New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DENTAL PRACTICE ACT 2001 - SECT 32

32 Use of titles by dental auxiliaries

(1) A registered dental auxiliary must not use the title “doctor” in the course of carrying out dental auxiliary activities unless the dental auxiliary is the holder of a qualification conferred by a university that entitles the dental auxiliary to use that title and that qualification is a recognised qualification at the time the dental auxiliary uses the title.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2) A registered dental auxiliary must not use the title of a particular class of dental auxiliary unless the person is registered as a dental auxiliary of that class.

(3) In this section:
"recognised qualification" means:

(a) a qualification that is prescribed by the regulations as a recognised qualification, or

(b) when no qualification is prescribed under paragraph (a), a qualification that is for the time being recognised by the Board for the purposes of this section.

Note: See also section 105 (Use of misleading titles etc) of the Medical Practice Act 1992 .