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O-6 - Dispensing Opticians Act
Section 15
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15. Subject to the rights and privileges expressly granted by law to other professionals, no person may perform any of the acts described in section 8 unless he is a dispensing optician.
Nothing in the first paragraph shall prevent a person from selling ready-to-wear reading glasses having single vision spherical lenses only, of identical power in both lenses of between + 0.50 and + 3.25 dioptres.
The first paragraph shall not apply to acts performed:
(a) by a retailer who before 1 December 1971 operated an optical department managed by an optometrist, as long as that retailer continues to operate that department under the management of an optometrist or a dispensing optician acting on physicians’ or optometrists’ prescriptions;
(b) by any natural person who, before 1 December 1971, was performing such acts in a local municipal territory in which or within a radius of 40 km from which there was no dispensing optician or optometrist, as long as there is no dispensing optician or optometrist in that territory or within a radius of 40 km from that territory;
(c) by any natural person who, before 1 April 1961, was engaged in the occupation of fitting contact lenses and who fits such lenses under the supervision of a physician or optometrist;
(d) by any person in accordance with the provisions of a regulation adopted pursuant to paragraph h of section 94 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26).
15. Subject to the rights and privileges expressly granted by law to other professionals, no person may perform any of the acts described in section 8 unless he is a dispensing optician.
This section shall not apply to acts performed:
(a) by a retailer who before 1 December 1971 operated an optical department managed by an optometrist, as long as that retailer continues to operate that department under the management of an optometrist or a dispensing optician acting on physicians’ or optometrists’ prescriptions;
(b) by any natural person who, before 1 December 1971, was performing such acts in a local municipal territory in which or within a radius of 40 km from which there was no dispensing optician or optometrist, as long as there is no dispensing optician or optometrist in that territory or within a radius of 40 km from that territory;
(c) by any natural person who, before 1 April 1961, was engaged in the occupation of fitting contact lenses and who fits such lenses under the supervision of a physician or optometrist;
(d) by any person in accordance with the provisions of a regulation adopted pursuant to paragraph h of section 94 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26).
15. Subject to the rights and privileges expressly granted by law to other professionals, no person may perform any of the acts described in section 8 unless he is a dispensing optician.
This section shall not apply to acts performed:
(a) by a retailer who before 1 December 1971 operated an optical department managed by an optometrist, as long as that retailer continues to operate that department under the management of an optometrist or a dispensing optician acting on physicians’ or optometrists’ prescriptions;
(b) by any physical person who, before 1 December 1971, was performing such acts in a local municipal territory in which or within a radius of 40 km from which there was no dispensing optician or optometrist, as long as there is no dispensing optician or optometrist in that territory or within a radius of 40 km from that territory;
(c) by any physical person who, before 1 April 1961, was engaged in the occupation of fitting contact lenses and who fits such lenses under the supervision of a physician or optometrist;
(d) by any person in accordance with the provisions of a regulation adopted pursuant to paragraph h of section 94 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26).
15. Subject to the rights and privileges expressly granted by law to other professionals, no person may perform any of the acts described in section 8 unless he is a dispensing optician.
This section shall not apply to acts performed:
(a) by a retailer who before 1 December 1971 operated an optical department managed by an optometrist, as long as that retailer continues to operate that department under the management of an optometrist or a dispensing optician acting on physicians’ or optometrists’ prescriptions;
(b) by any physical person who, before the 1st of December 1971, was performing such acts in a municipality in which or within a radius of 40 km from the limits of which there was no dispensing optician or optometrist, as long as there is no dispensing optician or optometrist in such municipality or within a radius of 40 km from its limits;
(c) by any physical person who, before 1 April 1961, was engaged in the occupation of fitting contact lenses and who fits such lenses under the supervision of a physician or optometrist;
(d) by any person in accordance with the provisions of a regulation adopted pursuant to paragraph h of section 94 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26).
15. Subject to the rights and privileges expressly granted by law to other professionals, no person may perform any of the acts described in section 8 unless he is a dispensing optician.
This section shall not apply to acts performed:
(a) by a retailer who before 1 December 1971 operated an optical department managed by an optometrist, as long as that retailer continues to operate that department under the management of an optometrist or a dispensing optician acting on physicians’ or optometrists’ prescriptions;
(b) by any physical person who, before the 1st of December 1971, was performing such acts in a municipality in which or within a radius of 40 km from the limits of which there was no dispensing optician or optometrist, as long as there is no dispensing optician or optometrist in such municipality or within a radius of 40 km from its limits;
(c) by any physical person who, before 1 April 1961, was engaged in the occupation of fitting contact lenses and who fits such lenses under the supervision of a physician or optometrist;
(d) by any student serving a period of professional training with a view to obtaining a permit in accordance with this Act and the regulations of the Bureau.
15. Subject to the rights and privileges expressly granted by law to other professionals, no person may perform any of the acts described in section 8 unless he is a dispensing optician.
This section shall not apply to acts performed:
(a) by a retailer who before December 1 1971 operated an optical department managed by an optometrist, as long as that retailer continues to operate that department under the management of an optometrist or a dispensing optician acting on physicians’ or optometrists’ prescriptions;
(b) by any physical person who, before the 1st of December 1971, was performing such acts in a municipality in which or within a radius of twenty-five miles from the limits of which there was no dispensing optician or optometrist, as long as there is no dispensing optician or optometrist in such municipality or within a radius of twenty-five miles from its limits;
(c) by any physical person who, before the 1st of April 1961, was engaged in the occupation of fitting contact lenses and who fits such lenses under the supervision of a physician or optometrist;
(d) by any student serving a period of professional training with a view to obtaining a permit in accordance with this act and the regulations of the Bureau.
