PART 8U.K.DENTISTS: THE EUROPEAN PRIMARY AND SPECIALIST DENTAL QUALIFICATIONS REGULATIONS 1998

Amendment of regulation 8U.K.

140.  In regulation 8 (distinctive titles and specialist lists), for paragraph (2) substitute—

(2) Where this paragraph applies, the GDC shall secure that the regulations mentioned in paragraph (1) provide that a registered dentist is entitled to use the title prescribed for a specialty and (if appropriate) to have his name entered in the list for that specialty only if (subject to paragraph (2A)) he pays any fee determined by the GDC on application for entry in the appropriate list, and—

(a)he holds a CCST awarded by the GDC under regulation 6 in the specialty in question;

(b)he is an eligible specialist as specified in regulation 9;

(c)he is an exempt person—

(i)whose case falls within regulation 3(9)(a) or (e) of the General Systems Regulations,

(ii)to whom regulations 20 to 26 of those Regulations apply by reason of the operation of regulation 3(4) of those Regulations, and

(iii)who is permitted to practise orthodontics or oral surgery in the United Kingdom by virtue of Part 3 of those Regulations (having, in particular, successfully completed any adaptation period, or passed any aptitude test, that he may be required to undertake pursuant to that Part of those Regulations);

(d)he is an existing specialist as specified in regulation 12; or

(e)he is an exempt person—

(i)who is registered in the list of visiting dentists from relevant European States mentioned in section 14(1A)(c) of the Act, and

(ii)who is providing services in the United Kingdom as a specialist dentist in orthodontics or oral surgery on a temporary and occasional basis, in exercise of entitlement under Schedule 4 (visiting dentists from relevant European States) to the Act.

(2A) No application shall be required, and no fee shall be payable, in respect of entry in a specialist list pursuant to paragraph (2)(e).

(2B) If a person whose name is included in a specialist list pursuant to paragraph (2)(e) ceases to satisfy either of the conditions specified in paragraph (2)(e), the registrar may remove that person's name from that specialist list..