Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person who is not a dental auxiliary registrant or a provisional dental auxiliary registrant must not take or use a restricted dental auxiliary registrant title.
Maximum penalty--1000 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if--
(a) the person takes or uses the restricted dental auxiliary registrant title as part of a business name for a business providing professional services; and
(b) in the carrying on of the business by the person, a dental auxiliary registrant or provisional dental auxiliary registrant provides the professional services; and
(c) the professional services are for the category of dental auxiliary registration for which the dental auxiliary registrant or provisional dental auxiliary registrant is registered under this Act.
(3) Also, subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person--
(a) is undertaking study or training in the practice of the profession to obtain a qualification for dental auxiliary registration in a category; and
(b) takes or uses a restricted dental auxiliary registrant title for the category, in the course of the study or training, in conjunction with words that indicate the person is a student or trainee in the category.
(4) A person (the first person) must not, in relation to another person who the first person knows or ought reasonably to know is not a dental auxiliary registrant for a category or provisional dental auxiliary registrant for a category, use a restricted dental auxiliary registrant title for the category.
Maximum penalty--1000 penalty units.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if--
(a) the other person is undertaking study or training in the practice of the profession to obtain a qualification for dental auxiliary registration in a category; and
(b) the first person uses a restricted dental auxiliary registrant title for the category, in the course of the study or training, in conjunction with words that indicate the other person is a student or trainee in the category.
(6) A person who is not a dental auxiliary registrant for a category or a provisional dental auxiliary registrant for a category must not take or use a title (other than a restricted dental auxiliary registrant title), name, initial, symbol, word or description that, having regard to the circumstances in which it is used, indicates or could be reasonably understood to indicate--
(a) the person is a dental auxiliary for the category; or
(b) the person is authorised or qualified to practise the profession as a dental auxiliary for the category.
Maximum penalty--500 penalty units.
(7) A person (the first person) must not, in relation to another person who the first person knows or ought reasonably to know is not a dental auxiliary registrant for a category or a provisional dental auxiliary registrant for a category, use a title (other than a restricted dental auxiliary registrant title), name, initial, symbol, word or description that, having regard to the circumstances in which it is used, indicates or could be reasonably understood to indicate--
(a) the other person is a dental auxiliary for the category; or
(b) the other person is authorised or qualified to practise the profession as a dental auxiliary for the category.
Maximum penalty--500 penalty units.
(8) This section does not apply to the taking or using of a restricted dental auxiliary registrant title by or in relation to special purpose registrants or provisional special purpose registrants.