Malaysia legislation

Section 4

of DENTAL ACT 2018

Section 4

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The Council shall have the following functions:

(a)

to recognize qualifications for registration of practitioners under this Act;

(b)

to approve post-graduate qualifications to register as dental specialists;

(c)

to register and issue certificates to dental practitioners;

(d)

to register and issue certificates to dental specialists;

(e)

to determine the criteria for registration of dental specialists;

(f)

to regulate examinations for registration of dental surgeons;

(g)

to regulate the period of compulsory service of dental practitioners;

(h)

to regulate the standards of practice of dental practitioners;

(i)

to regulate the ethics and professional conduct of dental practitioners;

(j)

to regulate the scope of practice of practitioners; and

(k)

to do such other things as may be required or permitted to do under this Act.

Act 804

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