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Policies

   
(displayed alphabetically)
 
   
Policy Statement Policy
Number
Adopted/
Amended
ADA Privacy Guidelines and Compliance (PDF 281 KB) 7.1 Apr 2009
Advertising In Dentistry (PDF 67 KB) 5.13 Apr 2008
Allied Dental Personnel (PDF 405 KB) 2.3 Nov 2009
Amalgam Waste Management (PDF 82 KB) 5.15   Nov 2007
Areas of Practice Adjunctive to Dentistry (PDF 58 KB) 2.5 Nov 2008
Australian Schedule of Dental Services and Glossary
(PDF 64 KB)
4.2   Nov 2008
Benefits of Defined Health Professions (PDF 58 KB) 2.12 Nov 2008
Clinical Practice Placement (PDF 278 KB) 2.10 Nov 2009
Community Oral Health Promotion Diet & Nutrition (PDF 285 KB) 1.2.2 Apr 2009
Complaints Resolution (PDF 68 KB) 4.4 Nov 2007

Continuing Professional Development (PDF 275 KB)

3.1 Apr 2006
Continuing Professional Development and Council/Executive/Committee Meetings (PDF 58 KB) 3.5 Nov 2008
Corporate Ownership (PDF 58 KB) 4.3   Nov 2007
Credentialling for Hospital Practice (PDF 66 KB) 4.13 Nov 2008
Custom-Made Dental Prostheses and Appliances (PDF 275 KB) 5.17 Apr 2009
     
Delivery of Oral Care - Special Groups    
Adolescents & Young Adults (PDF 57 KB) 1.3.2 Apr 2007
Aged Persons (PDF 58 KB) 1.3.3 Nov 2008
Children (PDF 54 KB) 1.3.1 Apr 2009
Indigenous Australians (PDF 396 KB) 1.3.5 Nov 2009
Individuals With Disabilities (PDF 279 KB) 1.3.6  Nov 2009
Infants & Pre-School Children (PDF 59 KB) 1.3.8 Apr 2008
Persons Unable To Access Dental Clinics (PDF 2 MB) 1.3.7 Apr 2009
Rural/Remote Areas (PDF 283 KB) 1.3.4 Apr 2009 
     
Delivery of Oral Healthcare - Facilities

  

 
Dental Hospitals (PDF 420 KB) 1.6.1  Apr 2009
Medical Hospital Dental Units (PDF 645 KB) 1.6.2 Apr 2009
    
Dental Acts and Boards (PDF 89 KB) 4.9 May 2007
Dental Education Accrediting Authorities (PDF 2 MB) 4.10 Apr 2009
Dental Industry (PDF 284 KB) 4.6 Apr 2009
Dental Practice Accreditation (PDF 716 KB) 4.12 Apr 2008
Dental Volunteers (PDF 557 KB) 1.2.10  Apr 2009
Dental Workforce (PDF 2 MB) 2.1 Apr 2009
Dental Workforce Size (PDF 281 KB) 2.13 Nov 2009
Dentistry and the Legal System (PDF 61 KB) 4.11 Nov 2007
Dentistry in the Presence of Third Parties (PDF 64 KB) 4.1 Nov 2008
Dentists (PDF 284 KB) 2.2 Nov 2008
Dentists' Relationship with the Pharmaceutical Industry
(PDF 649 KB)
4.14 Nov 2009
Elective Dental Treatment — Overseas (PDF 67 KB) 1.2.6 Apr 2007
Emergency Overseas Dental Treatment (PDF 58 KB) 1.2.7  Nov 2007
Establishing Policy (PDF 59 KB) 7.9 Nov 2008
Evidence-Based Dentistry (PDF 72 KB) 5.8 Apr 2008
Fluoride Use (PDF 78 KB) 1.2.1 Nov 2007
Funding Agencies (PDF 67 KB) 4.5 Nov 2008
Health Care Workers [Incl. Students] Infected With Blood-Borne Viruses (PDF 60 KB) 5.3.1 Nov 2005
Higher Education Funding for the Dental Workforce (PDF 370 KB) 2.6 Nov 2009
Infection Control (PDF 58 KB) 5.1 Nov 2008
Informed Financial Consent (PDF 65 KB) 5.16  Nov 2007
Management Of Impaired Dental Practitioners (PDF 59 KB) 5.3.2 Apr 2007
National Oral Health (PDF 302 KB) 1.1 Apr 2007
Negative Licensing in Dental Practice (PDF 277 KB) 4.15 Nov 2009
Occupational Health and Safety (PDF 61 KB) 5.5 Nov 2008
Oral Cancer Screening (PDF 57 KB) 5.14  Nov 2007
Oral Hygiene (PDF 60 KB) 1.2.3 Feb 2008
Oral Piercing (PDF 61 KB) 1.2.9 Nov 2008
Overseas Qualified Dentists (PDF 286 KB) 2.8 Nov 2009
Partnering for Better Health (PDF 63 KB) 5.18 Nov 2008
Public Sector Dental Workforce Scheme (PDF 362 KB) 2.11 Nov 2009
Prevention & Management Of Oral Injuries (PDF 80 KB) 1.2.5 Nov 2006
Principles Of Ethical Dental Practice (PDF 58 KB) 5.4 Apr 2005
Principles of Government Funding of Oral Health Care
(PDF 2 MB)
1.5 Jul 2009
Professional Indemnity (PDF 59 KB) 4.8 Apr 2006
Quality Assurance (PDF 59 KB) 5.2 Nov 2004
Radiation Safety (PDF 557 KB) 5.19 Apr 2009
Recency of Practice (PDF 295 KB) 2.9 Nov 2009
Regulatory Authorities (PDF 69 KB) 4.7   Nov 2008
Research (PDF 59 KB) 1.4 Nov 2007
Specialisation in Dentistry (PDF 65 KB) 2.4 Nov 2008
Sponsored Continuing Professional Development Activities (PDF 273 KB) 3.4 Apr 2006
Tobacco (PDF 56 KB) 1.2.4 Nov 2008
Tooth Whitening (Bleaching) By Persons Other Than Dental Care Providers (PDF 285 KB) 1.2.8 Apr 2009
Trade Practices Compliance (PDF 62 KB) 7.7 Apr 2008
Use Of The Australian Dental Association Crest, Logo And Name (PDF 108 KB) 7.8 Apr 2007
Use Of Dental Appliances To Treat Sleep Disorders (PDF 82 KB) 5.7 Apr 2008
Vocational Education for the Dental Workforce (PDF 343 KB) 2.7 Nov 2009

 

Guidelines

   
(displayed alphabetically)
   
Guideline
Statement
Guideline
Number
Adopted/
Amended
Consent for Care in Dentistry (PDF 45 KB) GGP2 Apr 2005
Emergencies in Dental Practice (PDF 44 KB) GGP3 Jun 2005
Patient Information and Records (PDF 32 KB) GGP1 Sep 2005
Sedation for Dental Procedures (PDF 18 KB) GGP4 Sep 2005
RACDS and ANZCA Guidelines on Conscious Sedaton for Dental Procedures (PDF 138 KB)    
Index of ADA Inc. Policy Statements (listed numerically) (PDF 285 KB)    

 


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