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✨ Dental Therapy Radiography Qualifications

20 MAY 2005 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 81 1937

Diploma in Dental Therapy (issued by a New Zealand educational institution);
registration in the Scope of General Dental Therapy practice and evidence of
successful completion of one of the following radiography training courses:
- Radiography for Dental Therapists, Canterbury District Health Board
- Dental Radiography Training Course, Auckland Regional Dental Service
- Dental Radiography Training Module, Waikato District Health Board
- Dental Radiography Training Module, Otago District Health Board
- Dental Radiography Course, Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Dental Radiography Course, Department of Health
- Dental Radiography Course, Massey
- Radiography for Dental Therapists, Wellington Polytechnic; or
Diploma in Dental Therapy, University of Otago and registration in the Scope of
General Dental Therapy practice; or
Bachelor of Health Sciences (Endorsement in Dental Therapy), University of
Otago and registration in the Scope of General Dental Therapy practice; or
Bachelor of Health Science (Oral Health), Auckland University of Technology and
registration in the Scope of General Dental Therapy practice.

Scope for Diagnostic Radiography in Dental Therapy Practice

Taking and interpreting periapical and bitewing radiographs(2).

Prescribed Qualifications

Certificate in Dental Therapy (issued by the Department of Health or a
New Zealand educational institution); registration in the Scope of General Dental
Therapy practice; approved experience in the provision of dental therapy services
within the scope of dental therapy practice; evidence of successful completion of
a radiography training course or an exemption certificate issued by the
New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board current as at 18/09/04; and
approved experience in interpreting periapical and bitewing radiographs under
the direction and supervision of a dentist who can attest to competency; or
Diploma in Dental Therapy (issued by a New Zealand educational institution);
registration in the Scope of General Dental Therapy practice; evidence of
successful completion of a radiography training course or an exemption
certificate issued by the New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board
current as at 18/09/04 and approved experience in interpreting periapical and
bitewing radiographs under the direction and supervision of a dentist who can
attest to competency; or
Diploma in Dental Therapy, University of Otago and registration in the Scope of
General Dental Therapy practice; or
Bachelor of Health Sciences (Endorsement in Dental Therapy), University of
Otago) and registration in the Scope of General Dental Therapy practice; or

(2) The Radiation Protection Act 1965 requires non-licensed persons who take x-rays to do so under the supervision or
instructions of a person who holds a licence under that Act.

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