No. 9/1985:

DENTISTS ACT, 1985

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

Section

1. Short title.

2. Interpretation.

3. Commencement.

4. Establishment day.

5. Repeals.

PART II

THE DENTAL COUNCIL

6. Establishment of the Dental Council.

7. Dissolution of Dental Board.

8. Seal of Council.

9. Membership of Council.

10. Appointment of persons to be members of Council.

11. Election of members of Council.

12. First meeting of Council.

13. Committees of Council.

14. Expenses of members of Council and committees.

15. Removal of Council from office.

16. The Registrar.

17. Other officers and servants of Council.

18. Age limits.

19. Superannuation.

20. Membership of either House of Oireachtas or of Assembly of the European Communities by officer or servant of Council.

21. Accounts of Council.

22. Power of Council to borrow.

23. Acceptance of gifts by Council.

24. Expenses of Council and Minister.

25. Fees.

PART III

REGISTRATION

26. Establishment of register.

27. Persons entitled to be registered in register.

28. Temporary registration.

29. The Register of Dental Specialists.

30. Persons entitled to be registered in Register of Dental Specialists.

31. Registration of additional qualifications.

32. Application by registered dentist to have name removed from register.

33. Correction of registers.

PART IV

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

34. Duties of Council in relation to education and training.

35. Functions of Council in relation to Directives adopted by Council of the European Communities as to education and training.

36. Primary qualifications.

37. Training bodies and qualifications for purposes of the Register of Dental Specialists.

PART V

FITNESS TO PRACTISE

38. Inquiry by Fitness to Practise Committee into conduct of a registered dentist.

39. Erasure or suspension from register for professional misconduct, unfitness to practise or failure to pay retention fee.

40. Attaching of conditions to retention on register.

41. Powers of Council to advise, admonish, etc.

42. Erasure from register of persons convicted of indictable offences.

43. Continuance of existing inquiry.

44. Application by Council for order suspending registration.

45. Privilege in respect of certain matters.

46. Erasure or suspension from and restoration to the Register of Dental Specialists.

47. Notification to Minister of name erased or restored and of suspensions imposed and terminated.

48. Restoration to register of name removed, or termination of suspension imposed, for non-payment of retention fee.

PART VI

RESTRICTIONS ON PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY

49. Descriptions of registered persons.

50. Prohibition on use of titles by unregistered persons.

51. Prohibition on practice of dentistry by unregistered persons.

52. Prohibition on practice of dentistry by bodies corporate.

PART VII

AUXILIARY DENTAL WORKERS

53. Creation of classes of auxiliary dental workers.

54. Restriction on employment of auxiliary dental workers.

55. Creation of classes of auxiliary dental workers by direction of Minister.

PART VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

56. Arrangements with persons to assist Council.

57. Report by Council.

58. Publication of registers.

59. Construction of references to registered dentists.

60. Functions in relation to Directives adopted by Council of the European Communities.

61. Assignment to Council of additional functions.

62. References in enactments etc. to Dental Board.

63. Regulations.

64. Regulations regarding adaptations.

65. Continuance in force of agreement.

66. General advisory functions of Council.

67. Offences in relation to registers.

68. Prosecution of offences.

FIRST SCHEDULE

RULES IN RELATION TO MEMBERSHIP AND MEETINGS OF AN CHOMHAIRLE FIACLÓIREACHTA (THE DENTAL COUNCIL)

SECOND SCHEDULE

PRIMARY QUALIFICATIONS

ACTS REFERRED TO

Number 9 of 1985

No. 9/1985: DENTISTS ACT, 1985

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COUNCIL TO BE KNOWN AS AN CHOMHAIRLE FIACLÓIREACHTA OR IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THE DENTAL COUNCIL WHICH SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION AND CONTROL OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY AND THE PERSONS ENGAGED IN SUCH PRACTICE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE DENTISTS ACT, 1928 , AND THE DENTISTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983 , AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID.

[11th May, 19851

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: