6Meaning of dental provider

#### 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.