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L.R.O. 1/2012
LAWS OF GUYANA
DENTAL REGISTRATION ACT
CHAPTER 32:03
Act
16 of 1996
Amended by
9 of 1998 7 of 2006
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CHAPTER 32:03
DENTAL REGISTRATION ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
PART II
ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTION OF DENTAL COUNCIL
3. Establishment of Dental Council.
4. Function of Dental Council.
PART III
DENTAL PRACTITIONERS
5. Dental Register.
6. Registration of existing dental practitioners.
7. First registration of dental practitioners.
8. Additional qualifications.
9. Annual registration of dental practitioners.
10. Practice of dentistry by unregistered persons prohibited.
PART IV
TEMPORARY REGISTRATION
11. Temporary registration of certain persons in separate part of
register.
12. Persons to whom section 11 applies.
13. Transfer of names of persons registered under section 10.
14. Registration of existing temporary dental practitioners.
15 Appeal against refusal of temporary registration.
16. Effect of registration.
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SECTION
PART V
DENTIST EXTENDERS AND DENTAL TECHNICIANS
17. Registers of dentist extenders and dental technicians.
18. First registration of dentist extenders and dental technicians.
19. Application of section 5.
20. Persons entitled to be registered as dentist extenders and
dental technicians.
21. Services dentist extenders may perform.
22. Services dental technicians may perform.
PART VI
MISCELLANEOUS
23. Use of titles and descriptions.
24. Publication of list of dental practitioners, dentist extenders
and dental technicians.
25. Disciplinary proceedings.
26. Suspension from practice pending disciplinary proceedings.
27. Restoration of name to register and publication in Gazette .
28. Application by dental practitioner, dentist extender or
dental technician for restoration of name to register.
29. Secretary to notify person affected by a decision of the
Council.
30. Appeals.
31. Regulations.
32. Recognition of places of training for dentist extenders or
dental technicians.
33 . Offences.
34. Possession or control of dental appliances or supplies.
35. Fees to be retained by Council.
FIRST SCHEDULE - Constitution of the Council.
SECOND SCHEDULE - Forms
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CHAPTER 32:03
DENTAL REGISTRATION ACT
16 of 1996 An Act to provide for the registration of dental
practitioners, dentist extenders and dental technicians
and for purposes connected therewith.
[3RD OCTOBER, 1997]
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title.

Interpretation.
[7 of 2006]
1. This Act may be cited as the Dental Registration
Act.
2. In this Act—
“Council” means the Dental Council established by section 3;
“dental practitioner” means a person who is duly qualified
and registered as a dental practitioner;
“dental technician” means a person who is duly qualified and
registered as a dental technician under Part V;
“dentist extender” means a person who is duly registered as a
dentist extender and is employed in the public service
to perform limited dental service as defined in section
19;
“dentistry” means any professional service performed by a
dental practitioner and includes—

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prescribing, treating or operating for the
prevention, alleviation or correction of
any disease, pain, deficiency, deformity,
defect, lesion, disorder, or abnormal
physical condition of the mouth in or from
any tooth, jaw or associated structure or
tissue or any injury thereto;
prosthetic denture, bridge, appliance or
device for the purposes specified in
supplement any tooth, or to prevent,
alleviate, correct or improve any condition
of such tooth;
or the provision of facilities for the taking
or making of any impression, bite, cast or
design preparatory to, or for the purpose of,
or with a view to the making,
producing, reproducing, constructing,
fitting, furnishing, supplying, altering, or
repairing of any prosthetic denture,
bridge, appliance or device;
practitioner licensed under the Medical
Practitioners Act;
dentistry or a dental auxiliary or hygienist in
the clinical department or the laboratory of
a reputable dental school or college
approved by the Council, including
operations by a licensed student while
engaged in dental extension programmes
which have been approved by a school of
dentistry and approved by the Council.
(a) the diagnosis or treatment of, and the
(b) the prescribing or advising the use of any
paragraph (a), or to replace, improve or
(c) the taking or giving of advice or assistance,
(d) the practice of oral surgery by a medical
(e) the operations by bona fide students of
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Establishment
of Dental
Council.

First Schedule.
“prescribed fee” means the fee prescribed by regulations;
“Member State” has the same meaning assigned to it in the
Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the
Caribbean Community (CARICOM), including the
CARICOM Single Market and Economy signed at
Nassau, The Bahamas, on 5th July, 2001;
“national” means a person who –
(a) is a citizen of a Member State; or
(b) has a connection with a Member State of a
kind which entitles him to be regarded as
belonging to or, if it be so expressed, as
being a native or resident of the State for the
purposes of the laws thereof relating to
immigration;
“register” means the appropriate register required to be kept
by the Secretary of the Council under section 5 or 17;
“Secretary” means the person for the time being performing
the functions of the Secretary of the Council.
PART II
ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTION OF DENTAL
COUNCIL
3. (1) For the purposes of this Act there is hereby
established a Council to be known as the Dental Council of
Guyana which shall be a body corporate.
(2) The provisions of the First Schedule shall have
effect with respect to the constitution of the Council and
otherwise in relation thereto.

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Function of
Dental Council.

Dental
Register.
Second
4. It shall be the function of the Council—
(a) to undertake responsibility for the
registration of dental practitioners,
dentist extenders and dental
technicians;
(b) to advise the Minister where
necessary on matters relating to—
(i) dental services in Guyana and
to the performance of those
services by dental practitioners,
dentist extenders and dental
technicians;
(ii) the establishment of a suitable
training programme for
persons to perform the services
of dentist extenders and dental
technicians for the maintenance
of a good standard for those
services.
PART III
DENTAL PRACTITIONERS
5. (1) The Secretary shall keep a register in the form
Dental Register, in which the Secretary shall cause to be
entered the name of every person required by section 6 or
entitled under section 7 to be registered as a dental
practitioner, together with the following particulars in
relation to each such person–
(a) his full name and residential and
business addresses;
Schedule.
set out in Form 1 in the Second Schedule to be known as the
Form 1
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Registration of
existing dental
practitioners.
(b) the date of the registration;
(c) a description and the date of the
qualification in respect of which he is
registered.
(2) The register shall at all reasonable times be
open to inspection at the office of the Council by any dental
practitioner or other person authorised by the Minister.
(3) The Secretary shall make such alterations in the
addresses and qualifications of dental practitioners as are
necessary, and shall remove from the register the name of a
dental practitioner who has been continuously absent from
Guyana for a period of three years or more, not on training,
secondment or other purposes approved by the Council, is
deceased or is no longer qualified to practise dentistry in
Guyana:
Provided that subject to the provisions of this Act the
Council may at any time restore a dental practitioner’s name
on the register upon his again fulfilling the requirements for
registration in the opinion of the Council without the
payment of any fee.
(4) A registered dental practitioner shall be entitled
to demand and recover charges for professional services
rendered and cost of medicines or dental appliances supplied
by him to his patient.
(5) Subject to section 6, a person whose name is
not entered in the register shall be deemed not to be
registered.
6. The Secretary shall immediately upon the
commencement of this Act cause to be entered in the register,
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Second
Schedule.
Form 1.
1953 Ed.
c.134

First
registration of
dental
practitioners.
[9 of 1998
7 of 2006]

those persons who immediately before such commencement
were registered under the Colonial Medical Service
Ordinance, without application on the part of those persons,
and without the payment of a fee and pending such entry
those persons shall be deemed to be duly registered.
7. (1) A person who applies to the Council to be
registered as a dental practitioner and who satisfies the
Council that he –
(a) is a citizen of Guyana, or is a national
of a Member State, the spouse of a
citizen of Guyana or is resident in
Guyana;
(b) can communicate satisfactorily in
English;
(c) is of good character;
(d) holds a diploma, degree or
certificate obtained by examination
after attending a recognised dental
school approved by the Council;
(e) is qualified to practice independently
in the country where he obtained his
diploma, degree or certificate,
shall, upon submission of a sworn declaration in Form 2 in
the Second Schedule together with the particulars mentioned
in subsection (2), and on payment of the prescribed fee, be
entitled, with approval of the Council, to be registered as a
dental practitioner and thereupon be issued with a certificate
of registration in Form 3 in the Second Schedule.
Schedule Second
Form 3
Form 2
the particulars specified in Form 1, in the second schedule of
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Additional
qualifications.
(2) An applicant for registration shall furnish to the
Secretary–
(a) evidence of his qualification;
(b) proof of his identity; and
(c) such further or other information as
the Council requires in respect of the
matters specified in subsection (1) (a)
and (b).
(3) The Council may require any person who
applies for registration as a dental practitioner under this
Act, and who does not, in accordance with the criteria of the
Council whether prescribed or not, fulfil the requirements of
subsection (1) (b), (d) or (e) to submit to such examination as
the Council thinks necessary.
(4) Notwithstanding anything in subsections (1),
(2) and (3), the Council may grant a licence in Form 4 in the
Second Schedule for a period not exceeding twelve months to
any person who satisfies the requirements of subsection (1)
(c), (d), and (e) on the payment to the Secretary of the
prescribed fee, but where the person charges no fee for all
dental services rendered under the licence, the Chairman of
the Council may waive the prescribed fee.
8. Where a dental practitioner obtains a qualification
approved by the Council which is higher than or additional to
that in respect of which he is registered, he is entitled, without
the payment of any fee, to have that higher or additional
qualification entered by the Secretary in the register in
substitution for, or in addition to, the qualification in respect
of which he is registered.
Form 4
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Annual
registration of
dental
practitioners.
Form 8.

Form 9.

Practise of
dentistry by
unregistered
persons
prohibited.


Temporary
registration of
9. (1) The Secretary shall keep a register in Form 8 in
the Second Schedule to be known as the Annual Register of
Dental Practitioners, and enter therein the names and
other particulars of all dental practitioners entitled to
practise dentistry in each year.
(2) A dental practitioner who desires to practise as
such in Guyana in any year shall in the month of January of
that year, cause his name to be registered in the Annual
Register of Dental Practitioners and obtain a licence of such
registration in Form 9 in the Second Schedule from the
Secretary on payment of the prescribed fee.
(3) A person who practises as a dental practitioner
without having been registered under this section shall be
guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a
fine of ten thousand dollars and a further fine of five hundred
dollars for each day he so practises.
10. No one shall practise or hold himself out whether
directly or by implication, as practising or entitled to practise
dentistry, unless he is registered as a dental practitioner
under this Act, and anyone contravening this section shall
be liable on summary conviction to a fine of seventy thousand
dollars, and to imprisonment for eighteen months:
Provided that nothing in this section shall operate to
prevent the extraction of teeth by a duly registered dispenser,
medex or registered medical practitioner when no registered
dental practitioner or dentist extender is available.
PART IV
TEMPORARY REGISTRATION
11. Anything in Part III to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Council may grant a licence in Form 4 in
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certain persons
in separate part
of register.
Form 4.
Persons to
whom section
11 applies.


Transfer of
names of
persons
registered
under section
11.

the Second Schedule for a period not exceeding twelve
months to any person who satisfies the requirements of
section 12 on payment to the Secretary of the prescribed fee.
12. Section 11 shall apply to any person who is not
eligible for registration as a dental practitioner under the
preceding provisions of this Act or by virtue of any other law
and who satisfies the Council—
(a) that he is of good character;
(b) that he holds a diploma granted in a
country other than Guyana by virtue
of which he would be entitled to
practise in that country as a dental
practitioner without supervision and
recognised for the time being by the
Council for the purposes of this Act,
as furnishing a sufficient guarantee
of the possession of the requisite
knowledge and skill for the efficient
practise of dentistry;
(c) that he is employed, or has
been selected for employment in an
approved institution such as the
National Dental Centre, any public
hospital or any government dental
clinic.
13. (1) Where on the application of any person
registered by virtue of section 11, it is shown to the
satisfaction of the Council that such person has, while so
registered, practised efficiently as a dental practitioner for a
period of not more than twelve months in any approved
government institution under the direct or indirect
supervision of a person registered as a dental practitioner
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Registration of
existing
temporary
dental
practitioners.
Form 5.

Appeal against
refusal of
temporary
registration.

Effect of
registration.
under this Act, the Council shall direct, that on payment of
the prescribed fee, he shall notwithstanding anything in
section 7 be registered under section 7 as if he were entitled
to be registered as a dental practitioner under that section.
(2) Upon the registration of any person under this
section the Secretary shall delete his name from that part of
the registrar in which it was entered, pursuant to section 11.
14. The Secretary shall immediately upon the
commencement of this Act enter in Form 5 in the Second
Schedule the requisite particulars of those persons who
immediately before such commencement were registered
under the Dental Practitioners (Temporary Registration) Act,
without application on the part of those persons, and without
payment of a fee, and pending such entry those persons shall
be deemed to be temporary dental practitioners.
15. If the Council declines to direct the Secretary to
register any person who applies to be registered by virtue of
any of the provisions of this Part, the applicant may appeal to
a Judge of the High Court.
16.(1) The provisions of any law relating to persons
registered under Part III, save in so far as they are inconsistent
with the provisions of this Part, shall apply to every person
registered as a dental practitioner by virtue of the provisions
of this Part:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed
as entitling any person registered by virtue of the provisions
of section 11 to demand or recover any personal charge for
rendering or giving dental service, aid, advice or
attendance, or performing any dental operation, or
supplying or prescribing any medicines or dental appliances,
otherwise than in the course of his employment in an
approved institution or as authorising any such person to
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Registers of
dentist
extenders and
dental
technicians.
Form 6.
Form 7.

First
registration of
dentist
extenders and
dental
technicians.
practise dentistry otherwise than in the course of such
employment.
(2) No person registered by virtue of the
provisions of section 11 shall hold office as a member of the
Council.
PART V
DENTIST EXTENDERS AND DENTAL TECHNICIANS
17. The Secretary shall keep the following—
(a) a register in the form set out in Form 6
in the Second Schedule to be known
as the register of dentist extenders;
(b) a register in the form set out in Form 7
in the Second Schedule to be known
as the register of dental technicians.
18.(1) The Secretary shall cause to be entered in the
relevant register the name of every person entitled under
section 20 to be registered as a dentist extender or dental
technician together with the following particulars in respect
of each such person—
(a) his full name and address;
(b) the date of his registration;
(c) a description and the date of
qualification in respect of which he is
registered and the dental services that
may be performed by him.
(2) A person registered under this Part as a dentist
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Form 3.

Application of
section 5.

Persons
entitled to be
registered as
dentist
extenders and
dental
technicians.

extender or dental technician may perform dental services in
Guyana as a dentist extender or as a dental technician and
shall obtain a certificate of registration in Form 3 in the
Second Schedule on payment of the prescribed fee.
19.(1) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 5 shall mutatis
mutandis apply to and in relation to a register required to be
kept by the Secretary under section 17.
(2) A person whose name is not entered in a
register kept by the Secretary under this Part shall be deemed
not to be registered, for the purposes of this Part.
20.(1) A person who, after the commencement of this
Act, applies to the Council to be registered as a dentist
extender or dental technician and who satisfies the Council
that he is–
(a) a citizen of Guyana or spouse of a
citizen of Guyana or a resident in
Guyana qualified to be so registered;
(b) able to communicate satisfactorily in
English;
(c) a fit and proper person to perform the
services of a dentist extender or dental
technician,
is entitled upon compliance with the requirements of this Part
and on payment of the prescribed fee to be registered as such
under this Part.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is
qualified to be registered as a dentist extender or dental
technician who has completed a course of training approved
by the Council and has passed the approved examination.

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Services a
dentist
extender may
perform.

Services dental
technicians
may perform.


21. A dentist extender may, in addition to such dental
services, as may be prescribed, perform on a child who has
not attained eighteen years the following services provided
such treatment is undertaken in health establishments
operated by the government and under the supervision of
a registered government dental practitioner—
(a) extraction of teeth, including
preparation and after care;
(b) administration of local anaesthetic;
(c) fillings not involving exposure of
dental pulp and preparation for such
fillings;
(d) scaling, cleaning and polishing teeth;
(e) topical application of anticariogenic
agents to teeth;
(f) exposure and processing of dental X-
ray films;
(g) teaching and giving advice on oral
hygiene and mouth care.
22. (1) A dental technician may be permitted to
fabricate dental appliances, that is to say, dentures, bridges,
obturators and orthodontic appliances.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed as
permitting a dental technician to perform any work to be
done in the mouth of any person.

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Use of titles
and
description.


Publication of
list dental
practitioners,
dentist
extenders and
dental
technicians.

MISCELLANEOUS
23. A person registered as a dental practitioner,
dentist extender or dental technician under this Act—
(a) shall, by virtue of being so registered,
be entitled to take and use the title
dentist, dental surgeon or dental
practitioner, dentist extender or
dental technician respectively;
(b) shall not take or use, affix to or use in
connection with his premises, any title
or description reasonably calculated
to suggest that he possesses any
professional status or qualification
other than a professional status or
qualification which he in fact
possesses and which is indicated
by particulars entered in the register
in respect of him.
24.(1) The Secretary shall cause to be published in the
Gazette —
(a) in the month of February in each year
alphabetical lists of persons who are
registered as dental practitioners,
dentist extenders and dental
technicians as required by sections 5
and 17;
(b) the name of any person who registers
his name as a dental practitioner,
dentist extender or dental technician
after the 31st January in any year, as
soon as practicable after any such
registration.
PART VI
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Disciplinary
proceedings.
(2) A copy of the Gazette containing the list referred
to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) or the name of any
person published pursuant to paragraph (b) of that subsection
is prima facie evidence in any court of the registration and
qualifications of any person mentioned in the list of that
person, and such list is prima facie evidence that any person
whose name does not appear therein is not registered.
25. (1) Any person who is—
(a) convicted of an indictable offence in
Guyana;
(b) convicted of an indictable offence
outside Guyana which is also an
indictable offence in Guyana;
(c) alleged to be guilty of professional
misconduct,
is subject to disciplinary proceedings.
(2) Where it shall appear, or be represented, to the
Council that a dental practitioner, dentist extender or dental
technician may be guilty of professional misconduct or
malpractice the Council shall afford him a reasonable
opportunity of answering the complaint.
(3) If, in any proceedings under subsection (1), the
Council is satisfied that a person who is registered under
this Act has been convicted of an offence under paragraph
(a) or (b) or that he is guilty of professional misconduct, it
may–
(a) censure him;
(b) suspend his registration for any
period not exceeding one year; or
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Suspension
from practice
pending
disciplinary
proceedings.

Restoration of
name to
register and
publication in
Gazette.

Application by
dental
practitioner,
dentist
extender or
dental
technician for
restoration of
name to
register.
(c) direct that his name be removed
from the register.
26. If, in the opinion of the Council, it is against the
public interest or not in the interest of the health of a patient
that a person who is registered under this Act continues to
practise dentistry or perform dental services, as the case may
be, pending the determination of disciplinary proceedings,
the Council may suspend the registration of that person.
27. (1) The Council may, at any time, direct the
Secretary to restore to the register the name of any person that
has been removed therefrom under section 23(3).
(2) Where the name of a person is removed from
the register the Council may in writing require that person to
return to the Secretary of the Council his certificate of
registration, and that person shall comply with the
requirement.
(3) The Council shall. as soon as practicable after
suspending the registration of a dental practitioner, dentist
extender or dental technician under section 25 or 26, or under
subsection (1) after the restoration of the name of any person
to a register, cause notice thereof to be published in the
Gazette .
28.(1) A dental practitioner, dentist extender or dental
technician, whose name has been removed from the register
may at any time after the expiration of one year after the date
of such removal apply to the Council for the restoration of his
name to the register.
(2) Where the Council is satisfied that an
applicant under subsection (1) has established sufficient
grounds to support his application, it may direct the
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Secretary to
notify person
affected by a
decision of the
Council.



Appeals.
Secretary of the Council to restore his name to the register as
a dental practitioner, dentist extender or dental technician.
29. Where the Council—
(a) refuses to approve the registration of
a person under this Act as a dental
practitioner, dentist extender or
dental technician; or
(b) suspends the registration or directs
the removal of the name of any such
person from the register,
the Secretary shall, within seven days after the date of such
refusal, suspension or direction, give written notice
thereof to the person affected.
30. (1) Subject to subsection (4) any person who is
aggrieved by the refusal of the Council to register him under
this Act, except Part IV, or by its decision to censure him or
suspend his registration or cause his name to be removed
from the register may within three months after the receipt by
him of any such notice, appeal to a Judge in Chambers.
(2) The Council may, pending an appeal under
subsection (1) of any person aggrieved by its decision to
suspend his registration or cause his name to be removed
from the register, on the application of that person suspend
the operation of any such decision until the
determination of the appeal.
(3) The Judge may–
(a) on hearing an appeal against refusal
of registration, dismiss the appeal, or
allow the appeal and direct the
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Regulations.
Council to cause the registration to be
effected;
(b) on hearing an appeal, other than an
appeal against refusal of registration–
(i) dismiss the appeal and confirm
the decision of the Council;
(ii) allow the appeal and set aside
the decision of the Council;
(iii) allow the appeal and direct
that the disciplinary
proceedings in respect of which
the decision of the Council is
made be re-conducted by the
Council; or
(iv) set aside the penalty imposed
by the Council and impose in
substitution therefor such other
penalty under section 25(3) as
he thinks fit.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), no appeal shall
be made under this section against the refusal of an
application for registration where the registration is
conditional upon the applicant satisfying the Council that he
is qualified to be registered under this Act.
31. (1) The Minister may make regulations generally
for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of
subsection (1) the Council may, with the approval of the
Minister, make regulations for—
(a) the determination of professional
conduct and general fitness to practice
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Recognition of
places of
training for
dentist
extenders or
dental
technicians.

Offences.
dentistry or to perform dental
services;
(b) the institution of disciplinary
proceedings in relation to any charge
under section 25 and the manner in
which those proceedings are to be
conducted.
32. The Council may, with the approval of the
Minister, recognise any place, institution or school as a place
of training or affiliated place of training for dentist extenders
or dental technicians.

33. (1) A person who, for the purpose of procuring or
attempting to procure the registration under this Act of
himself or of any other person as a dental practitioner makes
or causes to be made or produced any fraudulent
representation or declaration either verbally, in writing or
otherwise, is liable on summary conviction to a fine of
seventy-five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two
years.
(2) A person, not being a dental practitioner who
holds himself out, assumes or uses any name title or
description implying that he is entitled to be recognised as a
person authorised or qualified to practise dentistry or
practises dentistry, is liable on summary conviction to a fine
of seventy-five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for
twelve months.
(3) A dentist extender or dental technician who
performs dental services, other than those specified by this
Act is liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty-five
thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
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Possession or
control of
dental
appliances or
supplies.


Fees to be
retained by
council.
(4) A person who, for the purposes of procuring or
attempting to procure the registration under this Act of
himself or of any other person as a dentist extender or dental
technician, makes or produces or causes to be made or
produced any fraudulent representation or declaration either
verbally, in writing or otherwise is guilty of an offence and
liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty-five
thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
34.(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person who, for the
purposes of practising dentistry or performing dental
services, has in his possession or control dental appliances or
supplies is guilty of an offence and liable on summary
conviction to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars and to
imprisonment for up to five years.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), possession
or control of dental appliances or supplies by a person is
prima facie evidence that the possession or control is for the
purpose of practising dentistry or performing dental services
by that person in contravention of this section.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the possession
or control of dental appliances or supplies by—
(a) a person registered under this Act;
(b) a person dealing in dental appliances
or supplies; or
(c) a person permitted by the Council
to have such possession or control.
35. All fees collected by the Secretary of the Council
under this Act shall be retained by the Council.

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Members of the
Council.

Term of office.

FIRST SCHEDULE
CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNCIL
1. (1) The Dental Council shall consist of—
(a) the Principal Dental Officer and one
other Government dental practitioner
appointed by the Minister who shall
be ex officio members of the Council;
(b) three dental practitioners duly
registered for at least five years in
Guyana of whom not less than two
shall be in private practice appointed
by the Minister after consultation with
the Guyana Dental Association.
(2) The Council shall elect a Chairman from among
the members of the Council and the Chairman shall have an
original and casting vote.
2. (1) Two members, other than the ex officio members
of the first Council, constituted after the commencement of
this Act shall be appointed for a term of one year, the other
member being appointed for two years.
(2) Thereafter, members of the Council shall hold
office for a term of two years, but are eligible for re-
appointment.
(3) Notwithstanding subparagraph (2), no
member of the Council, other than an ex officio member, shall
hold office for more than two consecutive terms, but such
member is eligible for re-appointment after the expiration of
one year thereafter.
s. 3(2)
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Meetings of
Council.


Appointment
of Committees.

3. (1) The Council shall meet at such time as may be
necessary or expedient for the transaction of business and
such meetings shall be held at such place and time and on
such days as the Council may determine.
(2) The Council may delegate any of its functions
to the Chairman.
(3) Three members of the Council shall form a
quorum.
(4) Minutes in proper form of every meeting of the
Council shall be kept by the Secretary and shall be confirmed
at a subsequent meeting by the Chairman or other member
duly presiding over the meeting as the case may be.
(5) Subject to this Act, the Council may regulate its
own procedure.
(6) Any member of the Council who does not
attend three consecutive meetings without adequate
explanation shall cease to be a member of the Council.
4. The Council may—
(a) appoint committees comprising—
(i) members of the Council;
(ii) dental practitioners, not
being members of the Council;
(iii) other persons registered under
this Act,
to assist in carrying out its functions;
(b) delegate to a committee such of its
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Employment of
officers and
employees of
the Council.


Disclosure of
interest.

Annual Report.
functions as it considers necessary.
5. The Council may employ a Secretary and such
other officers and employees for carrying out its functions,
and with the approval of the Minister set their remuneration
and such other terms and conditions of employment as it
thinks fit (including the payment of pensions, gratuities and
other like benefits by reference to the service of its officers
and other employees).
6. (1) Where the interest of a member of the Council is
likely to be directly or indirectly affected by a decision of the
Council the member shall disclose the nature of the interest at
the first meeting of the Council at which he is present after
the relevant facts have come to his knowledge.
(2) Where there is a disclosure under
subparagraph (1), the Secretary shall record in the minutes of
the Council a full account of the disclosure, and the member
of the Council making the disclosure shall unless the Council
otherwise directs, not be present or take part in the
deliberations or vote at any meeting during the time when the
Council is deciding the matter in which the member has
disclosed an interest.
7. The Council shall as soon as practicable after the
beginning of each year, submit to the Minister a report of its
activities during the preceding year.

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s. 7



SECOND SCHEDULE
FORMS
FORM 1
REGISTER OF DENTAL PRACTITIONERS
Name
Business and Residential
Address
Date of Registration
Qualification

FORM 2
SWORN DECLARATION TO ACCOMPANY
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS DENTAL
PRACTITIONER

I, A. B., residing at..............................................................
do hereby declare that I am a graduate of ..............................
(here , state college, faculty, Council or Society) and was duly
authorised by that (college, faculty, Council or Society) on
the……….day of…………….. to practise dentistry.
(Signature)
A.B.
Sworn before me this…………… day of………….. , 20

(Signature)
C.D.
Commissioner of Oaths
To Affidavits
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FORM 3
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF
DENTAL PRACTITIONER/DENTIST EXTENDER/DENTAL
TECHNICIAN
It is hereby certified that.................................................................
residing at ....................................................................... has been
duly registered as and entitled to practise dentistry/perform
dental services as a dentist extender or dental technician* in
Guyana under the provisions of the Dental Registration Act,
Cap. 32:03.
*Delete where inapplicable.

Dated this day of, 20
Secretary
Dental Council of Guyana.
Chairman
Dental Council of Guyana.
FORM 4
SHORT TERM LICENCE
Registration No. Dental Council of
Guyana(stamp)
Name and address:
Qualification:
It is hereby certified that the above-named person has been
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duly registered as entitled to practise dentistry in Guyana on
a short term basis under the provisions of the Dental
Registration Act for a period of 12 months from………..to
………………..
...........................................
Secretary
Dental Council of Guyana
.............................................
Chairman
Dental Council of Guyana.
FORM 5
TEMPORARY REGISTER OF DENTAL PRACTITIONERS
Name Business and
Residential
Address
Date of
Registration
Qualification

FORM 6
REGISTER OF DENTIST EXTENDERS
Name
Business and
Residential
Address
Date of
Registration
Qualification

s. 11
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s. 9(1)

s.9 (2)

FORM 7
REGISTER OF DENTAL TECHNICIANS
Name
Business and
Residential
Address
Date of
Registration
Qualification

FORM 8
ANNUAL REGISTER OF DENTAL PRACTITIONERS
Registra-
tion
No.
Name Business
and
Residential
Address
Qualification Skill Licensed
to Practice

FORM 9
LICENCE OF ANNUAL
REGISTRATION AS A DENTAL
PRACTITIONER
Registration No. Dental Council
Guyana(Stamp)
It is hereby certified that .................................................................
residing at ........................................................................ has been
duly registered as a Dental Practitioner and is entitled to
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practise dentistry in Guyana during the year ............... under
the provisions of the Dental Registration Act, Cap. 32:03.
Dated this ..................... day of ...................... ,20........
............................................
Secretary
Dental Council of Guyana
............................................
Chairman
Dental Council of Guyana
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