Brian Rivait

The member optometrist pled guilty to professional misconduct for improperly delegating controlled acts (communicating a diagnosis and prescribing eyeglasses) to an optician, failing to maintain proper patient records, and allowing false claims to be submitted to an insurer.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty.

The member was reprimanded, his certificate of registration was suspended for three weeks, and he was ordered to complete a professional ethics course, write an essay, undergo a practice inspection, and pay $20,000 in costs.