Singapore legislation

Clause 13

of Dentists Bill

Clause 13

Dentists register

(1)

The Registrar shall keep a dentists register which shall contain —

(a)

in the first division of the register —

(i)

the names and addresses of all persons who are registered as dentists under section 15(4);

(ii)

the dates of their registration;

(iii)

the qualifications by virtue of which they are registered;

(iv)

such other particulars of those persons as the Council may determine; and

(v)

all the particulars which are transferred to that division under section 65(4); and

(b)

in the second division of the register, all the particulars which are transferred to or entered in that division under section 65(4).

(2)

The Registrar shall be responsible for the maintenance and custody of the register.

(3)

A registered dentist shall inform the Registrar in writing of —

(a)

any change in his name, practice address, residential address or such of his other particulars as may be prescribed, within 28 days of the change; or

(b)

any alteration or addition to his qualifications.

(4)

Any person who fails to comply with subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

(5)

A person who makes a report of a change in his residential address under section 8 of the National Registration Act (Cap. 201) shall be deemed to have complied with subsection (3) on the date on which he makes the report.