Meaning of dental provider
6 Meaning of dental provider
A dental provider, in relation to a dental service, means the following:
a dental practitioner who has general registration, or specialist registration, in the dentists division of the dental profession under a law of a State or Territory;
if the Dental Benefits Rules specify a class of persons to be dental providers in relation to the dental service—a person included in that class.
Despite subsection (1), a dental practitioner is not a dental provider in relation to a dental service, if:
the dental practitioner is included in a class of dental practitioners specified in the Dental Benefits Rules not to be dental providers in relation to the dental service; or
the Dental Benefits Rules specify that dental practitioners are not dental providers in relation to the dental service.
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