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201, 2528 Ellwood Dr SW
Edmonton, AB T6X 0A9
Phone: (780) 429.2694

Last Updated: 25-Feb-10 12:25

The AOA welcomes you to our Brand New website. Please keep watching as new information will be appearing. Our many thanks to the College of Opticians of British Columbia and Webhog for their assistance in making this happen.

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AGM / Convention 2010
Our New Office
201, 2528 Ellwood Dr SW
Edmonton, AB T6X 0A9

CNIB - Multiple Alberta Locations
Lenscrafters - All Locations
Parker Ford & MacKay - Edmonton
Family Vision Care - Edmonton & Area
Occhaili - Edmonton
VisionMed - Edmonton
Hauck Vision & Hearing - Red Deer & Stettler

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Court of Appeal Decision About the Safe Dispensing of Contact Lenses View Full Story Minimize

October 29, 2009 |
October 28,2009 College of Opticians of British Columbia Vancouver – The College of Opticians of British Columbia (COBC) today welcomed the decision of the Court of Appeal on The College of Opticians of British Columbia v. Coastal Contacts Inc. and Clearly Contacts Ltd., which found that contact lenses should not be treated as ‘over the counter’ products and that a prescription is required in order to dispense contact lenses. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2009 College of Opticians of British Columbia Court of Appeal Decision About the Safe Dispensing of Contact Lenses Vancouver – The College of Opticians of British Columbia (COBC) today welcomed the decision of the Court of Appeal on The College of Opticians of British Columbia v. Coastal Contacts Inc. and Clearly Contacts Ltd., which found that contact lenses should not be treated as ‘over the counter’ products and that a prescription is required in order to dispense contact lenses. “We are pleased with the Court’s decision that protects consumer safety and requires accurately dispensed contact lenses,” said COBC Chair Kent Ashby. “Protection of one’s eyesight and buying contact lenses should never be a ‘buyer beware’ proposition.” The decision found that the respondents, both sellers of contact lens over the Internet, had failed to comply with the regulations governing the safe dispensing of contact lenses, but has also given the companies six months to establish a business model that does conform to the regulations. “The goal of the COBC is to have the respondents operate within the law and the standards of practice. We regulate to ensure that that individual practitioners and companies provide the highest standard of vision care and accountability, “said Ashby. “Our hope is that both companies come forward with a method of operation that meets the regulated standards for safe practice so that they may continue to serve customers”. In BC contact lenses may be obtained, with a prescription, from a regulated health professional such as an optician, optometrist, or ophthalmologist. The College of Opticians of British Columbia regulates and improves the practice of opticians in the public interest by ensuring that BC Opticians provide quality professional care to help people achieve better vision.

Pandemic Planning - Best Practice Guidelines View Full Story Minimize

October 21, 2009 |
Best Practice Guideline For Workplace Health & Safety Including employment standards rights and obligations I would like to thank all who have been able to attend meetings with Alberta Health and Wellness (AHW), Health Workforce Policy & Planning Branch regarding pandemic planning. Your questions and possible solutions to particular issues have been very valuable to the Ministry as well as to your counterparts in attendance. As discussed at the meetings, Alberta Health Services (AHS) would be very grateful if the organizations responsible for the Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Psychiatric Nurses, Pharmacists, Respiratory Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Medical Laboratory Technologists, Medical Radiology Technologists and Combined X-ray Laboratory Technologists professions could provide names and contact information (as well as areas of competency if appropriate - e.g., gerontology versus critical care) of members who would be eligible for expedited licensure in the event a pandemic requires a recall of those persons to the employment setting. AHW will keep you informed if more professionals are identified as a priority by AHS. Also, kindly provide information regarding what is required for one of your members to be re-licensed under expedited licensure situations so that AHS is not making job offers to someone who cannot be re-licensed. Please send answers to both of these questions/information requests immediately to Karen Boros, AHS (karen.boros@albertahealthservices.ca or 780-735-4259). Again, thank you for all your efforts related to pandemic planning. AHW will be organizing a future meeting to allow for direct communication between you and AHS as well as with Occupational Health & Safety, at Alberta Employment & Immigration (AEI). For your information, AEI has released the document "Best Practice Guideline for Workplace Health and Safety during Pandemic Influenza". It is to help planning for your own organization and for looking after your own employees. It is available at by clicking at this link. Copies are also available by calling 780-415-8690 or 866-415-8690. Please note that the team at AHW Health Workforce includes myself, Roberta Parker, Sukhpreet Khroad and Arlynn Neuman. Thanks again for all your efforts, Linda Mattern Executive Director | Workforce Policy and Planning Branch Health Workforce Division | Alberta Health & Wellness linda.mattern@gov.ab.ca

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