Dental Technicians Registration Act 1975 Regulation relating to infection control standards (1995-471) [GG No 105 of 1.9.1995] (NSW)

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DENTAL TECHNICIANS REGISTRATION ACT 1995—

REGULATION

(Relating to infection control standards)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 105 of 1 September 1995]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council,
and in pursuance of the Dental Technicians Registration Act 1975, has

been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

ANDREW REFSHAUGE,

Deputy Premier and Minister for Health.

Commencement

1. This Regulation commences on 8 September 1995.

Amendment

2. The Dental Technicians Registration Regulation 1993 is amended by omitting clause 7A (as inserted by the Regulation made under the Dental Technicians Registration Act 1975 published in Gazette No. 74 of 16 June 1995 at pages 3161–3164) and by inserting instead the following clause:

Infection control standards

7A. (1) A dental prosthetist must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the infection control standards set out in Schedule 2 to the extent that they apply to the dental prosthetist in the practice of dental prosthetics.

(2) In determining whether or not a dental prosthetist has a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with a standard, particular consideration is to be given to whether the dental prosthetist’s employer failed to provide the necessary equipment, including

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providing access to it and training in its use, that would have enabled the dental prosthetist to comply with the standard (and whether the failure to provide such equipment was reported by the dental prosthetist to the Director-General of the Department of Health).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

From 8 September 1995. dental prosthetists will be required to comply with the infection control standards specified in the Dental Technicians Registration Regulation 1993. The object of this Regulation is to remove the monetary penalty specified in relation to this requirement. however failing to comply with a standard without a reasonable excuse may still constitute grounds for disciplinary action.

This Regulation is made under the Dental Technicians Registration Act 1975, including section 35 (the general regulation making power).