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← Dental Registration Act 1999

Dental Registration Act 1999 s 13

s 13 Registers

13.—(1) In addition to duties under the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, the Registrar must maintain and keep the following registers:(a) a register to be called the “Register of Dentists” containing —(i) in the first division of the register —(A) under Part I, the names of persons registered as fully registered dentists under section 14(1) and (2); (B) under Part II, the names of persons registered as dentists with conditional registration under section 14A(1); and (C) all the particulars which are transferred to or entered in that division under section 40(6)(a) of the Dentists (Amendment) Act 2007; and (ii) in the second division of the register, all the names, addresses, qualifications and other particulars which are transferred to or entered in that division under section 40(6)(b) of the Dentists (Amendment) Act 2007; (b) a register to be called the “Register of Temporarily Registered Dentists” containing —(i) the names of persons registered temporarily as dentists under section 14B(1); and (ii) all the names, addresses, qualifications and other particulars which are transferred to or entered in the first division of the register under section 40(6)(c) of the Dentists (Amendment) Act 2007; (c) a register to be called the “Register of Specialists” containing the names of persons registered as specialists under section 14C(1); (d) a register to be called the “Register of Oral Health Therapists” containing —(i) under Part I, the names of persons registered as oral health therapists under section 21(1); and (ii) under Part II, the names of persons registered as oral health therapists under section 21(2).[5/2018] (2) Each register must contain —(a) the names and addresses of the persons registered; (b) the dates of the registration of the persons; (c) the qualifications by virtue of which the persons are so registered; and (d) any other particulars that the Council may determine for that register. (3) The Registrar —(a) is responsible for the maintenance and custody of the registers; and (b) must publish on the Council’s Internet website a list of the names, addresses, qualifications and dates of qualification of all dentists and oral health therapists who —(i) are registered under this Act; and (ii) have in force practising certificates. (4) Every person whose name is entered in any of the registers must inform the Registrar in writing of any change in his or her practice address or residential address within 28 days of the change, except that a person who makes a report of a change in his or her residential address under section 10 of the National Registration Act 1965 is deemed to have complied with this subsection on the date on which the person makes the report. (5) The Registrar may disclose any information in the registers to any person prescribed by regulations made under this Act, if such disclosure is in accordance with the conditions specified in those regulations. (6) Subsection (5) is without prejudice to any other right or duty to disclose the information under general or written law. (7) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

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