New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DENTAL PRACTICE ACT 2001 - SECT 7

7 Registration necessary for certain representations

(1) A person who is not a registered dentist must not indicate that the person practises dentistry or is qualified to practise dentistry.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) Without limiting the ways in which a person may be taken to have indicated that the person is qualified to practise dentistry or that the person practises dentistry, a person is taken to have so indicated if the person uses:

(a) any name, initials, word, title, symbol or description that (having regard to the circumstances in which it is used) indicates, or is capable of being understood to indicate, or is calculated to lead a person to infer, that the person is qualified to practise dentistry or that the person practises dentistry, or

(b) the titles “dentist”, “dental surgeon” or any other name, title or description prescribed by the regulations.

Note: Section 10AF of the Public Health Act 1991 prohibits the carrying out of restricted dental practices by persons who are not registered dentists, medical practitioners or certain other persons in specified circumstances (including dental auxiliaries).