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The Dental Council is required under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (the Act) to protect the health and safety of members of the public by ensuring that oral health practitioners are competent and fit to practice. To achieve this, Council provides a framework for the registration of oral health practitioners. The Dental Council recognises a number of overseas qualifications as equivalent to New Zealand standards. These are known as prescribed qualifications. For overseas-qualified practitioners who do not have prescribed dental qualifications, the Dental Council offers examinations for each practitioner group. A pass in the Dental Council of New Zealand examination is deemed a prescribed qualification for registration in New Zealand. The following examinations are available:
Examination PoliciesThere are currently two examination policies that exist - one policy for those applicants with Assessment of Eligibility applications submitted PRIOR to 4 November 2009 and those applicants who submitted after 4 November 2009.
Applicants who submitted their Assessment of Eligibility PRIOR to 4 November 2009 are required to complete the requirements of NZDREX by 2 August 2012. If an applicant does not complete the NZDREX by 2 August 2012, the applicant will be required to enroll and comply with the Council's current policy (i.e. the Policy that applies to applicants with Assessment of Eligibility applications submitted AFTER 4 November 2009). If an applicant has not yet passed the written component, the last written examination that may enable the applicant to satisfy this requirement is the March 2012 written examination. In particular, the applicant will need to sit and pass the March 2012 written examination and sit and pass the June 2012 clinical examination in order to complete the requirements of NZDREX by 2 August 2012. If you are one of these applicants, please read this document. If an applicant has not yet passed the clinical component, they must sit and pass the June 2012 clinical examination at the latest. If you are one of these applicants, please read this document. Related information: |
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