PART II SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS

Specialist dental training

Minimum requirements of specialist dental training7

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.