The Optometric Practice Reference articulates the current regulatory and professional standards of practice for optometry in Ontario and provides voluntary guidelines for practitioners wishing to go beyond the basic requirements. Additional administrative and clinical practice policies and guidelines not contained in the OPR are listed below.
Administrative
Access to Applicant Information and Records
Advertising Guidelines, Including Member and Practice Representation
Anti-Discriminatory Policy Guidelines
Assessing an Applicant’s Good Character
Business Name Registration
Changing an Academic Certificate of Registration to a General Certificate of Registration
Discontinuation of Service
Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media by Optometrists
Guidelines to Determine Relevance to Member’s Suitability to Practise
Incorporation: Obtaining a Certificate of Authorization for a Professional Corporation
Independent Contractor: Regulatory Standards Interpreted
Independent Contractor: Risk & Control
Mandatory Reporting: Health Card Fraud
Missed Appointments
Non-Practising Fee Administration Policy
Optometric Services During Job Action
Practice Locations – Reporting Requirements
Practice Arrangement FAQs
Prevention of Sexual Abuse in Optometric Practice
Professional Liability Insurance
Records: Optometrists and Opticians Working Together
Records: Patient Access after Relocation or Retirement
Records: Practice Breakup
Registration Policy: Non-Practising Status
Self-Regulation and Social Responsibility
Social Media
Special Needs Accommodation
Uninsured Services: Fees and Charges
Practice Advisory: Your Patients, Your Staff, Your Responsibility
Clinical Practice
Autologous Serum Eye Drops
Digital Imaging/Fundus Photography in Optometric Practice
Optometric Prescriptions: Re-examination of a Patient
Optometric Prescriptions: Refusing a Prescription
Optometric Prescriptions: Release of Prescriptions
Removal of Corneal Foreign Bodies
Spectacle Therapy Using the Internet
Telehealth Policy for Optometrists
Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents (TPA) Certification