Recency of Practice

Recency of Practice and Return to Practice

The Dental Board of Australia (the Board) has developed a registration standard on recency of practice (the standard) under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (the National Law) as in force in each state and territory.

The standard sets out the Board’s minimum requirements for recency of practice for dental practitioners. It is available below and on the Registration Standards page of the Board’s website.

Recency of practice means that a dental practitioner has maintained an adequate connection with, and recent practice in the profession since qualifying for, or obtaining registration.

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Recency of Practice Registration Standard	PDF (200KB)	Word version (360 KB,DOCX)	1 December 2015
Provision of additional information for recency of practice/Return to Practice Form - AIRP-20	PDF (1.94 MB)		8 December 2015
Recency of Practice/Return to Practice Self Assessment Tool - Dentist	PDF (245 KB)	Word version (100 KB,DOCX)	10 May 2016
Recency of Practice/Return to Practice Self Assessment Tool - Dental hygienist	PDF (322 KB)	Word version (101 KB,DOCX)	10 May 2016
Recency of Practice/Return to Practice Self Assessment Tool - Dental therapist	PDF (247 KB)	Word version (101 KB,DOCX)	10 May 2016
Recency of Practice/Return to Practice Self Assessment Tool - Oral health therapist	PDF (248 KB)	Word version (102 KB,DOCX)	10 May 2016
Recency of Practice/Return to Practice Self Assessment Tool - Dental prosthetist	PDF (322 KB)	Word version (99.4 KB,DOCX)	10 May 2016
Template Return to Practice Supervised Practice Plan and Supervision Report	PDF (462 KB)		8 December 2015

Download a PDF of the FAQ on Recency of practice (52.9 KB,PDF).