Section 20
Removal of name from appropriate register
of Dental Registration Act 1999
(1)
Despite the provisions of this Act, the Council may, upon such evidence as it may require, order the removal from the appropriate register of the name of a registered dentist under any of the following circumstances:
if the registered dentist has contravened any condition or restriction imposed by the Council as regards his or her conditional registration under section 14A;
if the registered dentist has contravened any condition or restriction imposed by the Council as regards his or her temporary registration under section 14B;
if the registered dentist, being a registered dentist whose name is in the Register of Specialists —
has had his or her name removed from the first division of the Register of Dentists; or
has contravened any condition or restriction imposed by the Council under section 14C;
if the registered dentist, being a person to whom section 40 applies, has contravened any regulation made under that section;
if the registered dentist has obtained his or her registration fraudulently or by any incorrect statement;
if the registered dentist’s degree for registration under this Act has been withdrawn or cancelled by the authority through which it was acquired or by which it was awarded;
if the registered dentist has had his or her registration as a dentist in any other country withdrawn, suspended or cancelled by the authority which registered him or her;
if the registered dentist has failed to serve the Government or such other body or organisation as directed by the Government for the period specified in any undertaking given by the registered dentist to the Government.
(2)
The Council must, before exercising its powers under subsection (1), notify the registered dentist concerned of its intention to take such action and must give the registered dentist an opportunity to submit reasons, within such period as the Council may determine, why his or her name should not be removed.
(3)
Any person aggrieved by an order under subsection (1) may, within 30 days of being notified of the order, appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.[21