Dentists Act, 1928

Descriptions of registered persons.

37.—(1) Every person who is registered in the register shall be entitled to take and use the description of dentist or dental practitioner.

(2) A person who is registered in the register shall not—

(a) use any name other than the name in which he is registered in the register, or

(b) take or use, or affix to or use in connection with his premises any title or description relating to himself, his premises, or the work done or proposed to be done by him which is reasonably calculated to suggest that he possesses any professional status or qualification other than a professional qualification or status which he in fact possesses and which is indicated by the particulars relating to him entered in the register.

(3) The name of any person who acts in contravention of this section may, at the discretion of the Board, be erased from the register.