PART 7DENTISTS AND PROFESSIONS COMPLEMENTARY TO DENTISTRY: DENTISTS ACT 1984

Insertion of section 12A110

After section 12 insert—

12ADegrees and licences in dentistry

1

A dental authority may grant a UK diploma in dentistry to a person only if the authority is satisfied that the person has successfully completed basic dental training.

2

In this section—

  • “basic dental training” means dental training that meets, or under article 22(a) of the Directive (part-time training) is to be treated as meeting, the requirements of article 34 of the Directive (basic dental training);

  • “UK diploma in dentistry” means—

    1. a

      a degree in dentistry that gives its holder the qualification of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (whether abbreviated as BDS or B.Ch.D.), or

    2. b

      a licence in dentistry that gives its holder the qualification of Licentiate in Dental Surgery.