Dental Amendment By-law (No. 2) 1997 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1997 No. 364 Dental Act 1971 DENTAL AMENDMENT BY-LAW (No. 2) 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 By-law amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 16 (Advertising) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Omission of s 16A (Telephone directories) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 18 (Prescribed designations and duties of operative dental auxiliaries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

s1 2 s3 Dental Amendment (No. 2) No. 364, 1997 ˙ Short title 1. This by-law may be cited as the Dental Amendment By-law (No. 2) 1997 . ˙ By-law amended 2. This by-law amends the Dental By-law 1988 . ˙ Amendment of s 16 (Advertising) 3.(1) Section 16(1) to (11A)— omit, insert— ‘ 16.(1) A dentist or dental specialist must not advertise himself or herself as qualified to practise dentistry, or the place where the practice takes place, unless the advertisement identifies the dentist or dental specialist by name. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. ‘ (2) A dentist or dental specialist must not advertise himself or herself as qualified to practise dentistry, or the place where the practice takes place, if the advertisement— (a) is false, misleading or deceptive or likely to be misleading or deceptive; or (b) promotes the unnecessary, inappropriate or harmful use of dental services; or (c) is disparaging of other dentists or dental specialists, or of dental companies; or (d) states the dentist or dental specialist has any qualifications other than the qualifications recorded for the dentist or dental specialist on the register. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. ‘ (3) A dental company must not advertise itself as qualified to engage in dentistry, or the place where the practice takes place, unless the advertisement identifies the dental company by name. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

s4 3 s5 Dental Amendment (No. 2) No. 364, 1997 ‘ (4) A dental company must not advertise itself as qualified to engage in dentistry, or the place where the practice takes place, if the advertisement— (a) is false, misleading or deceptive or likely to be misleading or deceptive; or (b) promotes the unnecessary, inappropriate or harmful use of dental services; or (c) is disparaging of other dental companies, or of dentists or dental specialists; or (d) states the dentists or dental specialists carrying out work for the dental company have any qualifications other than the qualifications recorded for the dentists or dental specialists on the register. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.’. (2) Section 16(12) to (14)— renumber as section 16(5) to (7). (3) Section 16(7) (as renumbered), ‘Notwithstanding’ to ‘By-law’— omit, insert— ‘Despite subsections (2)(d) and (4)(d)’. ˙ Omission of s 16A (Telephone directory entries) 4. Section 16A— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 18 (Prescribed designations and duties of operative dental auxiliaries) 5.(1) Section 18(2)(a) and (c)(ii), ‘full-time’— omit. (2) Section 18(8)— omit, insert— ‘ (8) A dentist or dentist specialist must not, without the board’s approval,

s5 4 Dental Amendment (No. 2) employ more than 1 dental hygienist at the same time. Maximum penalty for subsection (8)—5 penalty units.’. s5 No. 364, 1997 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Dental Board of Queensland on 7 October 1997. 2. Approved by the Governor in Council on 30 October 1997. 3. Notified in the gazette on 31 October 1997. 4. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 5. The administering agency is the Department of Health. © State of Queensland 1997