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HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 121A General anaesthesia and simple sedation in dentistry [NSW[#93]

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 121A

General anaesthesia and simple sedation in dentistry [NSW[#93]

121A General anaesthesia and simple sedation in dentistry [NSW[#93]

(1) A dentist must not carry out any procedure forming part of the practice of dentistry on a patient to whom a general anaesthetic has been administered unless the general anaesthetic has been administered by a registered medical practitioner who--
(a) holds specialist registration in anaesthesia; or
(b) is accredited for the purposes of administering any general anaesthetic at a public or private hospital at which surgery may lawfully be carried out.
: Maximum penalty--200 penalty units.
(2) A dentist must not administer simple sedation by the intravenous route unless the dentist--
(a) has been endorsed by the Dental Board of Australia to administer sedation; and
(b) is assisted by another person who is either--
(i) a registered nurse who has received training in intensive care or anaesthesia; or
(ii) a dentist, appropriately trained in the observation and monitoring of sedated patients and in resuscitation, whose sole responsibility in assisting is to monitor the level of consciousness and cardio-respiratory function of the patient and to administer resuscitation if necessary.
: Maximum penalty--200 penalty units.
(3) In this section--


"general anaesthetic" means a drug or other substance that, when administered to a patient, will render the patient--
(a) unaware of the patient's surroundings; and
(b) unable to retain reflex control of the airway; and
(c) incapable of understanding and obeying a spoken command.

"simple sedation" means a technique in which the use of a drug produces a state of depression of the central nervous system enabling treatment to be carried out, and in which--
(a) the patient does not lose consciousness; and
(b) the drug and techniques used have a margin of safety wide enough to render unintended loss of consciousness unlikely.
Note : This section is an additional New South Wales provision.