After regulation 54A of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted in Division 2:

54B.     Dental assistant may administer sodium fluoride varnish

(1)  For the purposes of section 47A of the Act, a dental assistant may, subject to the conditions specified in subregulation (2), administer sodium fluoride varnish to a dental patient.

(2)  A dental assistant may only administer sodium fluoride varnish if the varnish is administered under the supervision of a dentist, dental therapist or oral health therapist.

(3)  In this regulation –

dental assistant means a person who –

(a) has completed –

(i) a Certificate IV in Dental Assisting (Oral Health Promotion); and

(ii) unit of learning HLTOHC011 (Apply Fluoride Varnish); or

(b) has qualifications determined by the Secretary to be equivalent to such qualifications.