{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-council-continuing-professional-development-dentists-rules-order-of-council-2008/schedule/rule-2/enacted",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-council-continuing-professional-development-dentists-rules-order-of-council-2008/schedule/rule-2/enacted.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1822",
  "legislation_title": "The General Dental Council (Continuing Professional Development) (Dentists) Rules Order of Council 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-council-continuing-professional-development-dentists-rules-order-of-council-2008/enacted",
  "path": "schedule/rule/2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these rules—\n“the Act” means the Dentists Act 1984;\n“CPD” means continuing professional development which—\n(a) comprises lectures, seminars, courses, individual study or other activities undertaken by a dentist or an applicant for restoration to the register under rule 11;\n(b) can reasonably be expected to advance a person’s professional development as a dentist; and\n(c) is relevant to the person’s practice or intended practice;\n“CPD cycle” means a period of five years beginning:\n(a) in the case of a dentist who is first registered on or after 1st January 2002, on the next occurring 1st January;\n(b) in the case of a dentist who is first registered during the period 1st January 1990 to 31st December 2001 and is on the register at 31st December 2001, on 1st January 2002;\n(c) in the case of a dentist who is first registered during the period 1st January 1990 to 31st December 2001 and is not on the register at 31st December 2001, on 1st January 2003;\n(d) in the case of a dentist who is first registered during the period 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989, on 1st January 2003; and\n(e) in the case of a dentist who is first registered on or before 31st December 1979, on 1st January 2004;\nand each subsequent period of five years;\n“CPD requirement” means the requirement that every dentist shall complete at least 250 hours of CPD during a CPD cycle, of which at least 75 hours shall be verifiable CPD;\n“CPD year” means a period of 12 months beginning on 1st January in any calendar year;\n“dentist” means a registered dentist;\n“period of grace” means a period of six months, after the end of a CPD cycle, during which a dentist may complete any outstanding CPD due in respect of the previous CPD cycle in accordance with an undertaking given under rule 8(1) or (3);\n“register” has the meaning given in section 53 of the Act and “registered” shall be construed accordingly;\n“verifiable CPD” means CPD for which there is documentary evidence that —\n(a) the dentist has undertaken the CPD; and\n(b) the CPD has—\n(i) concise educational aims and objectives;\n(ii) clear anticipated outcomes; and\n(iii) quality controls.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "enacted",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“Registered dentist” is defined in section 53 of the Act to mean a person for the time being registered in the register."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1822/schedule/rule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T03:33:36.843461+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}