Section 63 — DENTAL ACT 2018

(a)

personate a practitioner under this Act;

(b)

claim to be qualified to practise dentistry;

(c)

take or use any name or title, addition or description, implying that—

(i)

he is a practitioner;

(ii)

he is recognized by law as a practitioner; or

(iii)

he is qualified to heal or treat dental disorders or derangements whether by dentistry or any other means of any kind or description;

(d)

take or use any instrument or dental material to induce any person to believe that he is qualified to practice dentistry;

(e)

use the term “dental clinic”, “dental dispensary”,

“dental hospital” or the equivalent of any of these terms in any other language on the signboard over his place of practice, in purported practise of dentistry;

or

(f)

use a symbol designed by the Council or the Board for the use of practitioners only.

(2)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six years or to both, and in the case of a continuing offence, shall be liable to a further fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.

(3)

For the purpose of subsection (1)—

(a)

the taking or using by any person of the terms “dental surgeon”, “dental specialist”, “qualified dentist”, “doctor of dental surgery”, “professor of dentistry”, “surgeon

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dentist”, “dentist”, “dental therapist”, “dental nurse”,

“dental hygienist”, “dental clinic”, “dental dispensary”,

“dental hospital” or the equivalent of any of these terms in any other language in relation to the practice of dentistry shall be deemed to be the taking or using of a name, title, addition or description to induce any person to believe that he is qualified to practise dentistry;

(b)

the using by any person of any dental instrument or material used exclusively by persons qualified to practise dentistry shall be deemed to be the using of an instrument or material to induce a person to believe that he is qualified to practise dentistry; and

(c)

any person, other than a practitioner, a medical practitioner or a dealer in medical or dental equipment, appliance or instrument, who has in his possession any one or more equipment, appliance or instrument commonly used in the practice of dentistry, such as a dental chair, a dental cutting unit, a dental forceps, a dental syringe, a dental mirror or a dental probe, shall be deemed to be pretending to be registered under this Act and to be qualified to practise dentistry.

Falsely describing vocation