Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

DENTAL TECHNICIANS AND DENTAL PROSTHETISTS REGISTRATION ACT 1988 (REPEALED) - SECT 44

    (1)     The board may cancel the registration of a person whose registration has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation.

    (2)     The board may cancel the registration of an individual—

        (a)     for a registered dental technician—whose entitlement to practice as a dental technician in a State or another Territory has been cancelled or suspended on a ground other than the nonpayment of a fee; or

        (b)     for a registered dental prosthetist—

              (i)     whose registration as a dental technician has been cancelled or suspended on a ground other than the nonpayment of a fee; or

              (ii)     whose entitlement to practise as a dental prosthetist in a State or another Territory has been cancelled or suspended on a ground other than the nonpayment of a fee; or

        (c)     for a registered dental prosthetist to whom section 39 (1) applies—who fails to maintain professional indemnity insurance in relation to dental prosthetic services provided by the prosthetist otherwise than as an employee or agent; or

        (d)     who, for a person whose registration is suspended, is convicted of an offence against section 37; or

        (e)     who is convicted in the ACT or elsewhere of an offence punishable by imprisonment for 1 year or longer; or

        (f)     who is habitually drunk or is addicted to a drug; or

        (g)     who is otherwise unfit to perform dental technical work or provide dental prosthetic services, as the case may be.

    (3)     The board may cancel the registration of a company if the company has ceased to comply with the requirements of—

        (a)     for a registered dental technician—section 27 (1) (a), (b) or (c); and

        (b)     for a registered dental prosthetist—section 27 (2) (a), (b) or (c).

    (4)     For a person to whom subsection (2) (a), (b), (c), (e), (f) or (g) applies, the board may, instead of cancelling the registration—

        (a)     suspend the person's registration for the period it considers appropriate; or

        (b)     reprimand the person.

    (5)     Subject to subsection (6), the board shall, on receipt of a written request by a registered person, cancel or suspend the person's registration.

    (6)     The board may refuse a request by a registered person to whom an inquiry under section 45 relates or if an inquiry under that section is pending.