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Notes from the March 2nd Continuing Education Day CLICK HERE to view notes from the lecture Refracting & Beyond: Client Assessment
CLICK HERE to view notes from the lecture Refracting and Beyond: Refractive Errors
 Mandell Moore Bitoric Calculator
Incredible program! Just plug in your information and the program does the calculations for you! This program is used by two US optometry schools to teach their newbies to fit bitoric lenses. Access provided by the creator of the program, Harry Chilinguerian of the Association of Technical Opticians. Thank you, Harry! |
Program found here
Help file for above file found here Disclaimer: The OBC: Opticians of British Columbia provides the above information and programs as a courtesy and does not accept any responsibility for the accurateness or any errors contained therein.
Dyer Nomogram for Gas Permeable Contact Lens Fitting Very useful nomogram developed by Dr. John Dyer. Copy to your records as desired. This material was provided to the OBC: Opticians of British Columbia by Harry Chilinguerian of the Association of Technical Opticians and we would like to give thanks to him for his distributing this table for all of us to make use of! Table found here, in Word format Disclaimer: The OBC: Opticians of British Columbia provides the above information and programs as a courtesy and does not accept any responsibility for the accurateness or any errors contained therein.
Breech of the Competition Act From time to time the Opticians Association of Canada (OAC) has received complaints from Canadian Opticians who have been denied access to purchase certain products and believe this denial represents an unwarranted breech of the Competition Act. As advocates for opticians the OAC has consequently followed up on each complaint with both the wholesale company involved and with the Competition Bureau. You may find the following information a valuable resource should you believe that you have faced or are facing similar anti-competitive practices. (Taken from the Competition Bureau website:) "Did You Know That, As a Businessperson: your suppliers can suggest resale prices, but cannot prevent you from charging less? your suppliers are not allowed to refuse to deal with you, or to discriminate against you, because of your low prices?your suppliers or competitors are not allowed to try to get you to raise your prices, or to try to discourage you from lowering your prices? These practices are called price maintenance and are illegal under the Competition Act." To find out more about how Price Maintenance click here
To find out more about Refusal to Supply click here
Are You Confused About PST? Are you perplexed about what you should and shouldn't be charging Provincial Sales Tax (PST) on in your dispensary? This site: http://www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/ctb/Optical.htm should answer your questions and eliminate your confusion! Check it out!
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