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Agency:
Dental Mechanics Registration Board
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jul 1958
End Date:
26 Dec 1996
Description:
Responsible for the education, registration, and regulation of the conduct of, Dental Mechanics.;;;;The 1957 Act created a Board comprising 2 dentists nominated by the Dental Board, 2 dental mechanics nominated by the Tasmanian Dental Mechanics Association, and chaired by the Director-General of Health Services.;;;;The 1982 Act reconstituted the Board as a body corporate with perpetual succession but did not matrially alter its composition and made only minor changes to its powers.;;;;The 1996 Act reconstituted the Board, changing its name, composition and powers.
Information Sources:
Legislation.
Legislation Administered:
Those sections of the Dentists Act 1957 and the Dental Act 1982 (as amended) dealing with the registration and regulation of Dental Mechanics.
Legislation Creating:
Dentists Act 1919 (No.46 of 1919) as amended by the Dentists Act 1957 and the Dental Act 1982.;;
Legislation Abolishing Agency:
Dental Prosthetists Registration Act 1996.
Functions Performed:
Business management
Health care
Subsequent Agencies:
Dental Prosthetists Registration Board (TA1638)27 Dec 199630 Jun 2010