Pursuant to sections 130-133 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, the following notice is given.
1. Title and commencement This notice may be cited as the Oral Health Practitioners’ (Fees) Notice 2010 (No. 1) and shall come into force on 1 April 2010.
(2) This notice has the status of a Regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.
(3) This notice replaces the Oral Health Practitioners’ (Fees) Amendment Notice 2009 (No. 2) notice published in the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 11 December 2009, No. 184, at page 4454.
2. Fees The Dental Council sets the following fees payable to the council, specified in the attached Schedule.
3. Tax The fees are inclusive of goods and services tax.
Schedule
Fees Payable $
Registration Fees
New Zealand Qualified or NZDREX Qualified Applicant
- Application for registration 350.00
Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition (TTMR) Applicant
- Application for assessment of eligibility to be registered 350.00
- Application for registration 350.00
Overseas Applicant with Prescribed Qualification
- Application for assessment of eligibility to be registered 525.00
- Application for registration 350.00
Applicant with Non-prescribed Qualification
- Application for assessment of eligibility to be registered under section 15(2) of the Act 2,286.00
- Application for registration 350.00
- Resubmission of application for assessment of eligibility under section 15(2) of the Act 2,121.00
Applicant with Non-prescribed Specialist Qualification
- Application for assessment of eligibility to be registered under section 15(2) of the Act 3,214.00
- Application for registration 350.00
- Resubmission of application for assessment of eligibility under section 15(2) of the Act 2,121.00
Other Registration Fees
- Application for registration with a prescribed qualification in an additional scope of practice* 350.00
- Application for registration with a non-prescribed qualification in an additional scope of practice* 629.00
- Application for additional registration advice 350.00
- Application for restoration to the Dental Register 350.00
- Supply of certificate of good standing 105.00
- Supply of replacement registration certificate or any other certificate 70.00
Recertification and Registration Retention Fees
- Six-month practising certificate - Dentists and Dental Specialists (for period 1 April 2010 to 30 September 2010) 374.00
- Annual practising certificate - Dental Hygienists (for period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011) 462.00
- Annual practising certificate - Dental Therapists (for period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011) 561.00
- Annual practising certificate - Orthodontic Auxiliaries (for period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011) 336.00
- Annual practising certificate - Dental Technicians (for period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011) 736.00
- Annual practising certificate - Clinical Dental Technicians (for period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011) 889.00
- Six month registration retention fee for non-practising Dentist and Dental Specialist registrants (for period 1 April 2010 to 30 September 2010) 54.00
- Annual registration retention fee for non-practising registrants (excludes non-practising Dentist and Dental Specialist registrants) 108.00
- Application to transfer from retention to practising where applicant subject to recency of practice policy 198.00
Examination Fees
- Application for assessment of eligibility to enter the New Zealand Dental Registration Examination (NZDREX) - Overseas Trained Dentist Preliminary (OTDP) written examination 520.00
- Subsequent application for assessment of eligibility to enter the New Zealand Dental Registration Examination (NZDREX) - Overseas Trained Dentist Preliminary (OTDP) written examination 520.00
- New Zealand Dental Registration Examination (NZDREX) - clinical examination 4,640.00
- New Zealand Dental Registration Examination (NZDREX) - clinical examination re-sits (only applicable to candidates who entered the clinical examination prior to December 2009) 1,940.00
- New Zealand Dental Specialist Registration Examination 15,024.00
- New Zealand Dental Therapist Registration Examination (NZDTREX) - written examination (fee set on a minimum of 5 candidates) 3,401.00
- New Zealand Dental Therapist Registration Examination (NZDTREX) - clinical examination (fee set on a minimum of 5 candidates) 6,942.00
*Additional Scopes of Practice are:
- Administering Local Anaesthetic in Dental Hygiene
- Undertaking Orthodontic Procedures in Dental Hygiene
- Intraoral Radiography in Dental Hygiene, Orthodontic Auxiliary
- Extraoral Radiography in Dental Hygiene, Orthodontic Auxiliary
- Pulpotomies in Dental Therapy
- Radiography in Dental Therapy
- Diagnostic Radiography in Dental Therapy
- Stainless Steel Crowns in Dental Therapy
- Adult Care in Dental Therapy
- Implant Overdentures in Clinical Dental Technology