Registers practicing optometrists.
Service offers:
- the registration of practicing optometrists
Includes:
- determining, reviewing, and enforcing standards of practice for optometrists in Alberta
- administering a Continuing Competence Program
- establishing registration and licensing qualifications and requirements for optometrists in the province
- Standards of Practice
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
Standards are considered the minimum standard of professional behaviour and ethical conduct that ensures all optometrists provide safe, competent, and ethical professional services to all patients at all times.