Class Change Application Form

 

Please submit this form if you are currently registered in the Inactive Optician Class and would like to apply for the Registered Optician class. Please review the Reinstatement and Changing from Inactive to Active Practice policy to ensure you are eligible.


Once the College has approved your request, we will post the applicable fees to your account and notify you when you may log into the portal and pay. The annual registration fee is prorated depending on when in the year you change your class of registration.

 

Registrant Information

 
 
 
 

Effective Date

 

Please note that while you may request a specific date for your status change, we cannot guarantee that your application will be processed by that date. The processing time may take up to 4 weeks.


Additionally, your application may be subject to further requirements, such as assessments or refresher programs, which must be completed before your status change can be approved. It is your responsibility to ensure that any required assessments or programs are completed promptly.

 
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Practice Hours

 

Registrants who wish to change from the Inactive class to the Registered Optician class are required to demonstrate that their opticianry knowledge and skills are current. This can be demonstrated in the following ways:


  • Recent practice hours. Click here for a list of activities that count as practice hours. As a reminder, inactive opticians are not permitted to dispense in Ontario, however inactive opticians who have dispensed in other jurisdictions while inactive may rely on those hours as evidence of currency.


  • Completing a refresher or upgrading program approved by the Registration Committee


  • Undergoing a professional competency assessment and completing any refresher or upgrading courses assigned by the Registration Committee
 
 

Please enter the following:

 

Professional Liability Insurance

 
 

Professional Conduct & Capacity to Practise

Please answer all of the questions below by selecting yes or no from the drop down menus. Please note that the College is required to collect this information in accordance with the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, and/or the College's by-laws. If you answer "yes" to any question you will be asked to provide additional information.


Please also be reminded that you must update the College as soon as possible if any of the information below changes during the year.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Declaration

I hereby declare that all information provided in this form is accurate and is completed to the best of my knowledge and belief. I acknowledge that should the College require verification of any information provided in this form, I am required to produce documentation in support forthwith.


I understand that a false or misleading statement or the falsification of any documentation hereby submitted may result in allegations of professional misconduct being brought against me, and/or may be cause for revocation of any registration which has been granted to me.

 

 

By selecting the "I have read and understood" button, I am signing this document electronically. I agree that my electronic signature is the legal equivalent of my manual/handwritten signature on this document.

 
 
 
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