Singapore legislation

Section 24

of Dentists Act

Section 24

False description of his vocation to be an offence

Amended by44/75

(1)

A dentist who has been registered under this Act by virtue of section 6(1)(e) and (f) shall not make use, in describing his vocation, of any term other than that of “registered dentist”.

(2)

Any such registered dentist who wilfully or falsely pretends to be or takes or uses the name or title of a dental surgeon, qualified dentist, doctor of dental surgery, professor of dentistry, surgeon dentist, or any name, title, addition or description implying, whether in itself or in the circumstances in which it is used, that he possesses or holds any qualification to practise other than that he is registered as a dentist shall be guilty of an offence.[22

Amended by44/75