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DENTISTS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE.

(Chapter 156).

ANCILLARY DENTAL WORKERS (DENTAL HYGIENISTS) REGULATIONS 1969.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 of the Dentists Registration Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations-

1. These regulations may be cited as the Ancillary Dental Workers (Dental Hygienists) Regulations 1969.

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 mouths, 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.

(4) Every dental hygienist shall pay to the Registrar an enrolment fee of twenty-five 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.

Citation,

Establishment of dental hygienists.

Qualification

of applicants for enrolment.

Enrolment of dental hygienists.

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