NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 84

12 JULY 2012

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General Section

Dental Council

Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

Notice of Replacement of Prescribed Qualifications for Scope of Practice

Pursuant to section 12 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, this notice is issued by the Dental Council.

The following replaces the prescribed qualifications for the “Scope of Orthodontic Auxiliary Practice” published in the New Zealand Gazette, 15 March 2012, No. 33, page 1016.

Scope of Orthodontic Auxiliary Practice

Prescribed Qualifications

• Graduate Certificate of Orthodontic Assisting, Academy of Orthodontic Assisting; possession of a dental therapy, dental hygiene or dentistry qualification and approved experience in the provision of orthodontic auxiliary services under the direction and supervision of a dentist or dental specialist who can attest to competency¹.
• Certificate of Orthodontic Assisting, New Zealand Association of Orthodontists: Orthodontic Auxiliary Training Programme².
• Bachelor of Oral Health, University of Otago and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice.
• Bachelor of Health Science in Oral Health, Auckland University of Technology conferred from 2011, and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice.
• Bachelor of Health Science (Endorsement in Dental Hygiene), University of Otago conferred from 2002, and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice.
• Diploma in Dental Hygiene, University of Otago conferred from 2002, and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice, and Dental Council approved course for Extra-oral Radiography.

Key to Annotations

1. The Dental Council approved this prescribed qualification on 10 July 2006.
2. The Dental Council approved this prescribed qualification on 15 February 2010.

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Notice of Replacement of Scope of Practice

Dental Technicians

Pursuant to section 11 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, this notice is issued by the Dental Council.

The following scope of practice replaces the Scope for Dental Technology Practice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 21 October 2010, No. 143, page 3602.

Scope for Dental Technology Practice

The Scope of Practice for Dental Technicians is set out in the documented “Detailed Scope for Dental Technology Practice” produced and published from time to time by the Dental Council.