Dental Registration Act 1999

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3 Establishment of Singapore Dental Council

4 Functions of Council

6 President of Council

7 Disqualifications for membership of Council

8 Filling of vacancies

9 Meetings and quorum of Council

10 Appointment of executive secretary and other employees

11 Appointment of committees

14 Full registration

14A Conditional registration

14B Temporary registration

14C Registration of specialists

15 Application for registration

16 Certificate of registration

17 Practising certificate

18 Certificate of Registrar in relation to dentists

19 Correction of appropriate register

20 Removal of name from appropriate register

21 Persons entitled to be registered as oral health therapists

22 Application for registration as oral health therapist

23 Oral Health Therapists Accreditation Committee

24 Certificate of registration of oral health therapist

25 Practising certificate of oral health therapist

26 Certificate of Registrar in relation to oral health therapists

27 Correction of Register of Oral Health Therapists

28 Removal of name from Register of Oral Health Therapists

29 Prohibition of practice of dentistry

30 Liability of employer, etc., for practice of dentistry in contravention of section 29

31 Liability of registered dentist or registered oral health therapist for allowing another to act in contravention of section 29, etc.

32 Suspended persons not to practise dentistry during period of suspension

33 Pretending to be or taking or using the name or title of dentist, etc.

34 Fraudulent registration, etc.

37 Evidence of qualification and entry of additional qualifications

38 Use of qualification and title

39 False assumption of title of specialist

40 Certain registered dentists not to perform prescribed procedures

41 Establishment of Dental Specialists Accreditation Board

42 Functions of Accreditation Board

43 Appointment of Complaints Panel

44 Complaints against registered dentists and registered oral health therapists

45 Inquiry by Complaints Committee

46 Findings of Complaints Committee

47 Appointment of Disciplinary Committee

48 Proceedings of Disciplinary Committee

49 Reference and transfer of cases to Health Committee

50 Findings of Disciplinary Committee

51 Orders of Disciplinary Committee

52 Restoration of names to appropriate register

55 Unfitness to practise through illness, etc.

56 Restoration of names removed on recommendation of Health Committee

57 Interim Orders Committee

59 Review of interim orders

60 Interim Orders Committee may revoke, vary or replace interim order

62 Application to General Division of High Court

63 Duration of interim orders

64 Person suspended under interim suspension order not regarded as registered

65 Council may appoint legal counsel

66 Restoration of names to appropriate register

67 Recovery of penalties and costs

68 Funds of Council, etc.

69 Fees payable for members of Council and members of committees

71 Assessor to Council

72 Protection from personal liability

73 Exemption in respect of medical practitioners

74 Exemption in respect of dental training

76 Composition of offences

77 Jurisdiction of court

78 Amendment of Schedule

79 Power of Council to make regulations

80 Persons who are already registered under repealed Act

81 Saving of certificates of registration issued under repealed Act

82 Pending disciplinary proceedings

83 References in other written laws or documents

Dental Registration Act 1999

2022 REVISED EDITION

This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 15 August 2022 and comes into operation on 15 September 2022

An Act to establish the Singapore Dental Council, to provide for the registration of dentists and oral health therapists and for matters connected therewith.

[15 October 1999]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act is the Dental Registration Act 1999.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“appropriate register” means any of the registers mentioned in section 13(1), as appropriate;

“Board” means the Health Promotion Board established under the Health Promotion Board Act 2001;

“certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration issued under section 16 or 24;

“Chief Dental Officer” means the Chief Dental Officer of the Ministry of Health;

“Council” means the Singapore Dental Council established under section 3(1);

“Disciplinary Committee” means a Disciplinary Committee appointed under section 47;

“healthcare professional” includes a medical practitioner, a dentist, a nurse, a midwife, a pharmacist, a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner and any other person who is licensed to provide any other healthcare services in Singapore;

“Health Committee” means the Health Committee appointed under section 54;

“practice of dentistry” includes —

(a)	the performance of any procedure and the treatment of any disease, deficiency, deformity, malposition or lesion on or of the human teeth or jaws or associated structures, whether intraorally or extraorally;
(b)	the performance of radiographic work in connection with the human teeth or jaws or associated structures;
(c)	the administration of an anaesthetic agent in connection with any procedure on the human teeth or jaws or associated structures;
(d)	the performance of any procedure on, or the giving of any treatment, advice or attendance to, any person as preparatory to, or for the purpose of or for or in connection with, the fitting, inserting, fixing, constructing, repairing or renewing of dentures or dental appliances; and
(e)	the performance of any such procedure and the giving of any such treatment, advice or attendance as is usually performed or given by dentists;

“practising certificate” means a practising certificate granted under section 17 or 25;

“president” means the president of the Singapore Dental Council;

“registered dentist” means a person who is registered as a dentist under this Act and includes a person deemed to be a registered dentist under section 80(1), and “registered as a dentist” and “registration as a dentist” have corresponding meanings;

“registered oral health therapist” means a person registered as an oral health therapist under section 21;

“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Council;

“repealed Act” means the Dentists Act (Cap. 76, 1985 Revised Edition) repealed by this Act;

“Singapore degree” means a degree or diploma in dentistry from the University of Singapore or the National University of Singapore.

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