Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person who is not a general registrant, provisional general registrant or medical practitioner, must not practise dentistry.
Maximum penalty--1000 penalty units.
(2) This section does not prohibit--
(a) the extraction of a tooth by any person if--
(i) the extraction is urgent; and
(ii) no general registrant, provisional general registrant or medical practitioner is available; and
(iii) the extraction is performed without the application of a general or local anaesthetic; or
(b) the provision of first aid treatment for dental emergencies; or
(c) the application of a dressing to a tooth under the direction of a general registrant, provisional general registrant or medical practitioner; or
(d) dentistry by a dental auxiliary registrant or provisional dental auxiliary registrant performing the following functions under the supervision of a supervising registrant--
(i) the general functions of a dental auxiliary registrant;
(ii) additional functions prescribed under a regulation that the dental auxiliary may perform because of the following--
(A) qualifications prescribed under a regulation;
(B) qualifications and experience that the Board considers qualifies the dental auxiliary to perform the additional functions; or
(e) dentistry by a special purpose registrant or provisional special purpose registrant, other than a special purpose registrant or provisional special purpose registrant whose registration is based on a qualification as a dental auxiliary; or
(f) dentistry by a special purpose registrant or provisional special purpose registrant whose registration is based on a qualification as a dental auxiliary, under the supervision of a supervising registrant; or
(g) dentistry by a person, undertaking study or training in the practice of the profession to obtain a qualification for general registration, under the immediate personal supervision of a supervising registrant; or
(h) dentistry by a person undertaking study about, or training in, the performance of the functions of a dental auxiliary registrant, under the immediate personal supervision of a supervising registrant; or
(i) dentistry by a dental auxiliary undergoing an examination conducted by or on behalf of the board under the immediate personal supervision of a supervising registrant.
Example for subsection (2)(b)--
the replacement of a footballer's tooth in its socket after it has been dislodged in a football match
Example for subsection (2)(c)--
The application of a dressing to a tooth by a person in a community where a dentist is not available. A dentist gives instructions by phone to the person applying the dressing.
(3) This section does not apply to the provision of a dental prosthetic service within the meaning of the Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists Registration Act 2001 by a person registered under that Act as a dental prosthetist.
(4) In this section--
dentistry means all or any of the following--
(a) diagnosis of conditions of the mouth;
(b) fitting or intra-oral adjustment for a person of artificial teeth or corrective or restorative dental appliances;
(c) performance of exposure prone or irreversible procedures on a person's teeth, jaw, mouth and associated structures.
direction means direction by phone or other technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous oral communication.
exposure prone procedure means--
(a) a sub-mucosal invasion with a surgical instrument; or
(b) a procedure dealing with sharp tissues or bone spicules in a body cavity or site.
irreversible procedure means a treatment, or series of treatments, that causes a permanent change to the affected hard or soft tissues.
supervising registrant means a registrant, other than the following--
(a) a dental auxiliary registrant or provisional dental auxiliary registrant;
(b) a special purpose registrant or provisional special purpose registrant whose registration is based on a qualification as a dental auxiliary.