health professions licensing authority

dental board

• membership
• role
• code, policies and forms
• peak body

membership

• Chair – Dr Mark Leedham
• Public Member – Diane Walsh
• Prof – Belinda Simons
• Public Member – Joanna Albert
• Prof – Dr Chris Kaiplinger
• Prof - Neil Lanceley
• Prof – Owen Hales

role

The Dental Board of the Northern Territory is a statutory body responsible for ensuring the public is protected through the regulation of dental practitioners registered in the Northern Territory.

The Dental Board carries out this mandate by:

• Ensuring that all dental practitioners have received educational preparation to an agreed national standard;
• Dealing with issues of conduct and taking any disciplinary action as required;
• Administering the framework under which impaired dental practitioners can be rehabilitated without necessarily losing their license to practice;
• Assisting to improve dental practitioners performance should it be found to be below accepted professional standards, and
• Ensuring that all dental practitioners either currently registered or intending to be registered are competent and fit to practise.

The Health Professions Licensing Authority (HPLA) provides a bureau service to the Dental Board and carries out administrative duties as directed by it.

The objectives of the Health Practitioners Act 2004 (the Act) requires the Dental Board to:

• Protect and promote the health and safety of the people of the Territory;
• Promote the highest standard of professional health care practice in the Territory;
• Determine the standards for registration and enrolment of health practitioners and for professional health care practice in the Territory, and
• Facilitate the continuing competence of health practitioners in the Territory.

dental code

The policies listed under the General Policies section plus the policies listed below comprise the Dental Code.

General Policies

Dental Board Specific Policies

Note: Policies remain current until a review has been completed and the revised version available on the website

	Entitlement to registration policy dental	PDF | DOC
	Public Sector Dental Workforce Scheme - conditional registration policy	PDF | DOC
	Public Sector Dental Workforce Scheme - supervisors report	PDF | DOC
	Authorisation to practise in a restricted practice area	PDF | DOC
	Registration as a dental specialist - policy	PDF | DOC
	Code of practice for - dental therapist and dental hygienist	PDF | DOC
	Code of Practice on - Infection Control	PDF | DOC
	Interim scope of practice for dental prosthetist	PDF | DOC
	Notice to jurisdictions of Conditions Undertakings	PDF | DOC
	Authorisation to practise in a restricted practice area, namely, the provision of care and services to adults by a dental therapist	PDF | DOC
	Information for intending applicants with dental qualifications gained outside Australia	PDF | DOC
	Dental practitioner with blood borne virus - position statement	PDF | DOC

Registration Forms

	Application Form Cond Reg Dental	PDF | DOC
	Application Form – Dental Auxiliary	PDF | DOC
	Application Form – Dental Specialist	PDF | DOC
	Application Form – Dentist	PDF | DOC
	Application for Assessment Overseas Dental Auxilliary	PDF | DOC
	Information Sheet Overseas Educated Dental Practitioners	PDF | DOC
	Mutual Recognition Form – Dental Prosthetist	PDF | DOC
	Mutual Recognition & Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Form	PDF | DOC

peak body

Australian Dental Council