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DENTAL PRACTITIONERS (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 1950

SR&O 38 / 1950

[made under section 27 of the Dental Practitioners Act 1950 and brought into operation on 11 December 1950]

1 These regulations may be cited as the Dental Practitioners (Registration, etc.) Regulations 1950.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Dental Practitioners Act 1950 [title 30 item 4];

“the Board” means the Bermuda Dental Board;

“the register” means the register of dental practitioners maintained by the Registrar, under section 6 of the Act.

[Regulation 2 definition "the register" amended by 2020 : 47 s.133 effective 11 December 2020]

DENTAL PRACTITIONERS (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 1950

Application for registration

3 Application by a person to be registered under the Act shall be made to the Registrar, in Form A in the Schedule.

[Regulation 3 amended by 2020 : 47 s.133 effective 11 December 2020]

4. Documents in support

(1) The following documents shall be forwarded by an applicant to the Registrar, with an application to be registered under the Act—

(a) the originals of all dental diplomas awarded to the applicant, or copies of such dental diplomas certified as true copies by or on behalf of the authorities by which the original dental diplomas were respectively awarded;

(b) in any case where the applicant is registered as a dental practitioner in any country or place outside Bermuda, a copy of the relevant entry or entries in that foreign register certified as a true copy by the authority which keeps and maintains that foreign register;

(c) a certificate or testimonial of the character of the applicant given within the period of three months last preceding the date of the application by a person of standing and responsibility well acquainted with the applicant;

(d) a statement by the applicant of his experience in the practice of dentistry or dental surgery up to the date of the application;

(e) a certificate or testimonial of the professional competence of the applicant in the practice of dentistry or dental surgery given by a dental practitioner of standing and responsibility well acquainted with the practice of the applicant.

(2) In this regulation—

“foreign register” means a register of dental practitioners kept and maintained by any department of, or any person acting under the authority of the government of any country or place outside Bermuda;

“dental diploma” means any diploma, degree, fellowship, membership, licence, authority to practise, letters, testimonial, certificate, or other status or document granted in respect of dentistry or dental surgery, or either of them, or in respect of any branch of dentistry or dental surgery by any university, corporation, college, or other body, or by any department of or body of persons acting under the authority of the government of any country or place, whether within or without Her Majesty’s dominions.

[Regulation 4 amended by 2020 : 47 s.133 effective 11 December 2020]

Entries in register

5 Where, in pursuance of section 9(1)(b)(i) of the Act, the name and professional qualifications of an applicant for registration under the Act are to be entered by the Registrar

DENTAL PRACTITIONERS (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 1950

in the register, there shall, together with such particulars, be entered the following particulars—

(a) the residence or the applicant;

(b) the date of award of each professional qualification of the applicant;

(c) the date of the entry of the name and particulars of the applicant in the register;

(d) any specified procedure that the applicant is registered to carry out. [Regulation 5 amended by 2019 : 8 s. 8 effective 29 March 2019; Regulation 5 amended by 2020 : 47 s.133 effective 11 December 2020]

Form of certificate of registration

6 A certificate of registration shall be in Form B in the Schedule.

Additional particulars may be entered

7 Application by a registered dental practitioner to have particulars of any degree, diploma or other qualification entered in the register in pursuance of section 12 of the Act shall be made to the Registrar in Form C in the Schedule.

[Regulation 7 amended by 2020 : 47 s.133 effective 11 December 2020]

Service of documents

8 Any application, notice or other document which is required or authorized under the Act to be made or given to, or served on, any person may be made, given or served—

(a) by delivering it to that person; or

(b) in the case of the Registrar, or the Board, by leaving it or sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to the Registrar or, as the case may be, to the chairman of the Bermuda Dental Board, at the Department of Health; or

(c) in the case of any person, by leaving it or by sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him, at his usual or last business residence.

[Regulation 8 amended by 2020 : 47 s.133 effective 11 December 2020]

DENTAL PRACTITIONERS (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 1950

SCHEDULE

FORM A Application for Registration A—Application I hereby make application for the entry of my name in the register of dental practitioners maintained by the Registrar under section 6 of the Dental Practitioners Act 1950; and do hereby declare that to the best of my information and belief the particulars hereunder are true. Signature of applicant.

Dated this [blank] of [blank] 19 [blank]. B—Particulars to be furnished by Applicant

1 Surname

2 Full Christian names

3 Address (residential and professional)

4 Age

5 Nationality

6 Professional degrees, diplomas or other qualification (with dates of grant)

7 Appointments (hospital, teaching, governmental, military, etc.) at present held

8 Registration, with date, place and authority

9 Particulars (if any) of striking off or removal from any medical or dental register, or of any disciplinary action taken by any medical or dental authority

10 Particulars (if any) of any conviction of any offence as a result of which a sentence of imprisonment was imposed without the option of a fine

FORM B Certificate of Registration

DENTAL PRACTITIONERS (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 1950

I certify that the name of [blank] was on the [blank] day of [blank] 19 [blank] entered in the dental register kept and maintained by me in pursuance of the provisions of the Dental Practitioners Act 1950.

Dated this [blank] day of [blank] 19 [blank] Registrar Bermuda.

FORM C Application for Entry of Additional Qualifications in Register A—Application

I hereby make application for the entry of the following additional qualifications granted since the entry of my name in the register of dental practitioners maintained by the Registrar, under section 6 of the Dental Practitioners Act 1950, and I do hereby declare that, to the best of my information and belief, the particulars hereunder are true.

Dated this [blank] day of [blank] 19 [blank] Signature of applicant B—Particulars

1 Surname

2 Full Christian names.

3 Additional qualifications granted

4 Authority by which additional qualifications granted

5 Date on which additional qualifications granted

[Schedule amended by 2020 : 47 s.133 effective 11 December 2020]

[Amended by: GN 367 / 1966

1970 : 390

1972 : 3

2019 : 8

2020 : 47]