PART IVA
DENTAL SPECIALISTS ACCREDITATION BOARD
32A.
—(1) There shall be a board to be known as the Dental Specialists Accreditation Board (referred to in this Part as the Accreditation Board) consisting of not less than 8 registered dentists to be appointed by the Minister.
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(2) The chairman of the Accreditation Board shall be appointed by the Minister from among its members.
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(3) The chairman and members of the Accreditation Board shall be appointed for a term not exceeding 3 years but may from time to time be reappointed and may at any time be removed from office by the Minister.
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(4) If any member of the Accreditation Board dies, resigns or is removed from office, the Minister may fill the vacancy by the appointment of a registered dentist and every person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term for which the vacating member was appointed.
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(5) The powers of the Accreditation Board shall not be affected by any vacancy in the membership thereof.
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(6) At any meeting of the Accreditation Board, 3 members shall form a quorum.
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(7) At any meeting of the Accreditation Board, the chairman shall preside and, in his absence, the members present shall elect one of their members to preside at the meeting.
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(8) If on any question to be determined by the Accreditation Board there is an equality of votes, the chairman or the member presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote.
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(9) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Accreditation Board may determine its own procedure.
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(10) The Accreditation Board may appoint one or more committees consisting of such members as it thinks fit to assist the Accreditation Board in carrying out its functions under this Act.
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32B.
—(1) The functions of the Accreditation Board shall be —
(a)
to determine the qualifications, experience and other conditions for registration as specialists under this Act;
(b)
to define specialties in dentistry for the purposes of maintaining and keeping the Register of Specialists;
(c)
to accredit the training programmes to be recognised for persons who intend to qualify for registration as specialists under this Act;
(d)
to certify persons who have the qualifications and experience and satisfy the other conditions for registration as specialists under this Act;
(e)
to recommend to the Council programmes for the continuing professional education of persons who are registered as specialists under this Act; and
(f)
to advise the Council on matters affecting or connected with the registration of specialists under this Act.
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(2) Any person who desires to be certified as a specialist may apply to the Accreditation Board.
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(3) Any person who is aggrieved by the refusal of the Accreditation Board to grant him a certificate as a specialist may, within one month of the notice of the refusal, appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
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