Section 17

Any registered dentist who desires to obtain a practising certificate must apply to the Council in such form and manner as the Council may prescribe.

The application must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

A practising certificate is to be granted for a period not exceeding 2 years from the date of issue of the practising certificate.

Any application for renewal of a practising certificate must be made not later than one month before the expiry of the practising certificate in such form as the Council may require.

Any registered dentist who applies for a practising certificate later than one month before the expiry of the practising certificate is liable to pay to the Council such late application fee as may be prescribed by the Council.

The Council may —

Where a registered dentist has had his or her name removed from the appropriate register or his or her registration suspended under any provision of this Act, any practising certificate issued to him or her is deemed to be cancelled and the registered dentist must immediately surrender the certificate to the Council.

Any person who fails to comply with subsection (7) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

For the purposes of subsection (5), the Council may prescribe different late application fees for applications made before, and applications made after, the expiry of the practising certificates.