Dentists Act 1984

First provision of services: required documents U.K.

[F1 5. (1) A visiting practitioner who proposes to provide occasional dental services for the first time must, before providing any such services, send or produce to the registrar the required documents.

(2) The required documents are—

(a) a written declaration that—

(i) states the practitioner’s wish to provide occasional dental services, F2 ...

(ii) contains details of the insurance cover, or other means of personal or collective protection, that the practitioner has with regard to professional liability;

[F3 (iii) confirms that the practitioner does not have a criminal conviction; and

(iv) confirms that the practitioner is not subject to a temporary or final suspension preventing practice as a dentist; ]

[F4 (aa) a written declaration as to whether the practitioner has the necessary knowledge of English;]

(b) if the practitioner is a national of a relevant European State, proof of nationality;

(c) if the practitioner is not a national of a relevant European State, proof of the Community right by virtue of which the practitioner is an exempt person;

(d) evidence of dental qualifications (see paragraph 6); and

(e) a certificate (or certificates) issued by a competent authority in the practitioner’s home State confirming—

(i) that the practitioner is lawfully established in dental practice in that State, and

(ii) that the practitioner is not prohibited (whether on a permanent or temporary basis) from practising dentistry there.

(3) A declaration under sub-paragraph (2)(a) [F5 or (aa)] may be supplied by any means.

(4) In registering a visiting practitioner in the register on the basis of entitlement under this Schedule, the registrar must enter against the practitioner’s name in the register details of the qualifications of which the practitioner supplied evidence for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(d).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 substituted (3.12.2007) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 132

F2 Word in Sch. 4 para. 5(2)(a)(i) omitted (18.11.2016) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 53(3)(a)(i) (with reg. 155)

F3 Sch. 4 para. 5(2)(a)(iii)(iv) inserted (18.11.2016) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 53(3)(a)(ii) (with reg. 155)

F4 Sch. 4 para. 5(2)(aa) inserted (18.11.2016) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 53(3)(b) (with reg. 155)

F5 Words in Sch. 4 para. 5(3) inserted (18.11.2016) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 53(3)(c) (with reg. 155)