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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) Bathurst

Dr. Jeffrey Clarke, OD

Vice-President

Saint John

Dr. Brian Dalrymple, OD

Past-President

Fredericton

Dr. Amanda Brown, OD

Secretary Treasurer

Fredericton

Dr. Melissa MacDonald, OD

Councilor

Fredericton

Dr. Stéphanie Chiasson, OD

Councilor

Dieppe

Dr. Bronwyn Mulherin, OD

CAO Representative

Fredericton

Mrs. Rona Howald

Public Representative

Saint John

Dr. Louiselle St. Amand, OD

Registrar

Perth Andover

Dr. Jenna Etsell, OD

Assistant Registrar

Fredericton

Mrs. Nettie Whitlock

Executive Director

Fredericton

Ms. 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.”