Paragraph 4 Regulation 3(2)(c): supplementary provisions

(1)

The Council shall specify and publish details of—

(a)

the areas of practice as a dental nurse in relation to which a person must demonstrate knowledge and skills (known in this regulation as “modules”);

(b)

a registration assessment for dental nurses covering all the modules specified in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) (known in this regulation as an “ARA” (Access to Registration Assessment)); and

(c)

a programme of registration training for dental nurses in each of the modules specified in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) (known in this regulation as an “ART” (Access to Registration Training)).

(2)

The requirements of this paragraph are that the person who is applying to be registered in the dental care professionals register under the titles which apply to the profession pursued by dental nurses satisfies the registrar that—

(a)

he has satisfactorily completed an ARA; or

(b)

in relation to each module specified in accordance with paragraph (1)(a)—

(i)

he has satisfactorily completed an ART, or

(ii)

he possesses the knowledge and skills necessary to practise as a dental nurse in the United Kingdom.

(3)

The Council shall establish and publish, in relation to each module specified in accordance with paragraph (1)(a), criteria to which they are to have regard for the purposes of determining whether a person possesses the knowledge and skills necessary to practise as a dental nurse in the United Kingdom for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b)(ii).

Notes on Schedule

Footnotes

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