{"id":832,"date":"2015-12-14T04:09:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T04:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theme-fusion.com\/avada\/medical\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2024-03-01T18:56:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T18:56:30","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/collegeofoptometrists.ab.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 has-pattern-background has-mask-background DT-Home-Page-Slider hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-small-visibility\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:-75px;--awb-margin-bottom:-3em;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div 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class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.2;\"><div style=\"width:100%;padding:20px;color:#003b60 !important;\">Guiding the Optometric Profession and Protecting the Public since 1921<\/div><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/collegeofoptometrists.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/HOME-BackgroundNew-3.jpg);max-width:100%;height:600px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/collegeofoptometrists.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/HOME-BackgroundNew-3.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" 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fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:35px;--awb-padding-right:35px;--awb-padding-bottom:35px;--awb-padding-left:35px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#3292d0;--awb-border-top:0px;--awb-border-style:solid;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 0px ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>The <strong>Alberta College of Optometrists (ACO)<\/strong> is the regulatory and licensing body for the profession of optometry in Alberta.\u00a0 As such, we are mandated by the <em>Health Professions Act<\/em> to provide direction and govern our members in a manner that protects and serves the public interest.<\/p>\n<p>The College is also responsible for the establishment, maintenance and enforcement of Standards of Practice, registration requirements, the ACO Continuing Competence Program and the ACO Code of Ethics to ensure that optometrists practice their profession in the best interests of the public.<\/p>\n<p>Optometrists are university-educated, primary health care practitioners who examine, assess, diagnose, prescribe, correct, treat and manage diseases and disorders of the human visual system, the eye and its associated structures. Optometrists are also involved in health-care research, education activities, and the promotion of eye and health safety.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-span-no fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/collegeofoptometrists.ab.ca\/information\/optometrist-scope-expansion\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-icon-divider button-icon-divider-left\"><i class=\"fa-arrow-circle-right fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-button-text fusion-button-text-left\">Optometrist Scope Expansion \u2013 Learn More<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:30px;--awb-padding-right:30px;--awb-padding-bottom:30px;--awb-padding-left:30px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#3292d0;--awb-border-top:0px;--awb-border-style:solid;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - 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