Dentists Registration (Amendment) Bill

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(a)the Assistant Director of Medical Services (Dental);”;

by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (1) thereof;

by deleting the word “two” appearing in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the word “four”;

by deleting the words “nominated by the Singapore Dental Association” appearing in paragraph (f) of subsection (1) thereof;

by deleting paragraph (g) of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(g)a dentist registered in the second division of the register and practising in Singapore to be appointed by the Minister.”; and

by deleting the expression “Director of Medical Services, Singapore,” appearing in the first line of subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “Assistant Director of Medical Services (Dental)”.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the following persons shall be entitled to be registered under this Act:

any person who holds the degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery of the University of Singapore;

any person who holds any other degree, diploma or licence in Dentistry which was granted by any university, corporation, college or other body outside Singapore, included in the Schedule to this Act;

any person who holds any other degree, diploma or licence granted by any university, corporation, college or other body outside Singapore which is not included in the Schedule to this Act whom the Minister may, after consulting the Board, by order declare to be entitled to be registered under this Act, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed in such order;

any person who is resident in Singapore temporarily for the purposes of teaching, research or postgraduate study in an institution accepted for that purpose by the Board and who possesses qualifications in dentistry which in the opinion of the Board are adequate:Provided that such person is exclusively employed in teaching, research, or postgraduate study and that his registration shall be cancelled forthwith if he engages in any form of private practice;

a dental therapist who has not less than ten years’ practical experience in dentistry recognized by the Board and who has passed such further examinations as may be prescribed; or

any person not falling within any of the preceding paragraphs who, immediately before the date of the commencement of the Dentists Registration (Amendment) Act, 1975, is a registered dentist whose registration has not been cancelled.(2) Before advising the Minister under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section the Board may satisfy itself, by such evidence as it may require, that the person holds a degree, diploma or licence in dentistry that is not lower in standard than that required of a person who holds a degree in dental surgery of the University of Singapore and, if the Board is not so satisfied, it may require the person to undergo and to pass an examination conducted or arranged by the Board.(3) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, after consulting the Board, vary or amend the Schedule to this Act.”.

where a person uses any dental instrument or material which is used in the practice of dentistry, he shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proved, to practise dentistry; and

where a person has in his possession any one or more of the following instruments or equipment, that is to say, a dental chair, a dental spittoon, a dental engine, a dental syringe or a dental forceps, he shall be deemed unless the contrary is proved, to practise dentistry.”.

Subject to the provisions of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 5 of this Act, a person registered under the provisions of this Act shall be entitled to practise dentistry in Singapore.(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the Board may make regulations prohibiting a person registered by virtue of paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 5 of this Act from performing such procedures as may be prescribed.”.

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(a)the Assistant Director of Medical Services (Dental);”;

by deleting the expression “Director of Medical Services, Singapore,” appearing in the third and fourth lines of subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “Assistant Director of Medical Services (Dental)”; and

by deleting subsections (4) and (5) thereof.

in respect of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars; and

in respect of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.”.