Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00580:section:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00580
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6
Character Range: 15249–16099

6  Meaning of dental provider
 (1) A dental provider, in relation to a dental service, means the following:
 (a) 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;
 (b) 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.
 (2) Despite subsection (1), a dental practitioner is not a dental provider in relation to a dental service, if:
 (a) 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
 (b) the Dental Benefits Rules specify that dental practitioners are not dental providers in relation to the dental service.