New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

DENTISTS ACT 1989 - SECT 5

5 Professional misconduct

(1) For the purposes of this Act, "professional misconduct", in relation to a dentist, includes the following:

(a) any conduct that demonstrates a lack of adequate:

(i) knowledge,

(ii) experience,

(iii) skill,

(iv) judgment, or

(v) care,

by the dentist in the practice of dentistry, and

(a1) engaging in overservicing as provided by subsection (2), and

(b) the dentist’s contravening (whether by act or omission) a provision of this Act or the regulations, and

(c) practising dentistry contrary to a requirement made of, or condition imposed on, the dentist under section 15 (1) (e), 18 (1) or 21 (2), and

(g) being an habitual drunkard or being addicted to any deleterious drug.

(2) A dentist engages in overservicing if the dentist, in the course of professional practice:

(a) provides a service in circumstances in which provision of the service is unnecessary, not reasonably required or excessive, or

(b) engages in conduct that is prescribed by the regulations as constituting overservicing.