Section 14A
Conditional registration
of Dental Registration Act 1999
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person who —
holds a degree from a university specified in the Schedule or any other degree which is, in the opinion of the Council, not lower in standing than a degree specified in that Schedule;
has been selected for employment in Singapore as a dentist in any hospital or other institution or dental practice approved by the Council; and
satisfies the Council that the person has the knowledge and skill and has acquired the experience which is necessary for practice as a dentist,is to be registered as a dentist with conditional registration in the Register of Dentists, if the Council thinks fit so to direct.
(2)
The Council may require a person with a degree, other than a degree specified in the Schedule, to undergo and pass an examination conducted or arranged by the Council or by any other person that the Council may appoint to satisfy itself that the degree is not lower in standing than a degree specified in the Schedule.
(3)
The conditions of a person’s registration under this section must be specified in the direction by virtue of which he or she is registered.
(4)
Without affecting the power of the Council to impose conditions, the direction may specify —
that the person must work for a specified period under the supervision of a fully registered dentist approved by the Council; and
the particular employment or the descriptions of employment for the purposes of which the person is registered under this section.
(5)
The Council may cancel the conditional registration of a dentist if —
the dentist has contravened any condition specified in the direction by virtue of which he or she is registered; or
the Council is of the opinion, having regard to the report of the dentist supervising him or her (if any) that he or she is unable to perform the duties of a dentist satisfactorily.
(6)
A person who is or has been registered with conditional registration may, after the expiry of the period of supervision specified under subsection (4)(a), apply to the Council to be registered as a fully registered dentist.
(7)
If the Council thinks fit so to direct, having regard to the knowledge and skill shown and the experience acquired by the applicant, the applicant is to be registered under section 14(1) as a fully registered dentist.
(8)
On a dentist with conditional registration becoming registered otherwise than conditionally or on his or her registration being cancelled under subsection (5), his or her name must be removed from Part II of the Register of Dentists.