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PART IIIA
GRANT AND RENEWAL OF PRACTISING CERTIFICATES
15D.
—(1) In this Part —
“active practice” means the practice of dentistry, whether on a full-time or part-time basis, or as a locum;
“continuing professional education point” means a continuing professional education point which a registered person obtains by successfully completing any activity, course or programme in the list of activities, courses and programmes published under regulation 15H(1);
“core programme” means any activity, course or programme identified under regulation 15H(2) as a core programme;
“qualifying period”, in relation to a registered person, means the period specified in the part of the fourth column of the Third Schedule applicable to him;
“requisite continuing professional education points”, in relation to a registered person, means the number of continuing professional education points specified in the part of the second column of the Third Schedule applicable to him.
(2) In this Part, a registered person obtains a specified number of continuing professional education points if he successfully completes one or more of the activities, courses and programmes in the list of activities, courses and programmes published under regulation 15H(1), the total number of continuing professional education points of which equals or exceeds that specified number.
15E.
—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this Part shall apply to —
(a)
a dentist registered under section 14 or 14A of the Act and who, on or after 1st October 2009, applies for —
(i)
the grant of a practising certificate; or
(ii)
the renewal of his practising certificate; and
(b)
an oral health therapist registered under section 21A of the Act and who, on or after 1st October 2010, applies for —
(i)
the grant of a practising certificate; or
(ii)
the renewal of his practising certificate.
(2) Regulations 15H and 15I shall not apply to a dentist or an oral health therapist who applies for —
(a)
the grant of a practising certificate for the first time; or
(b)
the renewal of his practising certificate (which has a validity period of 3 months or less) for the first time under these Regulations.
15F. The form to be used for the purpose of an application for a practising certificate under section 17 or 21E of the Act is that set out at the Council’s Internet website at http://www.sdc.gov.sg and every such application shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in the Second Schedule.
15G.
—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where an application for a practising certificate under section 17 or 21E of the Act is made —
(a)
less than one month before the expiry of the practising certificate; or
(b)
after the expiry of the practising certificate,
the appropriate fee specified in the Second Schedule in addition to the fee payable under regulation 15F shall accompany and be payable in respect of that application.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any first application for the renewal of a practising certificate which has a validity period of one month or less.
15H.
—(1) The Council shall publish on its Internet website at http://www.sdc.gov.sg a list of activities, courses and programmes relating to the practice of dentistry for the purposes of this Part and the number of continuing professional education points which a registered person obtains by successfully completing each of the activities, courses and programmes.
(2) The Council shall —
(a)
identify in the list those activities, courses and programmes which are core programmes for the purposes of this Part; and
(b)
in respect of each core programme, state in the list whether it is a core programme for —
(i)
a registered dentist;
(ii)
a registered oral health therapist; or
(iii)
a registered dentist of a specified description.
Grant or renewal of practising certificate subject to obtaining continuing professional education points
15I.
—(1) For the purposes of sections 17(6) and 21E(6) of the Act, the Council may refuse to grant a practising certificate to a registered person or renew his practising certificate, if he fails to satisfy the Council that he has obtained the requisite continuing professional education points.
(2) In relation to the continuing professional education points for the grant or renewal of a practising certificate under paragraph (1), not less than the percentage of those points specified in the part of the third column of the Third Schedule applicable to the registered person must be obtained by successfully completing one or more of the core programmes specified in that part.
(3) A registered person who is not in active practice shall not be entitled to rely on any of the lower continuing professional education points specified in item 7 of Part I (if he is a registered dentist whose name appears in the first division of the Register of Dentists) or item 6 of Part II (if he is a registered dentist whose name appears in the second division of the Register of Dentists or a registered oral health therapist) in the Third Schedule for the renewal of his practising certificate unless —
(a)
he has filed a declaration in Form A with the Council; and
(b)
the Council has granted its approval for him to so rely on such lower continuing professional education points.
(4) A registered person referred to in paragraph (3) may resume active practice only if he satisfies the requirements specified in item 8 of Part I (if he is a registered dentist whose name appears in the first division of the Register of Dentists) or item 7 of Part II (if he is a registered dentist whose name appears in the second division of the Register of Dentists or a registered oral health therapist) in the Third Schedule.
(5) In computing the total number of continuing professional education points obtained by a registered person applying for the grant or renewal of a practising certificate, only points obtained by him within the qualifying period shall be considered.
(6) The Council may, in such special circumstances as it may determine, grant a practising certificate to a registered person or renew his practising certificate even though he has failed to satisfy the Council of the matter referred to in paragraph (1) or (2).