Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

7: Miscellaneous provisions, consequential amendments and repeals, and transitional provisions

161 Reference to dentists, etc, in other enactments




    161 Reference to dentists, etc, in other enactments

  (1)  Every reference in any enactment to a dentist or registered dentist
must, unless a different intention appears, be taken to be a reference to a
person
who is, or is deemed to be, registered under this Act with the Dental Council
established by section 114(2) and who is practising dentistry in accordance
with his or her scope of practice.

  (2)  Every reference in any enactment to a clinical dental technician or
registered clinical dental technician must, unless a different intention
appears, be taken to be a reference to a person who is, or is deemed to be,
registered under this Act with the Dental Council established by section 114(2)
and who is practising clinical dental technology in accordance with his or her
scope of practice.

  (3)  Every reference in any enactment to a dental technician or registered
dental technician must, unless a different intention appears, be taken to be a
reference to a person who is, or is deemed to be, registered under this Act
with the Dental Council established by section 114(2) and who is practising
dental technology in accordance with his or her scope of practice.

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