Cap 156 s 12B Application for inclusion in Specialist Register (DENTISTS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	156	Title:	DENTISTS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	L.N. 185 of 2006
Section:	12B	Heading:	Application for inclusion in Specialist Register	Version Date:	30/11/2006

(1) A registered dentist who wishes to have his name included in the Specialist Register under a specialty may apply to the Council, in such form and manner as may be specified by the Council, for the inclusion.
(2) The Council shall not approve a registered dentist’s application made under subsection (1) unless, in the Council’s opinion, the dentist satisfies the conditions in subsection (3).
(3) Those conditions are—

(a) the dentist—

(i) has been—

(A) awarded a Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine; and

(B) certified by the Academy that he has completed the postgraduate dental training, and has satisfied the continuing education requirements, determined by the Academy for the specialty; or

(ii) has been certified by the Academy of Medicine that—

(A) he has achieved a professional standard equivalent to that recognized by the Academy for the award of its fellowship; and

(B) he has completed the postgraduate dental training, and has satisfied the continuing education requirements, comparable to those determined by the Academy for the specialty; and

(b) the dentist is competent in the specialty.

(4) On receiving a registered dentist’s application made under subsection (1), the Council shall refer the application to the Education and Accreditation Committee for a recommendation as to whether the dentist satisfies the conditions in subsection (3).
(5) As soon as practicable after having received a referral under subsection (4), the Education and Accreditation Committee shall—

(a) notify the Council of its recommendation and the reasons for it; and

(b) in the case where the Committee recommends to the Council that the registered dentist does not satisfy the conditions in subsection (3), notify the dentist in writing of its recommendation and the reasons for it.

(6) In making the recommendation referred to in subsection (4), the Education and Accreditation Committee shall take into account any recommendation made by the Committee under section 12F(1)(d).
(7) Within 14 days after having received a notice under subsection (5)(b), the registered dentist may submit to the Council representations in writing on the Education and Accreditation Committee’s recommendation.
(8) If the Education and Accreditation Committee recommends to the Council that a registered dentist does not satisfy the conditions in subsection (3), the Council shall not decide whether or not to approve the application until the later of—

(a) the expiry of the period within which the dentist may submit representations under subsection (7); or

(b) the expiry of the period within which the dentist may request the Committee to review its recommendation under section 12F(5).

(9) In deciding whether or not to approve a registered dentist’s application made under subsection (1), the Council shall have regard to—

(a) the Education and Accreditation Committee’s recommendation referred to in subsection (4) and the reasons for it;

(b) if the dentist has submitted representations under subsection (7), those representations; and

(c) if the dentist has requested the Committee to review its recommendation under section 12F(5), the result of the review and the reasons for it.

(10) If the Council approves the application of a registered dentist made under subsection (1), the Council shall, on receiving from the dentist the fee prescribed for the purpose, direct the Registrar—

(a) to include the dentist’s name in the Specialist Register under the specialty; and

(b) to issue a certificate, in the form specified by the Council, to the effect that the dentist’s name has been included in the Specialist Register under the specialty.

(11) If the Council rejects the application of the registered dentist, the Council shall notify the dentist in writing of the rejection and the reasons for it.

(Added 11 of 2006 s. 10)