This section reviews the bylaws, legislation and standards of practice to regulate dentists in the province of Alberta.
Bylaws
Bylaws
Continuing Education
Continuing Education Program Requirements
Code of Ethics
The Code of Ethics is a set of principles of professional conduct that governs all registered dentists (generalists and specialists) and establishes the expectations for dentists in fulfilling duties to their patients, to the public, and to the profession.
Legislation
Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act
Dental Surgical Facility Accreditation Regulation
Dentists Profession Regulation
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act – Disclosure of Information Regulation
Government Organization Act
Health Information Act
Health Information Act – Alberta Electronic Health Record Regulation
Health Information Act – Designation Regulation
Health Information Act – Health Information Regulation
Health Professions Act
Health Professions Act Handbook
Occupational Health and Safety Act
Occupational Health and Safety Code
Standards of Practice
Standard of Practice: Facial Esthetic Therapies and Adjunctive Procedures
Standard of Practice: Infection Prevention and Control and Risk Management for Dentistry
Standard of Practice: Informed Consent
Standard of Practice: Minimal and Moderate Sedation Deep Sedation and General Anaesthesia in Non-Hospital Dental Practice
Standard of Practice: Non-surgical Management for Sleep Disordered Breathing
Standard of Practice: Patient Records
Standard of Practice: Practice Arrangements and Provision of Professional Services
Standard of Practice: Privacy and Management of Patient Health Information
Standard of Practice: Restricted Activities
Standard of Practice: Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct
Guides
Comparison of Advertising Rules for Dentists in Canada
Guide for Advertising and Promotional Activities for Alberta Dentists
Guide for Alberta Dentists PIPA and PIPEDA
Guide for Bloodborne Pathogen-Needlestick Protocol
Guide for the Conversion of Analog Health Records to Digital
Guide for Dentists Counselling Patients Who Smoke
Guide for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders and Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Guide for Facial Esthetic Therapies and Adjunctive Procedures
Guide for the Health Information Act – Privacy and Management of Patient Health Information
Guide for Implementing the Requirements of the Health Information Act
Guide for Operating a Dental Practice in Alberta
Guide for Pain Management/Opioids
Guide for Pandemic Influenza Plan
Guide for Patient Records and Informed Consent
Additional Practice Resources
Occupational Health and Safety
OIPC Alberta Privacy Impact Assessment Requirements Information
Alberta Health – Health Information Act guidelines and practices manual (2011)
Alberta Health – Health Information Act guidelines and practices manual Chapter 15 : 2020 amendments (April 2021)
Alberta Health Chapter Fourteen Duty to Notify – Health Information Act Guidelines and Practices Manual (August 2018)
Communication Resources
Patient Communication Guide
AHS Talking to Patients about HPV