The General Dental Council (Overseas Registration Examination Regulations) Order of Council 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/1884
• Sections: 11

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the General Dental Council (Overseas Registration Examination) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force 21 days after the Privy Council makes the Order approving these Regulations under section 16(7).

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“candidate” means a person who has—

submitted a complete application for an examination; and

satisfied all other requirements for sitting that examination;

“does not accept” means a case where the Council have received, by the deadline specified in an invitation—

no notification of response; or

a notification of a refusal of that invitation;

“invitation” means a notification from the Council which—

invites a candidate to sit an examination;

provides an indication of a date and location for that examination; and

specifies a deadline for a response to that notification;

“ IQE ” means the International Qualifying Examination held by a dental authority, or a group of dental authorities, under the IQE Regulations ;

“IQE Regulations” means the International Qualifying Examination Regulations 2000, which came into force on 1st January 2001 and were made by the General Dental Council under section 16(4);

“IQE suspended candidates” means those candidates who have been removed from the waiting list for Part A prior to the relevant date due to having—

refused an invitation three times;

not responded to an invitation by the required deadline; or

failed to attend an examination without previously notifying the Council,

and have not been readmitted onto the waiting list;

“medical emergencies examination” means an examination in medical emergencies which includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

“notify” means to notify in writing, including electronically, and “notification” shall be construed accordingly;

“ ORE ” means the Overseas Registration Examination held pursuant to section 16;

“Part 1” and “Part 2” mean those Parts of the ORE as set out in regulation 3;

“Part A” means Part A of the IQE;

“Part B” means Part B of the IQE;

“Part C” means Part C of the IQE;

“relevant date” is the date these Regulations come into force;

“section” means a section of the Dentists Act 1984; and

“waiting list” means the list of candidates who had submitted a complete application for the IQE which was accepted by the Council, on or before 10th April 2006, and at the relevant date had not passed all parts of the IQE, but does not include IQE suspended candidates.

Section 3 Structure and content of the examination

The ORE shall be in two parts, namely—

Part 1—

a written paper covering clinically applied dental science and clinically applied human disease; and

a written paper in aspects of clinical dentistry, law and ethics, and health and safety; and

Part 2—

an examination on a dental manikin;

an objective structured clinical examination that tests candidates’ clinical skills;

an examination designed to test candidates’ diagnostic and treatment planning skills; and

a medical emergencies examination.

Section 4 Standard to be shown by candidates

The standard of knowledge and skill required to be shown by candidates to pass the ORE shall be at the level required to pass a final examination of a United Kingdom undergraduate dental degree, having regard to The First Five Years: The Undergraduate Dental Curriculum .

Section 5 Restrictions as to subsequent attempts

(1) Subject to regulations 7 to 9, a candidate must pass Part 1 at a sitting, before proceeding to sit Part 2.

(2) Part 2 must be passed within 5 years of first attempting Part 1.

(3) Subject to regulations 8 and 9, candidates will have a maximum of 4 attempts at each Part of the ORE.

(4) Candidates who have passed all sections of Part 2 at a sitting, apart from the medical emergencies examination, may re-sit that examination, on only one occasion—

(a) within five years of first attempting Part 1; and

(b) after paying the specified fee.

(5) Candidates to whom paragraph (4) applies, who have not passed such a re-sit, must re-sit the whole of Part 2 and paragraphs (2) and (3) shall continue to apply to those candidates.

Section 6 Fees

No candidate shall be permitted to take the ORE or any part thereof until he has paid the prescribed fee as follows—

Section 7 Transitional provisions for Part A candidates

(1) IQE suspended candidates who wish to continue to attempt to pass examinations under section 16 shall so notify the Council and may then proceed by way of the ORE in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.

(2) A candidate on the waiting list for Part A on the relevant date, who chooses to proceed by way of the ORE, must so notify the Council and may then proceed by way of the ORE in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.

(3) A candidate on the waiting list for Part A on the relevant date may sit Part A, provided that he notifies the Council of his intention to sit it no later than 1st October 2007, and will, if he passes Part A, then be placed on the waiting list for Part B and regulation 8 will apply to him, except that he will not be required to notify in accordance with regulation 8(2).

(4) The sitting of Part A by a candidate to whom paragraph (3) applies shall be subject to the following provisions—

(a) there will only be two sittings of Part A offered by the Council; and

(b) if he—

(i) fails to notify in accordance with paragraph (3),

(ii) does not accept an invitation to sit Part A,

(iii) fails Part A twice, or

(iv) fails to attend Part A without giving prior notification to the Council,

he shall be treated as choosing to proceed by way of the ORE.

Section 8 Transitional provisions for Part B candidates

(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a candidate on the waiting list for Part B on the relevant date may choose to proceed by way of the ORE, subject to the following provisions—

(a) he will be exempt from Part 1(a), but will need to pass Part 1(b);

(b) if he fails Part 1(b) twice, sub-paragraph (a) will not apply; and

(c) if he passes Part 1(b), he may proceed to Part 2.

(2) A candidate on the waiting list for Part B on the relevant date may sit Part B, provided that he notifies the Council of his intention to sit it no later than 1st October 2007, and will, if he passes Part B, then be placed on the waiting list for Part C and regulation 9 will apply to him, except that he will not be required to notify in accordance with regulation 9(2).

(3) A candidate on the waiting list for Part B on the relevant date will be treated as choosing to proceed by way of the ORE if he—

(a) fails to notify the Council in accordance with paragraph (2);

(b) does not accept an invitation to sit Part B;

(c) fails Part B twice; or

(d) fails to attend Part B without giving prior notification to the Council.

Section 9 Transitional provisions for Part C candidates

(1) Subject to paragraph (4), a candidate on the waiting list for Part C on the relevant date may choose to proceed by way of the ORE, subject to the following provisions—

(a) he will be exempt from Part 1(a), but will need to pass Part 1(b);

(b) if he fails Part 1(b) twice, sub-paragraph (a) will not apply; and

(c) if he passes Part 1(b), he may proceed to Part 2.

(2) A candidate on the waiting list for Part C on the relevant date may sit Part C on not more than two occasions, provided he notifies the Council of his intention to sit it no later than 1st October 2007.

(3) A candidate to whom paragraph (2) applies must pass Part C within 18 months of passing Part B.

(4) A candidate on the waiting list for Part C on the relevant date will be treated as choosing to proceed by way of the ORE if he—

(a) fails to notify the Council in accordance with paragraph (2);

(b) does not accept an invitation to sit Part C;

(c) fails to pass Part C within the 18 months period specified in paragraph (3); or

(d) fails to attend Part C without giving prior notification to the Council.

Section 10 Transitional provisions relating to fees

The fees for the IQE are:

Section 11 Revocation and saving

The IQE Regulations are hereby revoked, but shall, subject to the provisions of these Regulations, continue to apply to candidates seeking to sit or to pass the IQE pursuant to regulations 7 to 10.