DENTISTRY.
No. 16 of 1914.
No. 16 of 1914. 2255
An Ordinance to provide for the registration of qualified dental surgeons and otherwise to regulate the practice of dentistry.
[1st August, 1914.]
No. 15 of 1915. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dentistry Ordinance, 1914.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) "Dental Board" means the Dental Board established under the provisions of this Ordinance.
(b) "Dental operation" includes the extraction of teeth, or any operation on the teeth involving the use of any instrument.
(c) "Exempted person" means a person who has been granted a certificate of exemption under the provisions of section 5 (2).
(d) "Registered dental surgeon" means any person who has been registered as a dental surgeon in the register of dental surgeons established under the provisions of this Ordinance.
3.—(1) A Board to be styled the Dental Board shall be established and shall consist of the Principal Civil Medical Officer (who shall be chairman of the Dental Board), two persons registered under the provisions of the Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884, and two dental practitioners.
(2) The unofficial members of the Dental Board shall be appointed by the Governor and shall hold office for three years but may be re-appointed or removed by the Governor at his pleasure.
(3) Three members of the Dental Board shall form a quorum.
4.—(1) The Colonial Secretary shall keep a register of dental surgeons qualified to practise in the Colony and of persons exempted under the provisions of section 5 (2), and such register shall be styled the Dental Register.