该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 检查患者的眼睛，进行测试并使用检眼镜、生物显微镜和其他专业仪器来确定眼睛健康和视觉效率
• 开具处方并提供治疗（不包括手术）以维持、改善和矫正视力以及管理其他眼部疾病和失调
• 开处方、配药和配戴眼镜、隐形眼镜和其他助视器
• 就隐形眼镜的使用和护理、眼部卫生、手术和非手术选择以及与职业和生活方式相关的预防性护理和保养对患者进行教育、咨询和建议
• 将患者转诊给眼科医生或其他内科医生和外科医生，以治疗白内障、青光眼和黄斑变性等眼部疾病或病症以及糖尿病和高血压等全身病症
• 与眼科医生和其他医疗保健专业人员合作，为接受激光视力矫正等眼科手术的患者提供术前和术后护理
• 可以从有限的药物清单中开出处方
• 进行研究并促进视觉科学的进步。

• 三年的大学本科学习，或者在魁北克，需要完成科学大学课程和四到五年的验光大学课程。
• 需要获得省或地区监管机构的许可。

• 验光师可能专门为部分失明的人配戴隐形眼镜或矫正特殊视力问题。

• 眼科医生（在32129 其他医疗技师和技术人员中）
• 眼科医生（在31101 外科专家中）
• 配镜师 ( 32100)
• 骨科医师（在31303 医师助理、助产士和专职医疗人员 中）
• 验光师；验光师助理（在33109 支持卫生服务的其他辅助职业中）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Examine patients' eyes, conduct tests and use ophthalmoscopes, biomicroscopes and other specialized instruments to determine ocular health and visual efficiency
• Prescribe and provide treatment (excluding surgery) to maintain, improve and correct vision and manage other ocular diseases and disorders
• Prescribe, dispense and fit eyeglasses, contact lenses and other visual aids
• Educate, counsel and advise patients on contact lens use and care, ocular hygiene, surgical and non-surgical options, and preventive care and maintenance related to occupation and lifestyle
• Refer patients to ophthalmologists or other physicians and surgeons for treatment of ocular diseases or conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration and systemic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure
• Collaborate with ophthalmologists and other healthcare professionals to provide pre- and post-operative care for patients undergoing eye surgeries such as laser vision correction
• May prescribe from a limited list of medications
• Conduct research and promote advancement in the visual sciences.

• Three years of university undergraduate studies or, in Quebec, completion of a college program in sciences and a four- to five-year university program in optometry are required.
• Licensing by the provincial or territorial regulatory governing body is required.

• Optometrists may specialize in fitting visual aids for people who are partially blind, fitting contact lenses or correcting special vision problems.

• Ocularist (in 32129 Other medical technologists and technicians)
• Ophthalmologist (in 31101 Specialists in surgery )
• Opticians (32100)
• Orthoptist (in 31303 Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals )
• Optometric technician; optometrist assistant (in 33109 Other assisting occupations in support of health services)