Dental Laboratory/ Dental Technology Services

Submitted by the College of Dental Technologists of Alberta

Section 46(1)(ii) of the Health Professions Act (HPA), mandatory registration, requires that all individuals who intend to manufacture dental appliances that are used by other regulated members to provide professional services directly to the public be registered with a Regulatory College.  Meaning that, all individuals engaged in the manufacture of dental appliances must be regulated members of a regulatory college under the HPA.

The profession of Dental Technology is regulated by the same Legislation and in the same manner as the professions of Dentistry, Denturism, Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting.

Section 47(1) of the HPA states that no person shall knowingly employ a person who meets the requirements of Section 46(1) unless that individual is a regulated member. The HPA does not allow regulated members of other oral health professions, for example Denturists, to supervise the unregulated individuals engaged in the manufacture of dental appliances. Anyone who knowingly employs a person in contravention of the HPA is guilty of an offense.

RSA 2000 cH-7 S(46)(1)(ii)

The Role of Dental Technologists and Dental Technicians

Dental Technologists and Dental Technicians:

In their practice, dental technologists and dental technicians do one or more of the following:

(a) fabricate, duplicate, alter and repair prosthetic and orthodontic devices,

(b) fit those devices when fitting is incidental to the fabrication, duplication, alteration or repair,

(b.1) teach, manage and conduct research in the science, techniques and practice of dental technology, and

1. c) provide restricted activities authorized by the regulations.

RSA 2000 cH-7 Sched 6 s3;2008 c34 s22