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The General Dental Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules Order of Council 2006

HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS

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2016-03-18

HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS;DENTISTS, PROFESSIONS COMPLEMENTARY TO DENTISTRY

This Order, which is made under the Dentists Act 1984, approves Rules made by the General Dental Council (“the Council”) which set out the procedures to be followed by the Investigating Committee, Health Committee, Professional Conduct Committee, Professional Performance Committee and Interim Orders Committee of the Council in carrying out their functions. The Rules relate to proceedings against both dentists and members of professions complementary to dentistry (“practitioners”), and cover proceedings relating to a practitioner’s fitness to practise and also those relating to whether an entry in the dentists register or the dental care professionals register has been fraudulently procured.