Dental Registration Regulations

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4 Notice of nomination

6 Vacancies filled by number of nominations

7 Vacancies exceeded by number of nominations

7A No soliciting or canvassing for votes

8 Form and manner of voting

9 Duties of relevant dentists when voting

10 Counting of votes

11 Storage of records

12 Complaints to Council

13 Application for registration as dentist

14 Application for registration as specialist

15 Application for registration as oral health therapist

15A Examinations for dentists

15B Prescribed examinations for oral health therapists

15C Application to sit for examinations

15D Definitions of this Part

15E Application of this Part

15F Application for practising certificate

15G Additional fee for late application

15H List of activities, etc., with continuing professional education points

15I Grant or renewal of practising certificate subject to obtaining continuing professional education points

15J Duration of practising certificate

16 Professional conduct and ethics

17 Notice of inquiry

18 Postponement of inquiry

19 Supply of documents

22 Conduct of inquiry

23 Findings of Disciplinary Committee

24 Inquiry against 2 or more registered persons

25 Publication of outcome of inquiry

26 Transcript of notes of inquiry, etc.

27 Documents before Disciplinary Committee

29 Invitation to submit to medical examination

30 Medical examination

31 Provision of medical reports to registered person

32 Application of certain regulations to Health Committee

33 Notice by Health Committee

33A Attendance at inquiry

34 Medical assessors

35 Documents before Health Committee

36 Determination of Health Committee

37A Definitions of this Part

37B Notice of interim hearing

37E Application of certain regulations to Interim Orders Committee

37F Decision of Interim Orders Committee

37G Concurrent proceedings

38 Application for restoration

39 Consideration by Council

40 Procedures which cannot be performed by certain registered dentists

40A Procedures which can be performed by oral health therapists

40B Disclosure of information

41 Duty of legal assessor

42 Miscellaneous provisions relating to registration and certificates

Dental Registration Act

(Chapter 76, Section 62)

Dental Registration Regulations

Rg 1

G.N. No. S 454/1999

REVISED EDITION 2009

(31st August 2009)

[15th October 1999]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Dental Registration Regulations.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Accreditation Board” means the Dental Specialists Accreditation Board established under section 41 of the Act;

[S 338/2025 wef 15/09/2022]

“Complaints Committee” means a committee appointed under section 44(5) of the Act;

[S 338/2025 wef 15/09/2022]

“Council’s solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor appointed under section 65 of the Act;

[S 338/2025 wef 15/09/2022]

“Council’s website” means the Council’s Internet website at https://www.sdc.gov.sg;

[S 338/2025 wef 01/06/2025]

“Disciplinary Committee” means a Disciplinary Committee appointed under section 47(1) of the Act;

[S 338/2025 wef 15/09/2022]

“elected members”, in relation to the Council, means the members of the Council referred to in section 3(2)(f) of the Act;

“Interim Orders Committee” means an Interim Orders Committee appointed in accordance with section 57 of the Act;

[S 338/2025 wef 15/09/2022]

“legal assessor” means an assessor appointed under section 71 of the Act;

[S 338/2025 wef 15/09/2022]

“medical assessor” means an assessor appointed under section 54(4) of the Act;

[S 338/2025 wef 15/09/2022]

“medical practitioner” means a person registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997;

[S 338/2025 wef 15/09/2022]

“registered person” means a person who is registered under Part 3 of the Act for the carrying out of any practice of dentistry;

[S 338/2025 wef 15/09/2022]

“relevant dentist” means a registered dentist whose name appears in the first division of the Register of Dentists.

(2) Any reference to a registered person, in relation to an inquiry by a Disciplinary Committee or a Health Committee, is a reference to the registered person to whom the inquiry relates.

(3) [Deleted by S 338/2025 wef 01/06/2025]

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