PART II SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS

Specialist dental training

7 Minimum requirements of specialist dental training
1 The GDC shall not approve specialist dental training intended to lead to the award of a CCST unless it complies with the requirements of this regulation; and the GDC may withdraw any such approval if it is satisfied that the training no longer complies with those requirements.
2 The training must constitute an entire course of training in the specialty in question and must, subject to paragraph (3)—
(a) comprise theoretical and practical instruction;
(b) be full-time training;
(c) be supervised by the GDC;
(d) be of at least three years’ duration;
(e) be in a university centre, in a treatment, teaching and research centre, or (where the GDC is satisfied that it is appropriate) in a health establishment approved for this purpose by the GDC; and
(f) involve the personal participation of the person training to be a specialist in the activity and in the responsibilities of the establishments concerned.
3 Part-time specialist dental training is permitted, under conditions approved by the GDC, where training on a full-time basis would not be practicable for well-founded reasons; and accordingly the GDC may approve part-time training which satisfies—
(a) the conditions referred to above in this paragraph;
(b) the conditions set out in sub-paragraphs (a), (c), (e) and (f) of paragraph (2); and
(c) the following conditions—
(i) the standard of training must not be lower than that of full-time training; and
(ii) the total length of training in the specialty in question must not be less than that of full-time training in the same specialty.
4 The curriculum and any other requirements relating to the training for the specialty, as they have effect from time to time, must be published.