NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 11 — 2 FEBRUARY 2017

• Administration each 12 months thereafter
  426.11

• Third party testing¹
  122.40
  (per test)

Education Fees

Accreditation of Degree Programmes – cost recovery
Direct professional fees, travel, accommodation and other costs for site evaluation team members together with Council administration expenses for teleconference meetings, printing and postage etc., will be charged to the Educational Institution under review, based on actual costs incurred. Dental Council secretariat administrative overheads incurred throughout the accreditation process will also be charged to the Educational Institution under review.

Application for "removal of exclusion" course approval by providers who do provide training as part of a primary Dental Council accredited qualification
1,771.54

Application for "removal of exclusion" course approval by providers who do not provide training as part of a primary Dental Council accredited qualification
3,838.41

Application for approval of courses to equip registered oral health practitioners for registration in an additional scope of practice, for course providers who do provide training as part of a primary Dental Council accredited qualification
3,444.44

Application for approval of courses to equip registered oral health practitioners for registration in an additional scope of practice, for course providers who do not provide training as part of a primary Dental Council accredited qualification
6,031.11

Annotation of Notes

1 Fee will be adjusted for any specific requirements of the individual programme, third party costings and Dental Council secretariat administrative overheads at the time the programme is established.

2 Direct professional fees and travel and accommodation expenses for supervisors, those providing oversight, tutor/course administrators etc., and Dental Council secretariat administrative overheads are to be reimbursed by the practitioner on the individual programme. Expenses claimed are on an actual and reasonable basis in accordance with the Dental Council’s fees and payments, and expenses and reimbursement policies. Course materials, venue costs and administration expenses such as printing and postage will be charged based on actual costs.

Explanatory note

This notice updates the Dental Council fee schedule with effect from 1 April 2017. The changes consist of:

• The changes in fees and levies were consulted on with dentists and dental specialists, dental therapists, dental hygienists, orthodontic auxiliaries, dental technicians and clinical dental technicians and other stakeholders during November and December 2016. Following the close of the consultation period on 16 December 2016, the 2017/2018 fees and levies were approved by the Dental Council at its meeting on 24 January 2017.

• The refunds of disciplinary levies are being made for the 2017/2018 practicing year to dental therapists, dental hygienists, orthodontic auxiliaries, dental technicians and clinical dental technicians as the balances of the disciplinary levy reserves associated with those professions are forecast to be above minimum disciplinary reserves as at 31 March 2017, as determined under the Dental Council’s Level of Reserves policy. Only practitioners for the above-named professions who hold a current 2016/17 annual practicing certificate or are a TMMR applicant for 2017/18, will receive a refund of disciplinary levies.

• Except as described above, no other changes have been made to fees as previously published in the Oral Health Practitioners (Fees) Notice 2016 (No. 2) published in the New Zealand Gazette, 1 September 2016, Issue No. 77, Notice No. 2016-gs4939.

2017-gs372

Land Notices

44