New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DENTAL TECHNICIANS REGISTRATION ACT 1975 - SECT 18B

18B Practising certificates

(1) A person who makes application for a practising certificate in the prescribed manner is entitled to be granted a practising certificate if, at the time at which the practising certificate is granted, the person is a dental technician and:

(a) the person has, in the opinion of the board, satisfactorily completed a course of training, approved by the board, fitting the person to engage in the practice of dental prosthetics, or

(b) not being a person referred to in paragraph (a), the person has, in the opinion of the board, satisfactorily completed an examination relating to the practice of dental prosthetics arranged by the board.

(2) Where application is made to the board under subsection (1), the board, upon payment of the prescribed fee, shall grant a practising certificate to a person who is entitled to be granted a practising certificate.

(3) Where the board is not satisfied that a person who has made application for a practising certificate is entitled to be granted a practising certificate, it shall refuse the application and the secretary shall give the person notice of that refusal in accordance with section 29 (1).

(4) If the board does not, within 60 days after the receipt by it of an application for a practising certificate, give notice to the applicant of the result of the application, the secretary shall be deemed to have given the applicant a notice that the board has refused the application.