Regulation 40 Grounds for removal from a dental performers list

(1)

In addition to the grounds in regulation 16(1), the Local Health Board must remove a dental practitioner from its dental performers list where it becomes aware that—

(a)

the dental practitioner’s registration in the dentists register has been suspended under section 27B(6)(b), or 27C(2)(d) or (3) of the Dentists Act 1984^f1,

(b)

the dental practitioner—

(i)

is not exempt under regulation 39(4) from the requirement to undertake foundation training,

(ii)

has failed to complete foundation training satisfactorily, and

(iii)

has not withdrawn from a dental performers list under regulation 37(3)(a)(ii), or

(c)

the dental practitioner is included in the dental performers list of another Local Heath Board.

(2)

Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply where a direction that a dental practitioner’s registration in the dentists register be suspended is made in a health case.

(3)

For the purposes of regulation 16(3)(a), the prescribed date in this Part is 26 August 2002.

(4)

In calculating the period of 12 months under regulation 16(7), the Local Health Board must disregard any period during which the dental practitioner’s registration in the dentists register is suspended.

(5)

In this regulation, “health case” means a fitness to practise case in which an allegation is made that a dental practitioner’s fitness to practise is impaired by reason of adverse physical or mental health.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1984 c. 24. Sections 27 and 28 were substituted for sections 27, 27A, 27B, 27C and 28 by S.I. 2005/2011.