s 23 Oral Health Therapists Accreditation Committee
23.—(1) The Council must appoint a committee of persons, called the Oral Health Therapists Accreditation Committee —(a) to determine the qualifications, experience and other conditions for registration as oral health therapists under this Act; (b) to make recommendations to the appropriate authorities on the courses of instructions and examinations leading to any qualification as oral health therapists under section 21(1) and (2); (c) to accredit the training programmes to be recognised for persons who intend to qualify for registration as oral health therapists under this Act; and (d) to recommend to the Council programmes for the continuing professional education of persons who are registered as oral health therapists under this Act. (2) The Oral Health Therapists Accreditation Committee consists of —(a) the chairperson, who is the Chief Dental Officer; (b) one member of the academic staff of the dental hygiene and therapy course offered by the Nanyang Polytechnic; (c) not more than 2 dentists whose names appear in the first division of the Register of Dentists; and (d) not less than 3 and not more than 5 registered oral health therapists, one of whom must be a member of the Council. (3) The members of the Oral Health Therapists Accreditation Committee mentioned in subsection (2)(c) and (d) must be appointed for a term not exceeding 3 years each but may be re‑appointed and may at any time be removed from office by the Council. (4) If any appointed member of the Oral Health Therapists Accreditation Committee dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vacancy so created must as soon as practicable be filled in the manner in which the appointment to the vacant office was made; and every person so appointed holds office for the remainder of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed. (5) The powers of the Oral Health Therapists Accreditation Committee are not affected by any vacancy in the membership thereof. (6) At any meeting of the Oral Health Therapists Accreditation Committee, 3 members form a quorum. (7) At any meeting of the Oral Health Therapists Accreditation Committee, the chairperson presides and, in the chairperson’s absence, the members present must elect one of their members to preside at the meeting. (8) If on any question to be determined by the Oral Health Therapists Accreditation Committee there is an equality of votes, the chairperson or the member presiding at the meeting has a casting vote. (9) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Oral Health Therapists Accreditation Committee may determine its own procedure.[21C