Dental Registration Act 1999 · 2022 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Disciplinary Proceedings and Health Committee Inquiries
61. Right of hearing
Feedback & supportAn order under section 58 or 60(1)(b), (c) or (d) must not be made by an Interim Orders Committee in respect of any registered dentist or registered oral health therapist unless he or she has been given an opportunity of appearing before the Interim Orders Committee and being heard on the question whether such an order should be made in his or her case.
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;
For the purposes of subsection (1), the registered dentist or registered oral health therapist may be represented before the Interim Orders Committee by counsel.
registered oral health therapist
“registered oral health therapist” means a person registered as an oral health therapist under section 21;
Regulations made for the purposes of an Interim Orders Committee may include provision securing that the registered dentist or registered oral health therapist in respect of whom an interim suspension order or an order for interim restricted registration has been made is entitled, if he or she so requires, to be heard by the Interim Orders Committee on each occasion on which it reviews the order, and be represented by counsel during the review.[49F