Dental Act 2018 · Updated to 26 Jun 2018 · Chapter 2
35. Registration as post-basic dental therapist
Feedback & supportA dental therapist may apply to be registered as a post-basic dental therapist if—
he is registered in Division A of the Dental Therapists
Register;
he holds any of the registrable qualifications listed in the Third Schedule, granted by an institution specified in relation to that qualification; and
he has proven to the satisfaction of the Dental Therapists
Registrar that he is a fit and proper person and is of good character.
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An application for registration as a post-basic dental therapist shall be made to the Dental Therapists Registrar in the prescribed form together with such documents, information and particulars as may be determined by the Board and such application shall be accompanied by the fee as prescribed in the Fourth Schedule.
Dental Therapists Registrar
“Dental Therapists Registrar” means the Dental Therapists Registrar referred to in subsection 24(3);
Where the Dental Therapists Registrar approves the application under subsection (2), the Dental Therapists Registrar shall issue a certificate of registration as a post-basic dental therapist to the applicant and enter his name in Division B of the Dental
certificate
“certificate” means a certificate of registration, annual practising certificate or temporary practising certificate;
Therapists Register.
Where the Dental Therapists Registrar refuses the application under subsection (2), the Dental Therapists Registrar shall notify the applicant of his decision by a notice in writing.
Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the Dental
Therapists Registrar under subsection (4) may, within thirty days of the date of the notice in subsection (4), appeal in writing to the Board and appear before the Board and be heard personally or through his advocate and solicitor.
Board
“Board” means the Malaysian Dental Therapists Board established under section 15;