Regulation 18 Fitness of workers

(1)

The registered person must not—

(a)

employ under a contract of employment a person to work in or for the purposes of a private dental practice unless that person is fit to do so; or

(b)

allow any other person to work in or for the purposes of a private dental practice unless that person is fit to do so.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1) a person is not fit to work in or for the purposes of the private dental practice unless—

(a)

the person is registered with the General Dental Council, if they are required to do so;

(b)

the person is of suitable integrity and good character;

(c)

the person has the qualifications, skills and experience which are necessary for the work which that person is to perform;

(d)

the person is able, by reason of their health, after reasonable adjustments (if any) are made, of properly performing tasks which are intrinsic to that work; and

(e)

full and satisfactory information or documentation, as the case may be, is available in relation to the person in respect of each of the matters specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3.

(3)

In assessing an individual’s character for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), the matters considered must include those listed in Part 2 of Schedule 3.