Bill C-313 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (non-corrective contact lenses)

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2013.

Sponsor

Patricia Davidson  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Food and Drugs Act to deem that a non-corrective contact lens is a device for the purposes of the Act. This enactment will ensure that non-corrective contact lenses are subject to the requirements of the Food and Drugs Act.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Health Committee, on Feb. 14, 2012

  • Don Boyer, Acting Director, Medical Devices Bureau, Department of Health
  • Dana Cooper, Director, Government Relations and Public Affairs, Canadian Association of Optometrists
  • Jennifer Brunet-Colvey, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Ophthalmological Society
  • Peter J. Agapitos, Representative, Canadian Ophthalmological Society, and Chief, Department of Ophthamology, Ottawa Hospital
  • Desmond Fonn, Representative, Canadian Association of Optometrists, and Founding Director, Centre for Contact Lens Research, University of Waterloo
  • Lorne Kashin, Vice-President, Opticians Association of Canada
  • Janice Schmidt, Advisor, Opticians Association of Canada
  • Sonya Norris, Committee Researcher