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Dental practitioners are required to meet the Board’s Continuing professional development registration standard, in effect since 1 December 2015.

The standard applies to all dentists, dental specialists, dental hygienists, dental therapists, oral health therapists and dental prosthetists, except those as specified on the dental board website.

Dental practitioners are required to complete a minimum of 60 hours of Continuing professional development (CPD) activities over a three-year CPD cycle.

Each three-year CPD cycle covers three registration periods. The start and end dates of the Current CPD cycle is 1 December 2019 to 30 November 2022.

The COVID-19 emergency has affected registered health practitioners’ CPD in various ways. In some cases, CPD events or practitioners’ leave have been cancelled, and in other cases practitioners have had CPD opportunities associated with COVID-19.  The Board encourages practitioners to continue CPD relevant to their practice where possible. However, the Board does not want CPD requirements to take practitioners away from clinical care or cause additional concerns to practitioners already under extra pressure due to COVID-19.  If a practitioner can’t meet the CPD standard because of the COVID-19 pandemic, then generally the Board won’t take any action for the registration period during which the COVID-19 emergency is in force. However, if the COVID-19 emergency resolves more quickly than expected, the Board may issue updated guidance about what CPD it would expect practitioners to complete within the current registration period.  COVID-19 updates and frequently asked questions can be found on Ahpra’s website.

See the Dental Board website for more information.  https://www.dentalboard.gov.au/codes-guidelines/cpd.aspx

Experien General Insurance Services Pty Ltd (ABN 77 151 269 279) AFSL 430190 arranges the Dental Professional Indemnity insurance as a Broker. AAI Limited ABN 48 005 297 807 trading as Vero Insurance issues the insurance for policies renewing up to 1 May 2019.  Insurance Australia Limited ABN 11 000 016 722 AFSL 227681 trading as CGU Insurance is the insurer for new policies from 1 May 2019 and renewing policies from 1 May 2020.  In effecting this contract of insurance the Broker will be acting under an authority given to it by the Insurer and the broker will be effecting the contract as agent of the Insurer and not the Insured.

 

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