration is required to do so and be in good standing with a professional association in that jurisdiction which requires compliance with professional standards.

(2) Section 5 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections:

(1.1) For the purposes of ascertaining whether the level of knowledge and skill of an applicant referred to in subparagraph 1 iii of subsection (1) is equivalent to that acquired by graduates of a program referred to in subparagraph 1 i or ii of that subsection, the applicant shall undergo an assessment of his or her prior learning and experience.

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(2.1) Despite subsections (1) and (2), an applicant may be issued a certificate of registration as a registered optician if, at the time he or she applies for a certificate, the applicant is licensed or registered by a statutory regulatory authority in a province or territory of Canada other than �������� to dispense eye glasses, contact lenses and subnormal vision devices in that province or territory and is in good standing with that regulatory authority.

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(4) The conditions of registration of a certificate of registration as a registered optician issued to a person under subsection (2.1) include the terms, conditions and limitations imposed on the licence or certificate of registration issued to the applicant by the statutory regulatory authority in the other province or territory.

(5) No member other than a member who holds a certificate of registration as a registered optician may use the title “Registered Optician” or the abbreviation “RO”.

2. (1) Subsection 6 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) It is a non–exemptible registration requirement for a certificate of registration as a registered student optician that the applicant meet one of the following qualifications:

1. The applicant is enrolled in an �������� opticianry program approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities at an institution set out in the Schedule.

2. The applicant, having applied for a certificate of registration as a registered optician or as a registered intern optician, is in the process of completing additional training, as ordered by a panel of the Registration Committee under subsection 18 (2) of the Health Professions Procedural Code.

(2) Paragraph 2 of subsection 6 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

2. The registered student optician shall be enrolled in an opticianry program referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) or shall be in the process of completing additional training as ordered by a panel of the Registration Committee under subsection 18 (2) of the Health Professions Procedural Code.

(3) Section 6 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3) The Registrar shall revoke the certificate of registration of a registered student optician if the student is no longer enrolled in an opticianry program referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) or is no longer undertaking the additional training referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection (1).

3. (1) Paragraph 1 of subsection 7 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1. The applicant must either,

i. have successfully completed and graduated from an opticianry program referred to in subparagraph 1 i or ii of subsection 5 (1) or meet the requirements of subparagraph 1 iii of subsection 5 (1), or

ii. having applied for a certificate of registration as a registered optician and been required by an order made by the Registration Committee under subsection 18 (2) of the Health Professions Procedural Code to complete additional training or specified examinations, or both, have completed the additional training, if any, but not have completed the examinations.

(2) Subsection 7 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) The following are conditions of a certificate of registration as a registered intern optician:

1. The registered intern optician shall dispense subnormal vision devices, contact lenses or eyeglasses only under the supervision or direction of a registered optician who is physically present in the place in which the dispensing takes place at the time it takes place.

2. The registered intern optician shall be eligible for the examinations or supplemental examinations set by the College.

(3) The Registrar shall revoke the certificate of registration of a registered intern optician if the intern ceases to be eligible for the examinations or supplemental examinations set by the College or fails to successfully complete the examinations required by an order made by the Registration Committee under subsection 18 (2) of the Health Professions Procedural Code.

Council of the College of Opticians of ��������:

Gordon L. Hyland

Registrar

Jean Warbucks

President

Dated on October 29, 1999.

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