Bermuda Consolidated Legislation

 

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

SR&O 38/1950

DENTAL PRACTITIONERS (REGISTRATION)
REGULATIONS 1950

[made under section 27 of the Dental Practitioners Act 1950 [title 30 item 4] and brought into operation on 11 December 1950]

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1 Citation

2 Interpretation

3 Application for registra tion

4 Documents in support

5 Entries in register

6 Form of certificate of reg istration

7 Additional particulars may be entered

8 Service of documents

SCHEDULE
Forms

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Dental Practitioners (Registration, etc.) Regulations 1950.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations—

"the Act" means the Dental Practitioners Act 1950 [title 30 item 4];

"the Board" means the Bermuda Dental Board;

"the register" means the register of dental practitioners main tained by the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health, under section 6 of the Act.

Application for registration

3 Application by a person to be registered under the Act shall be made to the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health, in Form A in the Schedule.

Documents in support

4 (1) The following documents shall be forwarded by an applicant to the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health, with an appli cation to be registered under the Act—

(a) the originals of all dental diplomas awarded to the appli cant, or copies of such dental diplomas certified as true copies by or on behalf of the authorities by which the original dental diplomas were respectively awarded;

(b) in any case where the applicant is registered as a dental practitioner in any country or place outside Bermuda, a copy of the relevant entry or entries in that foreign reg ister certified as a true copy by the authority which keeps and maintains that foreign register;

(c) a certificate or testimonial of the character of the appli cant given within the period of three months last pre ceding the date of the application by a person of stand ing and responsibility well acquainted with the appli cant;

(d) a statement by the applicant of his experience in the practice of dentistry or dental surgery up to the date of the application;

(e) a certificate or testimonial of the professional compe tence of the applicant in the practice of dentistry or dental surgery given by a dental practitioner of standing and responsibility well acquainted with the practice of the applicant.

(2) In this regulation—

"foreign register" means a register of dental practitioners kept and maintained by any department of, or any person acting under the authority of the government of any country or place outside Bermuda;

"dental diploma" means any diploma, degree, fellowship, mem bership, licence, authority to practise, letters, testimonial, certificate, or other status or document granted in respect of dentistry or dental surgery, or either of them, or in respect of any branch of dentistry or dental surgery by any university, corporation, college, or other body, or by any department of or body of persons acting under the authority of the govern ment of any country or place, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions.

Entries in register

5 Where, in pursuance of section 9(1)(b)(i) of the Act, the name and professional qualifications of an applicant for registration under the Act are to be entered in the register, there shall, together with such particu lars, be entered the following particulars—

(a) the residence or the applicant;

(b) the date of award of each professional qualification of the applicant;

(c) the date of the entry of the name and particulars of the applicant in the register.

Form of certificate of registration

6 A certificate of registration shall be in Form B in the Schedule.

Additional particulars may be entered

7 Application by a registered dental practitioner to have particulars of any degree, diploma or other qualification entered in the register in pursuance of section 12 of the Act shall be made to the Permanent Sec retary of the Department of Health in Form C in the Schedule.

Service of documents

8 Any application, notice or other document which is required or authorized under the Act to be made or given to, or served on, any per son may be made, given or served—

(a) by delivering it to that person; or

(b) in the case of the Permanent Secretary of the Depart ment of Health, or the Board, by leaving it or sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health or, as the case may be, to the chairman of the Bermuda Dental Board, at the De partment of Health; or

(c) in the case of any person, by leaving it or by sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him, at his usual or last business residence.

 

SCHEDULE

FORM A

Application for Registration

A—Application

I hereby make application for the entry of my name in the regis ter of dental practitioners maintained by the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health under section 6 of the Dental Practitioners Act 1950; and do hereby declare that to the best of my information and belief the particulars hereunder are true.

Signature of applicant.

Dated this [blank] of [blank] 19 [blank].

B—Particulars to be furnished by Applicant

1 Surname

2 Full Christian names

3 Address (residential and professional)

4 Age

5 Nationality

6 Professional degrees, diplomas or other qualification (with dates of grant)

7 Appointments (hospital, teaching, governmental, military, etc.) at present held

8 Registration, with date, place and authority

9 Particulars (if any) of striking off or removal from any medical or dental register, or of any disciplinary action taken by any medical or dental authority

10 Particulars (if any) of any conviction of any offence as a result of which a sentence of imprisonment was imposed without the option of a fine

FORM B

Certificate of Registration

I certify that the name of [blank] was on the [blank] day of [blank] 19 [blank] entered in the dental register kept and maintained by me in pursuance of the provisions of the Dental Practitioners Act 1950.

Dated this [blank] day of [blank] 19 [blank]

Permanent Secretary
Department of Health,
Bermuda.

FORM C

Application for Entry of Additional Qualifications in Register

A—Application

I hereby make application for the entry of the following additional qualifi cations granted since the entry of my name in the register of dental practitioners maintained by the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health, under section 6 of the Dental Practitioners Act 1950, and I do hereby declare that, to the best of my information and belief, the partic ulars hereunder are true.

Dated this [blank] day of [blank] 19 [blank]

Signature of applicant

B—Particulars

1 Surname

2 Full Christian names.

3 Additional qualifications granted

4 Authority by which additional qualifications granted

5 Date on which additional qualifications granted