Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Dental Hygienists) Regulation 2004 (NSW)

2004 No 555

New South Wales

Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Dental Hygienists) Regulation 2004

under the

Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966.

MORRIS IEMMA, M.P.,

Minister for Health

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2002 to authorise dental hygienists to be in possession of, and be supplied with wholesale quantities of, certain local anaesthetics that they are authorised to administer, in certain circumstances, under the Dental Practice Regulation 2004 (which is to be commenced on the same date as this Regulation).

This Regulation is made under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966, including the definition of supply by wholesale in section 4 (1) and section 45C (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 134 of 13 August 2004, page 6505	Page 1
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Clause 1	Regulation 2004

Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Dental

Hygienists) Regulation 2004

under the

Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment

(Dental Hygienists) Regulation 2004.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 15 August 2004.

3 Amendment of Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2002

The Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2002 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Regulation 2004
Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 3)

Appendix C Supply by wholesale

Insert after clause 8:

8A	Dental hygienists
(1) A dental hygienist is authorised to be in possession of the following substances for use in connection with an activity prescribed in clause 6 of the Dental Practice Regulation 2004:

benzocaine
lignocaine
mepivacaine
prilocaine

procaine

(2) In this clause, dental hygienist means a registered dental
hygienist under the Dental Practice Act 2001.

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