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Section 58

Disciplinary punishments

of Dental Act 2018

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Section 58

(a)

order the name of the practitioner to be removed from the Dental Register or the Dental Therapists Register;

(b)

order the name of the practitioner to be suspended from the Dental Register or the Dental Therapists Register for any period as the Council or the Board thinks fit;

(c)

order the practitioner to be reprimanded; or

(d)

caution or advise the practitioner.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Council or the

Board may suspend the application of the punishment under paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c), subject to such conditions as the

Council or the Board thinks fit, which may include any of the following, for a period not exceeding two years:

(a)

direct such practitioner to seek medical treatment;

(b)

direct such conditions relating to the practitioner’s practise of dentistry or the provision of dental services, as it considers appropriate, be imposed on the practitioner’s registration;

(c)

direct the practitioner to undergo educational courses or programmes as determined by the Council or the Board;

or

(d)

direct that the practitioner report on his dental practice to such practitioners or persons as determined by the

Council or the Board, as the case may be.

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(3)

The Council or the Board, may make such order as the

Council or the Board thinks fit, with regard to the payment of the costs of the Dental Registrar or the Dental Therapists Registrar and of any complainant or of the practitioner, and any other costs incurred which may be recovered as a civil debt.