18 OCTOBER 2007

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 112

3013

Bennetts Bookshop: Bowen House, Lambton Quay (PO Box 5334), Wellington; Bennetts Campus Bookshop: Auckland
University of Technology, C Block Wellesley Street, Gate 4 Lorne Street (Private Bag 92006), Auckland; University of
Waikato, Gate 5 Hillcrest Road (PO Box 13066), Hamilton; Located in Whitcoulls: Centreplace, Bryce Street (PO Box 19287),
Hamilton; 38–42 Broadway Avenue (PO Box 1820), Palmerston North; 111 Cashel Street (Private Bag), Christchurch;
143 George Street (PO Box 1104), Dunedin.

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General Section

Chiropractic Board

Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

Chiropractic APC Application Fee 2007

Pursuant to Part 6, section 130(1)(c) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, the following notice is given.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Chiropractic APC Application Fee 2007.

(2) This notice comes into force on 1 November 2007.

2. Fees—The Chiropractic Board sets the following fee, payable to the board, specified in the attached Schedule.

3. Tax—The fee is inclusive of goods and services tax.

Schedule

Fee Payable

To make application for the issuing of an annual practising certificate from a chiropractor who has not practised in New Zealand for more than three years.

$
150.00

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of October 2007.

KARL BALE, Registrar, Chiropractic Board.

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Dental Council of New Zealand

Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

Notice of Replacement Scope of Practice and Prescribed Qualifications

This notice is issued by the Dental Council of New Zealand pursuant to sections 11 and 12 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.

The following scope of practice replaces the Scope for Undertaking Orthodontic Procedures in Dental Hygiene Practice in the previous gazette notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 7 December 2006, No. 167, page 4856.

Scope for undertaking orthodontic procedures in dental hygiene practice

Dental hygienists with approved training, experience and competence in orthodontic procedures assist the dentist or orthodontist in implementing orthodontic treatment plans through performing such orthodontic procedures as taking impressions and making study models, inserting and removing some orthodontic appliances, preparing teeth for bonding, removing bonding composite and banding cement, and providing oral health education and advice on the care and maintenance of orthodontic appliances.

Dental hygienists who undertake orthodontic procedures practise:

• under the clinical guidance of a dentist or orthodontist who is responsible for the patient’s clinical care outcomes.
• to a treatment plan prepared by a dentist or orthodontist for the patient concerned.

The procedures involve:

• oral hygiene instruction, care and maintenance of orthodontic appliances.
• taking clinical photographs for records.
• making study models including taking impressions and bite records.
• pre-banding polishing of teeth.
• removing and placing arch wires as formed by the orthodontist.
• removing composite/band cement following removal of fixed appliances.
• removing O rings.
• de-bonding and de-banding fixed appliances.
• replacing loose bands.

Prescribed Qualifications

• Bachelor of Health Science (Endorsement in Dental Hygiene), University of Otago, conferred from 2002 and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• Diploma in Dental Hygiene, University of Otago, conferred from 2002 and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• Graduate Certificate of Orthodontic Assisting, Academy of Orthodontic Assisting and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice.

For applications received before 19 September 2004

• Diploma in Dental Hygiene, University of Otago, conferred before 2002; registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice and a minimum of 150 clinical hours’ experience subsequent to 1 July 2001 in the provision of oral health services within the Scope for undertaking orthodontic procedures in dental hygiene practice, under the direction and supervision of a dentist or dental specialist who can attest to competency; or
• Certificate in Dental Hygiene issued by Otago Polytechnic of New Zealand; registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice and a minimum of 150 clinical hours’ experience subsequent to 1 July 2001 in the provision of oral health services within the Scope for undertaking