Dental Registration Act 1999 · 2022 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Practice of Dentistry
33. Pretending to be or taking or using the name or title of dentist, etc.
Feedback & supportA person, other than a registered dentist who has in force a practising certificate, must not take or use —
registered dentist
“registered dentist” means a person who is registered as a dentist under this Act and includes a person deemed to be a registered dentist under section 80(1), and “registered as a dentist” and “registration as a dentist” have corresponding meanings;
the title of dentist, dental surgeon, registered dentist, qualified dentist, doctor of dental surgery, professor of dentistry or surgeon dentist;
any prescribed title under section 38(5); or
any name, title, addition or description implying, whether in itself or in the circumstances in which it is used, that that person is qualified to heal or treat dental disorders or derangement, whether by dentistry or any other means of any kind or description.
A person, other than a registered oral health therapist who has in force a practising certificate, must not take or use —
registered oral health therapist
“registered oral health therapist” means a person registered as an oral health therapist under section 21;
the title of oral health therapist; or
any name, title, addition or description implying, whether in itself or in the circumstances in which it is used, that that person is qualified to heal or treat dental disorders or derangement, whether by dentistry or any other means of any kind or description.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.[26