Paragraph 3 Transitional provisions applying to certain dental nurses and dental technicians: registration

(1)

This regulation applies to a person who—

(a)

makes an application to be registered in the dental care professionals register under the titles which apply to the professions pursued by dental nurses or dental technicians within the period of two years beginning with the appointed day, and

(b)

satisfies the registrar of matter D, as specified in section 36C(6)^f1 of the Act (qualifications for registration),

but who is unable to satisfy the registrar of matter A, B or C, as specified in section 36C(2), (3) or (4) of the Act.

(2)

The registrar may register a person to whom this regulation applies in the dental care professionals register under the titles which apply to the profession pursued by dental nurses—

(a)

if that person’s name is included in the dental nurses' voluntary register on the date of his application for registration in the dental care professionals register under those titles;

(b)

if that person has a minimum of four years' practical experience as a dental nurse, or its equivalent on a part-time basis, gained in the eight years immediately preceding the date of his application to be registered in the dental care professionals register under those titles; or

(c)

if that person—

(i)

has a minimum of two but less than four years' practical experience as a dental nurse, or its equivalent on a part-time basis, gained in the eight years immediately preceding the date of his application to be registered in the dental care professionals register under those titles, and

(ii)

satisfies the requirements of paragraph (2) of regulation 4.

(3)

The registrar may register a person to whom this regulation applies in the dental care professionals register under the titles which apply to the profession pursued by dental technicians—

(a)

if that person’s name is included in the dental technicians' voluntary register on the date of his application for registration in the dental care professionals register under those titles; or

(b)

if that person has a minimum of seven years' practical experience as a dental technician, or its equivalent on a part-time basis, gained in the ten years immediately preceding the date of his application to be registered in the dental care professionals register under those titles.

(4)

In this regulation—

“the dental nurses' voluntary register” means the Voluntary National Register of Dental Nurses maintained by the British Association of Dental Nurses^f2; and
“the dental technicians' voluntary register” means the National Register of Dental Technicians maintained by the Dental Technicians Association^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 36C was inserted by S.I. 2005/2011.
f2: The British Association of Dental Nurses is at 11 Pharos Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire FY7 6BG.
f3: The Dental Technicians Association is at PO Box 6520, Northampton, NN3 9ZX.

Notes on Schedule

Footnotes

f1: 1984 c. 24; section 52 was amended by S.I. 2005/2011.