New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DENTAL PRACTICE ACT 2001 - SECT 21

21 Qualifications for registration

(1) A person has the necessary qualifications for registration as a dental auxiliary of a particular class if the person:

(a) has such qualifications as may be prescribed by the regulations for that class of dental auxiliaries, or

(b) has successfully completed a course of study that is recognised by the Board as meeting criteria prescribed by the regulations for that class of dental auxiliaries for the purposes of this paragraph, or

(c) has such qualifications as may be approved by the Board for that class of dental auxiliaries on the recommendation of an accreditation body recognised by the Board for the purposes of this section, or

(d) has passed an examination arranged or approved by the Board to assess the person’s competence to carry out dental auxiliary activities prescribed as authorised activities for that class of dental auxiliaries.

(2) An educational or training institution may apply to the Board for the recognition by the Board (under subsection (1) (b)) of a course of study offered by the institution. The institution may make application to the Administrative Decisions Tribunal for a review of the decision of the Board on the application.

(3) In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) (b) whether a particular course of study meets the criteria prescribed by the regulations, the Board may have regard to and rely on any findings made on an assessment prepared for the Board in respect of the course of study.

(4) In this section:
"qualification" means a degree, diploma, certificate or other academic award conferred or awarded for the successful completion of a course of training in dental auxiliary activities.