O-7, r. 5.1 - Code of ethics of optometrists

Section 73 Disposition versions

2018-05-17

73. The fees are fair and reasonable if they are warranted by the circumstances and proportionate to the services rendered. To determine fees, an optometrist must consider the following factors:

(1)  experience and special skills;

(2)  the time required to provide the services;

(3)  the nature and complexity of the services;

(4)  the necessity of using specific apparatuses and equipment if their use is not routinely required;

(5)  the provision of services that require a particular competence or exceptional celerity;

(6)  the expenses and costs incurred.

An optometrist must not adjust in any way the fees that are charged for optometric services rendered for the purposes of prescribing ophthalmic lenses or medication on the basis of a patient’s decision to acquire or not acquire the prescribed ophthalmic products from the optometrist or from the organization in which the optometrist practises. The optometrist must not impose, in conjunction with the amount of fees or the price of the products sold, the condition that to receive the services or products concerned, a patient must waive a right to which the patient is entitled under the laws and regulations provided for in section 4.

O.C. 515-2018, s. 73.

Not in force

In force: 2018-05-17

73. The fees are fair and reasonable if they are warranted by the circumstances and proportionate to the services rendered. To determine fees, an optometrist must consider the following factors:

(1)  experience and special skills;

(2)  the time required to provide the services;

(3)  the nature and complexity of the services;

(4)  the necessity of using specific apparatuses and equipment if their use is not routinely required;

(5)  the provision of services that require a particular competence or exceptional celerity;

(6)  the expenses and costs incurred.

An optometrist must not adjust in any way the fees that are charged for optometric services rendered for the purposes of prescribing ophthalmic lenses or medication on the basis of a patient’s decision to acquire or not acquire the prescribed ophthalmic products from the optometrist or from the organization in which the optometrist practises. The optometrist must not impose, in conjunction with the amount of fees or the price of the products sold, the condition that to receive the services or products concerned, a patient must waive a right to which the patient is entitled under the laws and regulations provided for in section 4.

O.C. 515-2018, s. 73.