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Dispensing Opticians Act, 1973

The Minister of Labour is responsible for administering this Act.

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Canada — Quebec
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21 provisions
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Year 1973
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Enacted 1973 · Source version 10 Jun 2026
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Enacted 1973 · Source version 10 Jun 2026
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The Minister of Labour is responsible for administering this Act.

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Section 5

Proceedings against the Order must be served on the secretary or one of his assistants at the Order’s head office.

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Section 15

A person may not perform the acts described in section 8 unless the person is a dispensing optician, subject to stated exceptions.

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Schedule

This schedule repeals chapter 53 of the statutes of 1973, except sections 19 to 26 and 28, when chapter O-6 of the Revised Statutes comes into force.

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Source record from www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca · Enacted 1973 · Source version 10 Jun 2026

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Provision 15Repeal 5Offence
§ —DocumentProvision

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The Minister of Labour is responsible for administering this Act.

The Minister of Labour is responsible for the administration of this Act. Order in Council 1165-2025 dated 10 September 2025, (2025) 157 G.O. 2 (French), 5419.
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§ 1Section 1Repeal

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This section defines key terms used in the Act and regulations, unless the context requires a different meaning.

1. In this Act and the regulations made thereunder, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the following terms mean: (a) “Order”: the Ordre des opticiens d’ordonnances du Québec constituted by this Act; (b) “board of directors”: the board of directors of the Order; (c) “dispensing optician” or “member of the Order”: any person entered on the roll; (d) (paragraph repealed); (e) “roll”: the list of the members in good standing of the Order prepared in accordance with the Professional Code (chapter C-26) and this Act; (f) “ophthalmic lens”: any spherical, cylindrical or prismatic lens to aid vision. 1973, c. 53, s. 1; 1974, c. 65, s. 90; 1977, c. 5, s. 229; 1994, c. 40, s. 409; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.
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§ 2Section 2Provision

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Dispensing opticians qualified to practise in Québec constitute a professional order with the stated name.

2. All the dispensing opticians qualified to practise the profession of dispensing optician in Québec constitute a professional order called the “Ordre professionnel des opticiens d’ordonnances du Québec” or the “Ordre des opticiens d’ordonnances du Québec”. 1973, c. 53, s. 2; 1977, c. 5, s. 229; 1994, c. 40, s. 410.
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§ 3Section 3Provision

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Subject to this Act, the Order and its members are governed by the Professional Code.

3. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Order and its members shall be governed by the Professional Code (chapter C-26). 1973, c. 53, s. 3.
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§ 4Section 4Provision

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The Order’s head office must be in Montréal or another place in Québec set by board regulation.

4. The head office of the Order shall be at Montréal or at any other place in Québec determined by regulation of the board of directors adopted pursuant to paragraph f of section 93 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26). 1973, c. 53, s. 4; 1994, c. 40, s. 411; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.
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§ 5Section 5Provision

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Proceedings against the Order must be served on the secretary or one of his assistants at the Order’s head office.

5. Every proceeding directed against the Order must be served upon the secretary or one of his assistants at the head office of the Order. 1973, c. 53, s. 5; 1999, c. 40, s. 199.
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§ 6Section 6Provision

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The Order is governed by a board of directors established under the Professional Code.

6. The Order shall be governed by a board of directors established in accordance with the Professional Code (chapter C-26). 1973, c. 53, s. 6; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.
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§ 7Section 7Repeal

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Section 7 is repealed.

7. (Repealed). 1973, c. 53, s. 7; 1994, c. 40, s. 412.
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§ 8Section 8Provision

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8. Every act which has as its object the fitting, adjusting, replacement or sale of any ophthalmic lens constitutes the practice of the profession of dispensing optician. 1973, c. 53, s. 8.

8. Every act which has as its object the fitting, adjusting, replacement or sale of any ophthalmic lens constitutes the practice of the profession of dispensing optician. 1973, c. 53, s. 8.
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§ 9Section 9Provision

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A dispensing optician may perform the section 8 acts only when there is a physician’s or optometrist’s prescription, a broken ophthalmic lens for replacement, or a client presents a prescribed ophthalmic lens to get a duplicate.

9. A dispensing optician shall only perform the acts described in section 8 upon the prescription of a physician or optometrist, or when a broken ophthalmic lens is presented for replacement, or when an ophthalmic lens duly obtained on a prescription is presented by a client who wishes to obtain a duplicate lens. 1973, c. 53, s. 9.
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§ 10Section 10Repeal

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Section 10 is repealed.

10. (Repealed). 1973, c. 53, s. 10; 1994, c. 40, s. 412.
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§ 11Section 11Repeal

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Section 11 is repealed.

11. (Repealed). 1973, c. 53, s. 11; 1994, c. 40, s. 412.
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§ 12Section 12Provision

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A person may not practise as a dispensing optician under a name other than their own; dispensing opticians may practise under one or more partners’ names, with a deceased partner’s name allowed for up to three years if it was already in use.

12. No person may practise the profession of dispensing optician under a name other than his own. Nevertheless, dispensing opticians shall be allowed to practise their profession under the name of one or two or more of the partners. The name of any partner who has ceased to practise his profession may appear in the name for a period of not more than three years from the date he ceased to practise, provided his name appeared in the name at the time he ceased to practise. 1973, c. 53, s. 12; 1989, c. 34, s. 1.
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§ 13Section 13Provision

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Dispensing opticians are not prevented by this Act from practising through a legal person if the legal person permanently employs a dispensing optician and existed before 14 June 1940 as a dispensing optician.

13. Nothing in this Act shall prevent dispensing opticians from practising their profession through a legal person, provided that legal person permanently employs a dispensing optician and existed before 14 June 1940 as a dispensing optician. 1973, c. 53, s. 13; 1999, c. 40, s. 199.
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§ 14Section 14Provision

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A dispensing optician must not present himself as anything other than a dispensing optician or optician, or claim to be a specialist or to have a speciality or particular training.

14. A dispensing optician shall not, respecting the practice of his profession, designate himself as other than a dispensing optician or optician. He shall not be authorized to call himself a specialist or indicate a speciality or particular training. 1973, c. 53, s. 14; 1990, c. 40, s. 1; 2000, c. 13, s. 77.
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§ 15Section 15Provision

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A person may not perform the acts described in section 8 unless the person is a dispensing optician, subject to stated exceptions.

15. Subject to the rights and privileges expressly granted by law to other professionals, no person may perform any of the acts described in section 8 unless he is a dispensing optician. Nothing in the first paragraph shall prevent a person from selling ready-to-wear reading glasses having single vision spherical lenses only, of identical power in both lenses of between + 0.50 and + 3.25 dioptres. The first paragraph shall not apply to acts performed: (a) by a retailer who before 1 December 1971 operated an optical department managed by an optometrist, as long as that retailer continues to operate that department under the management of an optometrist or a dispensing optician acting on physicians’ or optometrists’ prescriptions; (b) by any natural person who, before 1 December 1971, was performing such acts in a local municipal territory in which or within a radius of 40 km from which there was no dispensing optician or optometrist, as long as there is no dispensing optician or optometrist in that territory or within a radius of 40 km from that territory; (c) by any natural person who, before 1 April 1961, was engaged in the occupation of fitting contact lenses and who fits such lenses under the supervision of a physician or optometrist; (d) by any person in accordance with the provisions of a regulation adopted pursuant to paragraph h of section 94 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26). 1973, c. 53, s. 15; 1984, c. 47, s. 213; 1994, c. 40, s. 413; 1996, c. 2, s. 746; 1999, c. 40, s. 199; 2000, c. 13, s. 78.
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§ 16Section 16Offence

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A person who contravenes section 15 is liable to the penalties set out in section 188 of the Professional Code.

16. Every person who contravenes section 15 is liable, for each offence, to the penalties provided in section 188 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26). 1973, c. 53, s. 16.
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§ 17Section 17Provision

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This section says the Act and any board-made regulations cannot prohibit wholesale or unrestricted trade in the listed eye and optical goods.

17. Nothing in this Act or in the regulations the board of directors may adopt shall prohibit wholesale trade in eye-glasses or other ophthalmic lenses, or unrestricted trade in artificial eyes, binoculars, telescopes, safety glasses for industrial purposes, coloured glasses without ophthalmic lenses, or magnifying glasses not intended to relieve or correct defective vision. 1973, c. 53, s. 17; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.
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§ 18Section 18Provision

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This section says the Act does not authorize the Order to regulate or control the price of eye-glasses or other ophthalmic lenses, or payment conditions.

18. Nothing in this Act shall authorize the Order to regulate or control the price of eye-glasses or other ophthalmic lenses, or conditions of payment. 1973, c. 53, s. 18.
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§ 19Section 19Provision

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This section ceased to have effect on 17 April 1987.

19. (This section ceased to have effect on 17 April 1987). 1982, c. 21, s. 1; U. K., 1982, c. 11, Sch. B, Part I, s. 33.
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§ —ScheduleRepeal

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This schedule repeals chapter 53 of the statutes of 1973, except sections 19 to 26 and 28, when chapter O-6 of the Revised Statutes comes into force.

In accordance with section 17 of the Act respecting the consolidation of the statutes (chapter R-3), chapter 53 of the statutes of 1973, in force on 31 December 1977, is repealed, except sections 19 to 26 and 28, effective from the coming into force of chapter O-6 of the Revised Statutes.
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  • Order prepared in accordance with the Professional Code

    Section 1

  • Professional Code

    Sections 4, 15, 16

  • Revised Statutes comes into force. In accordance with section 17 of the Act

    Section Schedule

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