Certificate of Registration as a Registered Optician
 5. (1) The following are non-exemptible registration requirements for a certificate of registration as a registered optician: 1. The applicant must, i. have successfully completed and graduated from an Ontario opticianry program approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities at an institution set out in the Schedule, ii. have successfully completed and graduated from a program which is deemed equivalent to a program referred to in subparagraph i in accordance with the policy guidelines of the Registration Committee, or iii. in the case of an applicant who does not meet the requirements of subparagraph i or ii or who cannot provide documentary evidence of meeting those requirements, satisfy the Registration Committee that he or she has a level of knowledge and skill in the practice of opticianry that is equivalent to that acquired by graduates of the programs referred to in subparagraphs i and ii and, A. be licensed or registered to dispense eye glasses, contact lenses and subnormal vision devices in a jurisdiction outside Canada and be in good standing with the licensing or registering body of that jurisdiction, or B. be engaged in the practice of dispensing eye glasses, contact lenses and subnormal vision devices in a jurisdiction outside Canada in which no licence or certificate of registration is required to do so and be in good standing with a professional association in that jurisdiction which requires compliance with professional standards. 2. The applicant must have achieved a passing mark in each section of the College’s examinations, or must have successfully completed examinations which are deemed equivalent to the College’s examinations by the Registration Committee. 3. The applicant must have completed at least 1,000 hours of verified dispensing experience.  O. Reg. 869/93, s. 5 (1); O. Reg. 59/00, s. 1 (1). (1.1) For the purposes of ascertaining whether the level of knowledge and skill of an applicant referred to in subparagraph 1 iii of subsection (1) is equivalent to that acquired by graduates of a program referred to in subparagraph 1 i or ii of that subsection, the applicant shall undergo an assessment of his or her prior learning and experience.  O. Reg. 59/00, s. 1 (2). (2) The following are exemptible registration requirements for a certificate of registration as a registered optician: 1. The applicant must be registered at the time of application as a student optician or intern optician. 2. The applicant must have completed, and must present evidence of, at least 250 eyeglasses fittings, including 100 multifocal fittings and twenty-five high myopic or hyperopic fittings, under the supervision or direction of an optician, an optometrist or an ophthalmologist. 3. The applicant must have completed, and must present evidence of, at least twenty contact lens fittings, including at least five rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lens fittings, under the supervision or direction of an optician who is certified in the fitting of contact lenses or an optometrist or an ophthalmologist.  O. Reg. 869/93, s. 5 (2). (2.1) Revoked:  O. Reg. 388/11, s. 1 (1). (3) It is a condition of a certificate of registration as a registered optician that the member dispense subnormal vision devices, contact lenses or eyeglasses, only if he or she has met the requirements of the College’s Quality Assurance Program.  O. Reg. 869/93, s. 5 (3). (4) Revoked:  O. Reg. 388/11, s. 1 (2). (5) No member other than a member who holds a certificate of registration as a registered optician may use the title “Registered Optician” or the abbreviation “RO”.  O. Reg. 59/00, s. 1 (2).