Dental Technicians Licensing Committee

Full description

Establishment

The Dental Technicians Act (No. 8366) was passed in 1972, allowing for the registration of Dental Technicians and Advanced Dental Technicians.

Formation and Membership of the Board

The board consisted of 8 members appointed by the Governor in Council and included members chosen from associations such as the Dental Board of Victoria, the Victorian Branch of the Australian Dental Association, the Victorian Branch of the Australian Dental Technicians Association and the Miscellaneous Workers Union of Victoria.

Functions

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

Abolition

The Committee 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).