Advanced Dental Technicians Qualifications Board

Full description

Establishment

The Dental Technicians Act (No. 8366) was passed in 1972, allowing for the registration of Dental Technicians and Advanced Dental Technicians. The Advanced Dental Technicians Qualifications Board was constituted under Part 2 of the Act and came into operation on 1/12/1974.

Formation and Membership of the Board

The Board consisted of 6 members chosen from places such as the Department of Prosthetics at the University of Melbourne, the Department of Dental Mechanics at the University of Melbourne, the Dental Board of Victoria, the Victorian branch of the Australian Dental Association and the Victorian branch of the Australian Dental Technicians Association.

Functions

The function of the Board was to supervise the conduct and practice of dental mechanics by advanced dental technicians. The Board was empowered to keep a register - the Advanced Dental Technicians Register, to make alterations to the roll where necessary, to grant licences to appropriately-qualified advanced dental technicians and to cancel or suspend licences when necessary, and to collect licence fees.

Abolition

The final meeting of the Advanced Dental Technicians Qualifications Board took place on 28/06/2000. The Board was abolished with the proclamation of the Dental Practice Act 1999 (No. 26/1999) in July 2000. A dental hygienist or dental therapist was recognised as a dental auxiliary under the new act and an advanced dental technician was recognised as a dental prosthetist. From 2000 these professions operated under the Dental Practice Board of Victoria (VA 4868).