Dental Legal News
Dentists who are the subject of notifications (outside NSW) may receive the first contact by telephone from an AHPRA officer rather than by email or letter. I would suggest that unless
Regularly, I am asked to attend a NSW Dental Council inquiry as an accompanying person with dentists who are the subject of the inquiry. The Council - like all decision
There are some dental member organisations that really do care about protecting and go all out for their dentists. Sometimes, membership organisations and insurers just plainly don't know how
The Guidelines on dental records were never the most helpful, and after publication and a promise to review in three years, it has taken over nine years for them to
This year, I have received many calls from dentists who have matters that need careful consideration of matters beyond the immediately obvious problem. Sometimes it's patient complaints, sometimes it is
Sometimes unfortunately where issues arise across multiple areas of practice - such as an engaged dentist who has a complaint that impacts on your practice across commercial, contract, civil liability
Often supervision seems open-ended. Dentists and supervisors often do not understand that the supervision is not intended to be purely educative but is to satisfy the regulator that the practitioner
The matter of Health Care Complaints Commission v Poole No. 2 [2014] NSWCATOD 67 is a decision of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal of 20 June 2014.
WHITENING BY NON DENTISTS For those interested in such things, an ongoing case about the appeal of a decision relating to teeth whitening material pursuant to the section
EMPLOYER OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR When dentists employ other dentists, they often try to use an independent contractor agreement. There is a lot of misinformation about what is necessary to
