The Health Science Profession of Dental Prosthetics
COLLEGE OF DENTAL TECHNOLOGISTS OF ALBERTA


CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

A Dental Technologist or Dental Technician is one who, in conjunction with the surgical and medical and dental professions, designs, fabricates, and/or fits appliances and prosthesis required by them in their profession and for the use of the patients.

A Dental Technologist or Dental Technician constantly endeavours to use his experience, skill and scientific technical knowledge in the fabrication and application of appliances and prostheses for the relief of human ailments and suffering in collaboration with the dental and medical profession.

A Dental Technologist or Dental Technician shall not claim, either verbally or by signs or advertisement, heal or cure the condition of any patient.

A Dental Technologist or Dental Technician calling upon a patient, unless at the expressed wish of the patient, or his personal representative or his dental medical adviser, is not permissible.

A Member of the College of Dental Technologists of Alberta shall not use his connection with the College for trade advertising purposes except that a Member shall, but only as long as he remains a member of the College, be entitled to call himself a Dental Technologist or Dental Technician and use the letters of the College. Upon a member ceasing for any reason to be a member of the College, he shall cease to have the right to use such title, nor shall he thereafter in any way refer himself either directly or indirectly as having had any connection with the College whether as a past member or otherwise. Non-regulated members may not use the letters of the College unless otherwise authorized.

A Member shall neither use, nor advertise any certificate or diploma granted or approved by the College in any way that would lead the public to infer that the certificate or diploma relates to competence other than in the area of practice, which the Council of the College regards as relevant to the certificate or diploma.

A Member shall not in any advertisement, or Public Notice, use the word "qualified" as descriptive of any regulated technologist, regulated technician, or of any auxiliary, or of any service rendered except such regulated technologist, regulated technician, or auxiliary, is qualified to be a member of the College, or such service is rendered by some person so qualified; qualified in this context being defined as specified within the qualifications for membership.

A Member shall not claim, or permit others to believe or perceive, that he is representing the College’s views on a subject unless he has the specific appointment of Council so to do. Diplomas or Certificates granted by the College are personal to the recipient and he must only use the letters designated in association with his name, and subject to the provisions state elsewhere within these Rules.

A Member of the College shall not involve himself, other than by appointment by the Health Professions Act, or Government Agency, in the management or administration of the financial affairs of a patient.

A Member shall at all times maintain a professional relationship with patients, and any relationship with a patient considered by the Council to be evidence as having become intimate or personal shall be regarded as just cause for Council to consider exclusion from membership.

A Member to have been found guilty by a Court of Law on charges relating to Sexual or Discriminatory Offences against a patient shall be regarded as having demonstrated just cause for the Council to consider exclusion from membership.

A Member shall not engage in directly performing treatment, examination, or any other act within the patient’s mouth, except when under the personal direction of a dental or medical officer. A member must have the competencies to perform such duties and must be authorized by the Council to do so.

Every Member discharging a duty on the College’s behalf and having custody or responsibility for College monies or expenditure including investments, shall submit account to the satisfaction of the Council. On proven misuse of College monies, the Council shall consider exclusion from membership.

A Member shall honour to advance the profession by all legitimate methods, to support its Institutions, to be loyal to its Rules or Regulations, and to be loyal to the membership of the College.

A Member who is deemed by the Council to have brought into disrepute either the College or its members, by any act or omission, will be regarded as having demonstrated just cause for the Council to consider exclusion from membership.

It shall be the duty of every member or applicant for Membership to ensure accuracy of all applications submitted by him, or proposed or seconded by him to the College. Falsification of statements relating to the attainment of Membership, or false representation of signature in support of an application, or proposing or seconding of applications know to be untruthful in any respect, shall be deemed just cause for the Council to consider exclusion form membership.