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Applying to have an exclusion on your Dental Hygiene Scope of Practice Removed
With effect from Thursday 17 March 2011, the scope of Dental Hygiene Practice includes what in the past were referred to as Additional Scopes
- being:
- Orthodontic Procedures;
- Local Anaesthetic;
- Extra-oral Radiography; and
- Intra-oral Radiography.
From this date onwards, those dental hygiene practitioners who are not qualified in any of Orthodontic Procedures, Local Anaesthetic, Extra-oral
Radiography and/or Intra-oral Radiography, will have exclusions placed upon their scope of practice to reflect that they are not qualified to
practice in these areas, for example - 'Dental Hygiene Practice excludes Orthodontic Procedures'.
To remove an exclusion from his or her registered scope of practice a dental hygiene practitioner can undertake a Dental Council approved course upon the successful completion of which the practitioner may apply to
the Dental Council to have the relevant exclusion on his or her scope of practice removed.
Application Form
The application form REG004 must be completed and submitted to the Dental Council together with
the required supporting documentation and fees in order for an exclusion to be removed from a practitioner's
registered dental hygiene scope of practice.
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