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Declarations by registered dentists in relation to certain matters in State or other jurisdictions, etc.
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10. The Act of 1985 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 32:
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“32A. (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), a registered dentist shall, in each year, give to the Council a declaration in writing providing particulars of any relevant proceedings that are pending or in progress.
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(2) If, in any year, subsection (1) does not apply to a registered dentist because there are no particulars referred to in that subsection which he or she is required to give to the Council, the dentist shall give to the Council a declaration in writing to that effect.
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(3) If, in any year subsequent to a year in which a registered dentist gave particulars referred to in subsection (1) to the Council, there has been no material change in the matter to which the particulars relate, the dentist may, instead of again giving those particulars to the Council, give to the Council a declaration in writing to the effect that there has been no material change to the matter to which the particulars relate.
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(4) A registered dentist shall, in each year, comply with subsection (1), (2) or (3) —
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(a) not earlier than 2 months before he or she is required to pay, in that year, the appropriate fee determined under section 25(b), and
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(b) not later than the last day of that 2 months.
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(5) A registered dentist shall, not later than 3 months after the final determination of any relevant proceedings, give to the Council—
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(a) a declaration in writing providing particulars of the sanctions (if any) imposed on the dentist in consequence of those proceedings, or
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(b) if no such sanctions were so imposed, a declaration in writing to that effect.
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(6) The Council may, by notice in writing given to a registered dentist who has made a declaration under this section, require the dentist to provide to the Council, within a reasonable period specified in the notice, further information concerning any particulars provided to the Council in the declaration.
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(7) (a) A registered dentist shall comply with a notice under subsection (6) given to the dentist.
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(b) Where the Council considers that a registered dentist has failed to comply with paragraph (a), the Council shall forthwith make an application under section 38 as regards such failure.
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(8) In this section—
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‘final determination’, in relation to any relevant proceedings and a registered dentist, means—
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(a) the conclusion of those proceedings without any party to the proceedings making an appeal, against a decision in those proceedings to impose or to not impose a sanction on the dentist, within the ordinary time in the State or other jurisdiction concerned, as appropriate, for making such an appeal, or
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(b) if such an appeal is made—
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(i) the abandonment or withdrawal of the appeal, or
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(ii) the determination of the appeal,
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whichever first occurs;
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‘relevant proceedings’, in relation to a registered dentist, means any disciplinary or judicial proceedings (other than any such proceedings under this Act), in respect of which the dentist is the subject—
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(a) in the State or another jurisdiction which may directly or indirectly result in the dentist—
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(i) being prohibited from providing one or more than one kind of health or social care in the State or that jurisdiction, or
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(ii) having a restriction placed on his or her ability to provide one or more than one kind of health or social care in the State or that jurisdiction,
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(b) in another jurisdiction which may result in the dentist being convicted, in that jurisdiction, for an offence consisting of acts or omissions that, if done or made in the State, would constitute an offence triable on indictment, or
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(c) in the State which may result in the dentist being convicted, in the State, for an offence triable on indictment;
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‘sanction’ includes any restriction or measure.”.
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