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On April 18, 2011, Council unanimously passed a motion to accept the final version of the Standard of Practice for dental CT scanners and forwarded it to the provincial government by its April 19 deadline. The regulatory amendments to the Healing Arts Radiation Protection (HARP) Act have been approved by government and came into force on July 1, 2011. They provided for the lifting of the moratorium and allow all dentists who comply with the Standard to install and operate a dental CT scanner.
Click here to view the regulatory amendments to the HARP Act
However, there is still more work to be done. This includes determination of the fee for the initial application, renewals and inspections, and the development of the infrastructure and processes to comply with the Standard and the regulation. The expected implementation date for the new process is April 2012.
Work is beginning on the necessary bylaw changes that will need to proceed from the Quality Assurance Committee to Council for acceptance or modification if approved in principle, then circulated to stakeholders for no less than 60 days for comment, then to the Legal and Legislation Committee and back to Council for receipt of the report of the Legal and Legislation Committee for Council's final decision. The College has already begun work on the development of the internal facility permit processes required and the necessary inspection procedures outlined in the Standard.
Click here to view the Standard of Practice
If you have any questions about this Standard, please contact:
Dr. Michael Gardner
Manager - Quality Assurance
416-934-5611
1-800-565-4591
mgardner@rcdso.org