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What is an Optometrist?

The Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO) defines an optometrist as "an independent primary health care provider who specializes in the examination, diagnosis, treatment, management and...

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Optometrists are in private practice and set their own professional fees for services. In some provinces, visual examinations for diagnostic purposes, performed by your family optometrist, are covered in part or in full by your provincially-sponsored health care plan. The...

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What is an optometrist?

The Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO) defines an optometrist as "an independent primary health care provider who specializes in the examination, diagnosis, treatment, management and prevention of disease and disorders of the visual system, the eye and associated structures as well as the diagnosis of ocular manifestations of systemic conditions". As primary eye care providers, an optometrist's main responsibilities are: The examination of the human eye by any [...]

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