This consultation seeks views on The Dentists Act 1984 (Provisional Registration of Dentists) (Amendment) Order 2024 that aims to give the General Dental Council (GDC) the necessary powers and duties to hold a provisional register of dentists who have qualified overseas and who have not yet satisfied GDC's requirements for full registration.
Provisional registration would allow an overseas-qualified dentist to practise in any dental setting, including high street dental practices, under the supervision of a dentist who has full registration on GDC's dentists register.
In line with wider reform of the regulation of health and care professionals in the UK, the draft order has been prepared to outline a high-level framework for the introduction of a provisional register of overseas-qualified dentists. GDC will be given powers and autonomy to use its expertise and judgement to set out in rules the specific details of how this new register will operate. GDC will have a duty to carry out a consultation on all rules it wishes to make and have an existing objective to protect the public.
The consultation period will close at 11:59pm on 16 May 2024. Please review the full consultation page and draft order before completing this survey.
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