Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Oral Health Therapists) Regulation 2007 (NSW)

2007 No 567

New South Wales

Poisons and Therapeutic Goods

Amendment (Oral Health Therapists)

Regulation 2007

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.

REBA MEAGHER, M.P.,

Minister for Health

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation to amend the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2002
to:

(a)	authorise oral health therapists registered under the Dental Practice Act 2001 to be in possession of, and be supplied with, wholesale quantities of certain local anaesthetics, and
(b)	make other amendments of a machinery nature.

The Dental Practice Amendment (Oral Health Therapists) Regulation 2007, which among other things, prescribes oral health therapists as a class of dental auxiliary for the purposes of registration under the Dental Practice Act 2001, is due to commence on the same day.

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 175 of 30 November 2007, page 8697	Page 1
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Clause 1	Regulation 2007

Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Oral

Health Therapists) Regulation 2007

under the

Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment
(Oral Health Therapists) Regulation 2007.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 30 November 2007.

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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Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]      Appendix C Supply by wholesale

Insert “or oral health therapists” after “Dental therapists” in the heading to clause 8.

[2]      Appendix C, clause 8 (1)

Insert “or oral health therapist” after “dental therapist”.

[3]      Appendix C, clause 8 (1)

Insert “or oral health therapy” after “dental therapy”.

[4]      Appendix C, clause 8 (2)

Omit the subclause. Insert instead:

(2) In this clause:
dental therapist means a person who is registered under the
Dental Practice Act 2001 as a dental auxiliary in the class of
dental therapist.
oral health therapist means a person who is registered under the
Dental Practice Act 2001 as a dental auxiliary in the class of oral
health therapist.

[5]      Appendix C, clause 8A

Omit subclause (2). Insert instead:

(2) In this clause:
dental hygienist means a person who is registered under the
Dental Practice Act 2001 as a dental auxiliary in the class of
dental hygienist.

BY AUTHORITY