HPRAC’s central recommendation is that Ontario optometrists be permitted
to prescribe therapeutic pharmaceutical agents with the exception of
anti-glaucoma agents. The Advisory Council reached this conclusion
following an extensive review of the evidence, including the patient safety
record in jurisdictions where the practice is allowed, the curricula of
Canadian university programs in optometry, and the qualifications of
graduates from those programs.
Opticianry:
HPRAC recommends that dispensing prescription eye wear should
continue to be a controlled act under the
RHPA.
On the question of refractometry, HPRAC recommends that qualified
opticians should be authorized to conduct refraction tests in those
circumstances where such refracting is undertaken in collaboration
with an optometrist or a physician for the purpose of informing a
comprehensive ocular assessment.
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