O. Reg. 388/11: REGISTRATION

 

ontario regulation 388/11

made under the

Opticianry Act, 1991

Made: July 7, 2011
Approved: August 17, 2011
Filed: August 19, 2011
Published on e-Laws: August 23, 2011
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: September 3, 2011

Amending O. Reg. 869/93

(Registration)

1. (1) Subsection 5 (2.1) of Ontario Regulation 869/93 is revoked.

(2) Subsection 5 (4) of the Regulation is revoked.

2. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

5.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where section 22.18 of the Health Professions Procedural Code applies to an applicant for a certificate of registration as a registered optician, the applicant is deemed to have met the requirements of subsections 5 (1) and 5 (2).

(2) It is a non-exemptible registration requirement that an applicant referred to in subsection (1) provide one or more certificates or letters or other evidence satisfactory to the Registrar or a panel of the Registration Committee establishing that the applicant is in good standing as a optician in every jurisdiction where the applicant holds an out-of-province certificate.

(3) Where an applicant referred to in subsection (1) is unable to satisfy the Registrar or a panel of the Registration Committee that the applicant practised the profession of opticianry to the extent that would be permitted by a certificate of registration as a registered optician at any time in the preceding two years immediately before the date of that applicant’s application, the applicant must meet any further requirement to undertake, obtain or undergo material additional training, experience, examinations or assessments that may be specified by a panel of the Registration Committee.

(4) An applicant referred to in subsection (1) is deemed to have met the requirement of paragraph 3 of subsection 4 (1) where the requirements for the issuance of the applicant’s out-of-province certificate included language proficiency requirements equivalent to those required by that paragraph.

(5) Despite subsection (1), an applicant is not deemed to have met a requirement where that requirement is described in subsection 22.18 (3) of the Health Professions Procedural Code.

3. Subsection 6 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “The Registrar” at the beginning and substituting “Except in the case of members who applied for registration pursuant to subsection 6.1 (1), the Registrar”.

4. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

6.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where section 22.18 of the Health Professions Procedural Code applies to an applicant for a certificate of registration as a registered student optician the applicant is deemed to have met the requirements of subsection 6 (1).

(2) It is a non-exemptible registration requirement that an applicant referred to in subsection (1) provide one or more certificates or letters or other evidence satisfactory to the Registrar or a panel of the Registration Committee establishing that the applicant is in good standing as a student optician in every jurisdiction where the applicant holds an out-of-province certificate.

(3) Where an applicant referred to in subsection (1) is unable to satisfy the Registrar or a panel of the Registration Committee that the applicant practised the profession of opticianry to the extent that would be permitted by a certificate of registration as a registered student optician at any time in the preceding two years immediately before the date of that applicant’s application, the applicant must meet any further requirement to undertake, obtain or undergo material additional training, experience, examinations or assessments that may be specified by a panel of the Registration Committee.

(4) An applicant referred to in subsection (1) is deemed to have met the requirement of paragraph 3 of subsection 4 (1) where the requirements for the issuance of the applicant’s out-of-province certificate included language proficiency requirements equivalent to those required by that paragraph.

(5) Despite subsection (1), an applicant is not deemed to have met a requirement where that requirement is described in subsection 22.18 (3) of the Health Professions Procedural Code.

(6) The conditions set out in paragraph 2 of subsection 6 (2) do not apply to a member to whom subsection (1) of this section applies.

(7) A certificate of registration as a registered student optician that is issued to a member who at the time of application was an applicant referred to in subsection (1) expires on the date on which he or she is no longer qualified to hold an out-of-province certificate that he or she held at the time of applying for registration.

5. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

7.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where section 22.18 of the Health Professions Procedural Code applies to an applicant for a certificate of registration as a registered intern optician the applicant is deemed to have met the requirements of subsection 7 (1).

(2) It is a non-exemptible registration requirement that an applicant referred to in subsection (1) provide one or more certificates or letters or other evidence satisfactory to the Registrar or a panel of the Registration Committee establishing that the applicant is in good standing as a intern optician in every jurisdiction where the applicant holds an out-of-province certificate.

(3) Where an applicant referred to in subsection (1) is unable to satisfy the Registrar or a panel of the Registration Committee that the applicant practised the profession of opticianry to the extent that would be permitted by a certificate of registration as a registered intern optician at any time in the preceding two years immediately before the date of that applicant’s application, the applicant must meet any further requirement to undertake, obtain or undergo material additional training, experience, examinations or assessments that may be specified by a panel of the Registration Committee.

(4) An applicant referred to in subsection (1) is deemed to have met the requirement of paragraph 3 of subsection 4 (1) where the requirements for the issuance of the applicant’s out-of-province certificate included language proficiency requirements equivalent to those required by that paragraph.

(5) Despite subsection (1), an applicant is not deemed to have met a requirement where that requirement is described in subsection 22.18 (3) of the Health Professions Procedural Code.

Commencement

6. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

Made by:

Council of the College of Opticians of Ontario:

Fazal Khan

President

Bev Sloan

Registrar

Date made: July 7, 2011.