Unauthorized Practice

CONVICTIONS 2005

On January 21, 2005 Optician C-1192, Mr. Bruce Bergez, the owner of the business Great Glasses, was convicted pursuant to the Regulated Health Professions Act of employing a person who, while acting in the scope of her employment and while providing healthcare services to a member of the public, performed the controlled act of dispensing eyeglasses without being a member authorized by a health profession Act to dispense. Mr. Bergez received a sentence of one year probation and a $4,200.00 fine.