Policies

 

 

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1. Administration & Governance
2. National Oral Health
3. Dental Workforce, Education and Training
4. Professional Development
5. Third Parties
6. Dental Practice 

 

 

 

Index

 

Policy Statement Index

     

 

Administration & Governance

Adopted/
Amended

1.1
Establishing Policy
Apr 2011

1.2

ADA Privacy Guidelines and Compliance - ADA Privacy Policy 

Nov 2012

1.3

Trade Practices Compliance

Nov 2012

1.4

Use of ADA Inc Crest, Logo and Name

Aug 2012

1.5 Reserves Policy (Available to ADA Members Only) Nov 2010

 

 


 

National Oral Health

Adopted/
Amended

2.1
National Oral Health
Apr 2011

2.2.1

Fluoride Use

Apr 2012

2.2.2

Diet & Nutrition

Apr 2010

2.2.3
Oral Hygiene Apr 2011

2.2.4 

Tobacco

Nov 2011

2.2.5 

Prevention and Management of Oral Injuries

Nov 2012

2.2.6 

Elective Overseas Dental Treatment

Nov 2011

2.2.7 

Emergency Overseas Dental Treatment

Apr 2012

2.2.8 

Teeth Whitening (Bleaching) By Persons Other Than Dental Practitioners

Nov 2012

2.2.9 

Oral Piercing

Nov 2011

2.2.10 

Dental Volunteers

Apr 2010 

2.3.1 

Children

Apr 2012

2.3.2
Adolescents and Young Adults
Apr 2011

2.3.3 

Aged Persons

Nov 2010

2.3.4 

Individuals in Regional & Remote Areas

Apr 2012

2.3.5 

Indigenous Australians

Nov 2010

2.3.6
Individuals with Disabilities
Apr 2011

2.3.7 

Individuals Unable to Access Dental Clinics

Apr 2012

2.3.8

Infants & Pre-School Children

Nov 2011

2.4
Research
Apr 2011
2.5.1
Government
Apr 2012
2.5.2
Universal Dental Schemes
Apr 2011
2.5.3
Capitation Dental Schemes Nov 2010 

2.7.1 

 Dental Hospitals

Nov 2012

2.7.2 

Medical Hospital Dental Units

Nov 2012

2.7.3 

Dental General Anaesthesia Procedure Facilities

Apr 2010

 

 


 


 

Dental Workforce, Education and Training

Adopted/
Amended

3.1 

Dental Workforce

Nov 2012

3.2 

Dentists

 

Nov 2012

3.3 

Allied Dental Personnel

Apr 2012

3.4 

Specialisation in Dentistry

Nov 2010

3.5
Areas of Practice Adjunctive to Dentistry
Apr 2012
3.6
Higher Education for the Dental Workforce
Apr 2011

3.7 

Vocational Education for the Dental Workforce

Apr 2012

3.8 

Overseas Qualified Dentists

Nov 2012

3.9 

Recency of Practice

Nov 2012

3.10 

Clinical Practice Placements

Nov 2011

3.12 

Benefits of Defined Health Professions

Nov 2012

3.14

The Role of Non-Dental Practitioners in Oral Health

Nov 2010

3.15
Post Graduate Year One Programs
Nov 2011
     

 

Professional Development

 

Adopted/
Amended

4.1
Continuing Professional Development
Apr 2011
4.2
Sponsored Continuing Professional Development Activities
Nov 2012
4.3
Continuing Professional Development and Council & Executive & Committee Meetings
Apr 2012

 

 


 


 

Third Parties

 

Adopted/
Amended

5.1
Dentistry and Third Parties
Apr 2011
5.2
The Australian Schedule of Dental Services & Glossary Apr 2011
5.3
Corporate Ownership
Apr 2011

5.4 

Complaints Resolution

Nov 2011

5.5 

Funding Agencies

Nov 2011

5.6 

Dental Industry

Apr 2012

5.7 

Professional Indemnity

Apr 2010

5.8 

Dental Acts and Boards

Apr 2012

5.9
Dental Education Accrediting Authorities
Apr 2011

5.10 

Dental Practice Accreditation

Apr 2010 

5.11 

Credentialing for Hospital Practice

Sep 2012

5.12
Dentists' Relationships with the Pharmaceutical Industry Nov 2009

5.13 

Negative Licensing in Dental Practice

Nov 2012

5.14 

Dentistry and the Legal System

Sep 2012

5.15 Consent to Treatment
Nov 2012

5.16 

Informed Financial Consent

Nov 2011

5.17 Dental Records
Nov 2012
5.18 Dentistry Privacy and Confidentiality Apr 2012
5.19 Assessments and Reports for Third Parties
Nov 2012
5.20
Dental Certificates, Giving Evidence and Witnessing Documents
Nov 2012

5.21

Regulatory Authorities

Nov 2011

 

 

 

 

Dental Practice

Adopted/
Amended

6.1 

Infection Control

Nov 2010

6.2 

Quality Assurance

Nov 2011

6.3 

Dental Health Care Workers (and Students) Infected with Blood-Borne Viruses

Nov 2011

6.4

Management of Impaired Dental Practitioners

Nov 2011

6.5.1

Code of Ethics for Dentists

Aug 2012

6.5.2 Professional Boundaries Nov 2012

6.6 

Work Health and Safety

Apr 2012

6.7 

Use of Dental Appliances to Treat Sleep-Disordered Breathing

Apr 2012

6.8 

Evidence-Based Dentistry

Apr 2012

6.9 

Advertising in Dentistry

Nov 2011

6.10 

Oral Cancer Screening

Nov 2011

6.11 

Dental Amalgam Waste Management

Sep 2012

6.12 

Custom-made Dental Prostheses and Appliances

Nov 2012

6.13 

Partnering for Better Health - Dentists and Patients

Nov 2011

6.14    Radiation Safety
Nov 2011
6.15
E-Health and Dentistry
Nov 2012 
6.16  
Forensic Dentistry  Nov 2010
6.17
Conscious Sedation in Dentistry
Nov 2011
6.18
Safety of Dental Amalgam
Apr 2012
6.19
Minimal Intervention Dentistry
Apr 2011
6.20 Social Responsibility Apr 2012
6.21
Dentistry and Sustainability
Apr 2011
6.22
Dento-Maxillofacial Cone Beam Volumetric Tomography Nov 2011
6.23 Prescribing Medications in Dentistry
Nov 2012






 


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