New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DENTAL TECHNICIANS REGISTRATION ACT 1975 - SECT 28

28 Use of certain titles etc prohibited

(1) A dental technician who uses in his or her business as a dental technician a title or description other than dental technician or dental laboratory is guilty of an offence.

(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a dental prosthetist may, in his or her practice as a dental prosthetist, describe himself or herself as a dental prosthetist and use that title.

(2) A person, not being a dental technician, who employs a dental technician in connection with the person’s business of supplying technical work who uses in connection with that business a title or description other than dental laboratory is guilty of an offence.

(3) A person other than a dental technician who uses the title or description of dental technician is guilty of an offence.

(3A) A person other than a dental prosthetist who uses the title or description of dental prosthetist is guilty of an offence.

(4) A person other than a dental technician or a person, not being a dental technician, who employs a dental technician in connection with the person’s business of supplying technical work who uses the title or description of dental laboratory is guilty of an offence.

(5) A dental technician who uses in connection with his or her business as a dental technician any symbols or letters other than symbols or letters approved by the board as a description of the qualification of a dental technician is guilty of an offence.