Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

DENTAL PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION ACT 2001

- Act 20 of 2001
- Royal Assent 26 April 2001

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      1. Short title
   2.      2. Commencement
   3.      3. Interpretation
   4.      4. Act binds Crown

   PART 2 - Dental Board of Tasmania Division 1 - The Board

   5.      5. Continuation of Board
   6.      6. Membership of Board

           Division 2 - Functions, powers and objectives

   7.      7. Functions of Board
   8.      8. Powers of Board
   9.      9. Objectives of Board
   10.     10. Delegation
   11.     11. Dental Code

           Division 3 - Miscellaneous

   12.     12. Committees
   13.     13. Employees
   13A.    13A. Registrar
   14.     14. Use by Board of services of persons
   15.     15. Protection from liability

           Division 4 - Finance and reports

   16.     16. Funds of Board
   17.     17. Audit
   18.     18. Accounts
   19.     19. Annual report

   PART 3 - Registration Division 1 - Applying for registration

   20.     20. Who may apply for registration?
   21.     21. Conditional registration for teaching or research purposes
   22.     22. Application requirements

           Division 2 - Determination of entitlement

   23.     23. Entitlement to registration
   24.     24. Interim registration
   25.     25. Inquiry into entitlement
   26.     26. Recommendation of committee of inquiry

           Division 3 - Grant or refusal of registration

   27.     27. Determination of application
   28.     28. Special grounds for refusing to grant registration
   29.     29. Review of registration conditions
   30.     30. Certificates of registration
   31.     31. Offences in relation to certificates of registration

           Division 4 - Register of practitioners

   32.     32. Registers
   33.     33. Correction of registers
   34.     34. Inspection of registers
   35.     35. Publication of registers
   36.     36. Protection of private information
   37.     37. Annual registration fees
   38.     38. Removal from register
   39.     39. Deregistered person must surrender certificate
   40.     40. Restoring name on register
   41.     41. Evidentiary provision

   PART 4 - Discipline Division 1 - Complaints

   42.     42. Making complaints
   43.     43. Specific matters of complaint
   44.     44. Complaints procedure

           Division 2 - Dealing with complaints Subdivision 1 - Health
           Complaints Act

   45.     45. Division is subject to Health Complaints Act
           Subdivision 2 - Preliminary investigations
   46.     46. Preliminary investigation of complaints
   47.     47. Board may initiate investigations
   48.     48. Action to be taken following preliminary investigation
           Subdivision 3 - Dismissals and informal disciplinary proceedings
   49.     49. Recommendations to dismiss complaints
   50.     50. Dealing with complaints by way of informal disciplinary
           proceedings
           Subdivision 4 - Formal disciplinary proceedings
   51.     51. Dealing with complaints by way of formal disciplinary
           proceedings
   52.     52. Conduct of formal disciplinary proceedings
   53.     53. Actions that Board may take following formal disciplinary
           proceedings
   54.     54. Costs and expenses of formal disciplinary proceedings
   55.     55. Notice of decision

           Division 3 - Suspension

   56.     56. Suspension of registration
   57.     57. Revocation of suspension

           Division 4 - Miscellaneous

   58.     58. Evidence of facts found in other proceedings
   59.     59. Inspections

   PART 5 - Appeals

   60.     60. Right of appeal
   61.     61. Hearing of appeals

   PART 6 - Offences Division 1 - Public and professional safeguards

   62.     62. False claims
   63.     63. Unauthorised use of practitioner titles
   64.     64. Unregistered persons must not practise dentistry
   65.     65. Improper directions to employees

           Division 2 - General offences

   66.     66. Failure to notify Board of civil claims
   67.     67. Offences of dishonesty
   68.     68. Obstruction, &c.
   69.     69. Offences relating to inquiries and investigations, &c.
   70.     70. Failure to comply with orders

   PART 7 - Miscellaneous Division 1 - Dual, multiple and specialist
   registration

   71.     71. Dual and multiple registration
   72.     72. Approval to practise under specialist title

           Division 2 - Obligations to provide information

   73.     73. Medical practitioners' notices relating to fitness to practise
   74.     74. Information about bodies corporate

           Division 3 - Infection control

   75.     75. Infection control monitoring

           Division 4 - Administrative and legal

   76.     76. Service of documents
   77.     77. Common seal
   78.     78. Presumptions
   79.     79. Appropriation of fees, penalties and fines
   80.     80. Punishment of conduct constituting an offence
   81.     81. Offences by bodies corporate
   82.     82. Regulations

           Division 5 - Consequential and transitional

   83.     83. Administration of Act
   84.     84. Savings and transitional provisions
   85.     85. Interim fees and related matters
   86.     86. Repeals and rescissions
   87.     87. 
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