Section 12
Persons entitled to be registered as dental surgeons
Subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations thereunder, a person shall be entitled to be registered as a dental surgeon upon application to the Registrar in the prescribed form if he holds any of the qualifications specified in the third column of the
Second Schedule granted by an institution specified in relation to that qualification in the second column of that Schedule.
(2)
The Minister may from time to time, after consulting the
Council, add to, delete from or amend the Second Schedule by order published in the Gazette.
(3)
Notwithstanding subsection (1) and subject to the other provisions of this Act and the regulations thereunder, any person who holds a qualification in dentistry (other than the qualifications specified in the Second Schedule to this Act) deemed suitable for
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registration by the Minister after consulting the Council (hereinafter referred to as an “approved qualification”), shall be entitled to be registered as a dental surgeon under this Act if he has obtained experience in the practice of dentistry by engaging in employment in the practice of dentistry to the satisfaction of the Director General for a period of not less than two years in such capacity in such one or more of the public services as may, from time to time, be determined by the Director General in his discretion, and has been granted a certificate by the Director General as evidence thereof.
(4)
No person shall be eligible to engage in the employment mentioned in subsection (3) if—
(a)
he has at any time been found guilty of an offence involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or an offence punishable with imprisonment (whether in itself only or in addition to or in lieu of a fine) for a term of two years or upward; or
(b)
he has, after due inquiry by the Council, been found by it to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect or to be otherwise not of good fame and character, and upon such inquiry, the person against whom such conduct is alleged shall be entitled to appear before the Council and be heard personally or by advocate and solicitor.
(5)
The Director General may, if he is satisfied that a person holding an approved qualification has had experience in the practice of dentistry which is not less both in scope and in length of time than the experience mentioned in subsection (3), exempt such person from the requirements as to experience mentioned in subsection (3).
(6)
A person who holds an approved qualification shall be deemed to be registered under this Act so far as is necessary—
(a)
to enable him to enter upon and engage in the employment mentioned in subsection (3); and
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(b)
during the period of the said employment, for the purpose of any such written law or such other purposes, as the
Minister may direct by order published in the Gazette, but not further.
(7)
A person who is employed under subsection (3) shall, during the period of the said employment, be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code.
(8)
The Registrar shall publish annually in the Gazette as soon as may be after the first day of January of each year, a list of all persons employed in the practice of dentistry under subsection (3), with their qualifications and the dates on which they commenced such employment; and the publication of such list shall be prima facie evidence of the particulars contained therein.
(9)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act any person may be registered as a dental surgeon under this Act subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be stipulated by the
Minister, provided that the person seeking registration under this section possesses a qualification in dentistry with respect to which the
Minister, after consulting the Council, is satisfied that it is adequate.