VPRS 16504 Continuing Professional Development Committee Minutes and Papers

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The Continuing Professional Development Committee was constituted under Section 82 of the Dental Practice Act 1999 (No. 26/1999), with the purpose of ensuring that registered dental care providers maintained a commitment to education that promoted professional standards and enhanced public safety. The committee was responsible for overseeing a system of mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) for dental care providers in Victoria. The committee, established in early 2004, was composed of:
1 Academic
2 Board Members
1 Dental Specialist
2 Dentists
1 Dental Prosthetist
1 Dental Hygienist
1 Dental Therapist

The role of the committee was to:
-advise the Board on all aspects of the CPD program
-monitor and evaluate applications by organisations to become approved educational activity providers (EAPs)
-evaluate applications from non-approved EAPs to have particular activities included in the CPD program
-develop criterial and procedures for evaluating such applications

The committee held its first meeting on 17 June 2004. Meetings were held monthly, and the records consist of minutes and related papers for these meetings.