{"id":751,"date":"2020-04-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegeoptom.flywheelsites.com\/?p=751"},"modified":"2022-01-27T23:09:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T04:09:15","slug":"council-meeting-highlights-april-20-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegeoptom.on.ca\/fr\/non-classifiee\/council-meeting-highlights-april-20-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Meeting Highlights \u2013 April 20, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Welcome to Council<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Council welcomed three new members:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Public member Ms. Kathryn Biondi<\/li><li>Public member Mr. Ravnit Dhaliwal<\/li><li>Professional member Dr. Lindy Mackey<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Ms. Biondi was appointed to the Discipline, Governance\/HR, and Patient Relations committees; Mr. Dhaliwal to the Discipline and Quality Assurance (QA Panel) committees; and Dr. Mackey to the Discipline Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public member Howard Kennedy was also acclaimed on the Executive Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COVID-19 Update<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registrar Maureen Boon provided Council with an update on COVID-19, including timelines, key decisions, and communications to the profession. Ms. Boon touched on how the College\u2019s key regulatory areas have been affected during COVID-19 as well as adjustments being made to accommodate social distancing, such as the development of a new online Jurisprudence exam that will launch in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OPR 4.2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/collegeoptom.on.ca\/members\/professional-practice\/optometric-practice-reference-opr\/\">Optometric Practice Reference (OPR)<\/a>&nbsp;4.2&nbsp;<em>Required Clinical Information<\/em>&nbsp;was amended to address common omissions in the Short Record Assessment. The revised ORP now advises the measurement of presenting monocular visual acuity at distance; presenting visual acuity at near when clinically indicated and in school-age children; and accommodative function when clinically indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An updated version of the OPR will be posted to the College website shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Financial Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Council approved the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The approved statements will be posted to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/collegeoptom.on.ca\/resources\/college-publications\/\">the College website<\/a>&nbsp;shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Our next Council meeting will be held on June 25, 2020. We are assessing the ongoing COVID-19 situation to determine if this meeting will be held in person or virtually. Council meetings are open to the public. Contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ALepage-Monette@collegeoptom.on.ca\">Amber Lepage-Monette<\/a>&nbsp;to RSVP.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Council Council welcomed three new members: Public member Ms. Kathryn Biondi Public member Mr. Ravnit Dhaliwal Professional member Dr. Lindy Mackey In addition, Ms. Biondi was appointed to&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/collegeoptom.on.ca\/fr\/non-classifiee\/council-meeting-highlights-april-20-2020\/\" class=\"coo-more-text\">plus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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