Singapore legislation

Clause 4

Amendment of section 14A

Section 14A of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) The Council may register any of the following persons as a dentist with conditional registration:

(a)

a person mentioned in section 14(4);

(b)

a person who —

(i)

holds a degree in dentistry from a university specified in the Schedule;

(ii)

has been selected for employment in Singapore as a dentist in any hospital or other institution or dental practice approved by the Council; and

(iii)

has passed an examination (whether conducted or arranged by the Council, or by such other person as the Council appoints) demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Council that the applicant has the requisite knowledge, skill and experience which are necessary for practice as a dentist (called in this section a qualifying examination); (c)a person who —

(i)

has been selected for employment in Singapore as a dentist in any hospital or other institution or dental practice approved by the Council; and

(ii)

is, under subsection (2), permitted by the Council to sit for and has passed a qualifying examination.(2) The Council may permit a person who does not hold a Singapore degree or a degree in dentistry from a university specified in the Schedule to sit for a qualifying examination if —

(a)

the person holds a degree in dentistry that is, in the opinion of the Council, not lower in standing than a degree in dentistry from a university specified in that Schedule;

(b)

the person possesses dental knowledge, experience and skill which the Council considers to be of a standing not lower than that of a person practising as a dentist in Singapore;

(c)

it is in the interest of the profession to develop an area of dental knowledge or skill in Singapore; or

(d)

it is otherwise in the public interest to permit the person to sit for the qualifying examination.”;

(b)

by deleting the words “a fully registered dentist” in subsection (4)(a) and substituting the words “one or more fully registered dentists”;

(c)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a) of subsection (4), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(aa)that the person’s performance is subject to review by the fully registered dentist or dentists, as the case may be; and”;

(d)

by deleting subsection (7); and

(e)

by renumbering subsection (8) as subsection (7).

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