NBAO Code of Ethics
It shall be the ideal, the resolve, and the duty of each member of the New Brunswick Association of Optometrists:
- To accept as one’s primary concern and responsibility the visual welfare of all patients;
- To promote in every possible way high standards of vision care for all people;
- To render optometric services with equal diligence to all patients, regardless of race, creed, or economic status;
- To consult freely with colleagues and with members of other professions whenever such consultations are in the best interest of the patient;
- To seek continued growth of skill and knowledge so that the optometrist’s patients may receive the full benefit of advances in the art and science of vision care;
- To share one’s professional knowledge concerning one’s patients, and to use such information only for the benefit of those patients;
- To maintain at all times the dignity, honour, and integrity of the profession.
- To maintain their offices and their practice in keeping with professional standards
2025–2027
Council Members
Dr. Jason Larocque, OD
President
(2025–2027) BathurstDr. Jeffrey Clarke, OD
Vice-President
Saint JohnDr. Brian Dalrymple, OD
Past-President
FrederictonDr. Amanda Brown, OD
Secretary Treasurer
FrederictonDr. Melissa MacDonald, OD
Councilor
FrederictonDr. Stéphanie Chiasson, OD
Councilor
DieppeDr. Bronwyn Mulherin, OD
CAO Representative
FrederictonMrs. Rona Howald
Public Representative
Saint JohnDr. Louiselle St. Amand, OD
Registrar
Perth AndoverDr. Jenna Etsell, OD
Assistant Registrar
FrederictonMrs. Nettie Whitlock
Executive Director
FrederictonMs. Darian Allen
Administration
Fredericton
CAO Definition of an Optometrist
The Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO) defines an optometrist as an “independent primary health care provider who specializes in the examination, diagnosis, treatment, management and prevention of disease and disorders of the visual system, the eye and associated structures as well as the diagnosis of ocular manifestations of systemic conditions.”