Submission re After Hours Service Code

The ADAVB has made a submission to the Dental Practice Board in response to their revised draft Code of Practice on After Hours Services.

Key points raised in that submission included:

• the desirability of the Code and the Information Paper on advertising of dental services being linked as companion documents (like the dental records and infection control codes and information papers)
• the need for clarification as to whether before and after photos constitute testimonials and are therefore in breach of Section 64 of the Dental Practice Act 1999
• the desirability of State dental boards joining in an approach to the publishers of the Yellow Pages, to seek adjustment of the Dental Emergencies classification so that the public is not mislead about the services they might be able to obtain from laboratories and other establishments advertising in this area alongside dental practices.