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Ancillary Dental Workers (Dental Hygienists) Regulations
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ANCILLARY DENTAL WORKERS (DENTAL HYGIENISTS)
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 161/69.
2.N181/A.
REGULATIONS
(Cap. 156, section 29)
[14th November, 1969.]
1. These regulations may be cited as the Ancillary Dental Workers (Dental Hygienists) Regulations.
2. There is established hereby a class of ancillary dental workers to be known as dental hygienists.
3. Any person who holds the United Kingdom Minister of Health's Certificate of Proficiency in Oral Hygiene, or who holds any other certificate or diploma which, in the opinion of the Dental Council, is of an equivalent standard and has been gained following a course of dental training extending over a period of not less than nine months, may apply to the Dental Council for enrolment as a dental hygienist.
4. (1) The Dental Council may, at its absolute discretion, admit any person to practise as a dental hygienist if it is satisfied that the applicant-
(a) holds the qualifications specified in regulation 3; and
(b) is a fit and proper person to practise as a dental hygienist.
(2) The Registrar shall maintain a roll in which the name and address of every person whom the Dental Council has admitted to practise as a dental hygienist shall be recorded.
(3) Any enrolled dental hygienist who alters his name or address shall notify the Registrar immediately of any such alteration.
Establishment of dental hygienists.
Qualification of applicants for enrolment.
Enrolment of dental hygienists.
(4) Every dental hygienist shall pay to the Registrar an enrolment fee of ten dollars when his name is recorded in the roll maintained under paragraph (2).
(5) The Registrar shall issue to each enrolled dental hygienist a certificate of enrolment in such form as may be determined by the Dental Council from time to time.
5. (1) If the Dental Council is satisfied at any time by any complaint made to it or by any information received by it that an enrolled dental hygienist either does not hold the qualifications specified in regulation 3 or is not a fit and proper person to practise as a dental hygienist, it may-
(a) order that such enrolled person cease to practise as a dental hygienist; and
Disqualification order by Dental Council.
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