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• Certificate in Dental Hygiene issued by Otago Polytechnic and approved experience in the provision of oral health services within the scope of intraoral radiography and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• New Zealand Defence Force training programme in Dental Hygiene and approved experience in the provision of oral health services within the scope of intraoral radiography and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• undergraduate dental hygiene degree or diploma from an Australian Dental Council accredited educational institution and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• an exemption certificate for intraoral radiography issued by the New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board (MRTB) current as at 18 September 2004 and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice or Scope of Dental Auxiliary Practice or the Scope of Orthodontic Auxiliary Practice; or
• an approved intraoral radiography training course and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice or the Scope of Orthodontic Auxiliary Practice.

The following scope replaces the “Scope of Extra Oral Radiography Practice in Dental Hygiene, Dental Auxiliary and Orthodontic Auxiliary Practice” in the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 20 May 2005, No. 81, at page 1944.

Scope for Extraoral Radiography Practice in Dental Hygiene and Orthodontic Auxiliary Practice

Taking extraoral radiographs.6

Prescribed Qualifications

• An exemption certificate for extraoral radiography issued by the New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board current as at 18 September 2004 and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• New Zealand Defence Force training programme in Dental Hygiene and approved experience in the provision of oral health services within the scope of extraoral radiography and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• an approved extraoral radiography training course and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice or Scope of Orthodontic Auxiliary Practice.

Key to Annotations

1 The Scope of Dental Auxiliary Practice was closed on 19 September 2009.

2 Clinical guidance means the professional support and assistance provided to a dental hygienist by a practising dentist or dental specialist as part of the provision of overall integrated care to the patient group. Dental hygienists and dentists/specialists normally work from the same premises providing a team approach. Clinical guidance may be provided at a distance but appropriate access must be available to ensure that the dentist or specialist is able to provide guidance and advice, when required, and maintain general oversight of the clinical care outcomes of the patient group. Dental hygienists are responsible and accountable for their own clinical practice within their scope of practice but the dentist or dental specialist is responsible and accountable for the clinical guidance provided. Further detail on the working relationship between dental hygienists and dentists will be set out in the relevant Dental Council Code of Practice.

3 The Dental Council approved this prescribed qualification on 10 July 2006.

4 The Dental Council approved this prescribed qualification on 15 February 2010.

5 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.

6 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 license under that Act.

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Oral Health Practitioners (Fees) Notice 2010 (No. 1)

Pursuant to sections 130–133 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, the following notice is given.

1. Title and commencement—This notice may be cited as the Oral Health Practitioners’ (Fees) Notice 2010 (No. 1) and shall come into force on 1 April 2010.

(2) This notice has the status of a Regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.

(3) This notice replaces the Oral Health Practitioners’ (Fees) Amendment Notice 2009 (No. 2) notice published in the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 11 December 2009, No. 184, at page 4454.

2. Fees—The Dental Council sets the following fees payable to the council, specified in the attached Schedule.

3. Tax—The fees are inclusive of goods and services tax.

Schedule