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All provinces in Canada require Opticians to complete formal training and education in opticianry and then must pass competency examinations prior to receiving governmental licensure. Some provinces (Ontario and Quebec) require a single optician's license that includes both the dispensing of eyeglasses and contact lenses, while the other provinces have two separate licenses, one each for eyeglasses and contact lens dispensing.
Recently in a number of provinces, government announced proposed changes to Opticians' Regulations that will permit registered Opticians who have specialized education to carry out automated refractions (sight tests) and, based on the results, determine the power for corrective lenses for their client's eyeglasses. Even though Opticians have been performing automated refractions since the early 1990s, these changes, will expand the scope of practice of some Opticians to perform these tests with nominal oversight of a physician or optometrist.
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