ANCILLARY DENTAL WORKERS (DENTAL HYGIENISTS) REGULATIONS

ANCILLARY DENTAL WORKERS (DENTAL HYGIENISTS) REGULATIONS

ANCILLARY DENTAL WORKERS (DENTAL HYGIENISTS)
REGULATIONS

(Cap. 156, section 29)

[14th November, 1969.1

1. These regulations may be cited as the Ancillary Dental Workers
(Dental Hygienists) Regulations.

2. There is established hereby a class of ancillary dental workers to
be known as dental hygienists.

3. Any person who holds the United Kingdom Minister of Health's
Certificate of Proficiency in Oral Hygiene, or who holds any other
certificate or diploma which, in the opinion of the Dental Council, is of an
equivalent standard and has been gained following a course of dental
training extending over a period of not less than nine months, may apply
to the Dental Council for enrolment as a dental hygienist.

4. (1) The Dental Council may, at its absolute discretion, admit any
person to practise as a dental hygienist if it is satisfied that the applicant

(a) holds the qualifications specified in regulation 3; and

(b) is a fit and proper person to practise as a dental hygienist.

(2) The Registrar shall maintain a roll in which the name and
address of every person whom the Dental Council has admitted to
practise as a dental hygienist shall be recorded.

(3) Any enrolled dental hygienist who alters his name or address
shall notify the Registrar immediately of any such alteration.

(4) Every dental hygienist shall pay to the Registrar an enrol-
ment fee five dollars who his name is recorded in the roll maintained
under paragraph (2).

(5) The Registrar shall issue to each enrolled dental hygienist a
certificate of enrolment in such form as may be determined by the Dental
Council from time to time.

5. (1) If the Dental Council is satisfied at any time by any complaint
made to it or by any information received by it that an enrolled dental
hygienist either does not hold the qualifications specified in regulation 3
or is not a fit and proper person to practise as a dental hygienist, it may

(a)order that such enrolled person cease to practise as a dental
hygienist; and





(b)direct that the name of the person be deleted from the
roll of dental hygienists maintained by the Registrar
pursuant to regulation 4(2).

(2) On being notified in writing of an order made by the
Dental Council pursuant to paragraph (1), any dental hygienist
against whom such an order has been made shall forthwith deliver
to the Registrar the certificate issued to him pursuant to regulation
4(4).

(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (2) shall be guilty
of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of two
hundred and fifty dollars.

6. (1) Subject to this regulation, an enrolled dental hygienist
may undertake dental work of the following kinds-

(a) the cleaning and polishing of teeth;

(b)the scaling of teeth (that is to say the removal of tartar
deposits, accretions and stains from those parts of the
surface of the teeth which are exposed or which are directly
beneath the free margins of the gums, including the
application of medicaments thereto);

(e)the application to the teeth of solutions of sodium or
stannous fluoride or such other similar prophylactic solu-
tions as the Council may from time to time determine;

(d)the exposure of x-ray films inter-orally or extra-orally for
the investigation of lesions or suspected lesions of the
mouth, jaws, teeth and associated structures; and

(e) the giving of advice on matters relating to dental hygiene.

(2) A dental hygienist shall not undertake any form of dental
work unless-

(a) he is enrolled in accordance with regulation 4;

(b) he is employed by a registered dentist;

(c)any patient upon whom he undertakes dental work has
first been examined by a registered dentist who has then
prescribed the treatment to be carried out by the dental
hygienist;

(d) such dental work is carried out-
(i) in accordance with the directions of a registered
dentist who is available in the premises at all times when
such dental work is being carried out; and
(ii) in such premises and under such conditions as are
suitable for such work.





(3) An enrolled dental hygienist who undertakes such kinds of
dental work as are prescribed in paragraph (1) shall, if he complies at all
times with the conditions prescribed in paragraph (2), be deemed not to
be practising dentistry for the purposes of the Ordinance.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation, 'registered dentistmeans a
person registered under section 9 of the Ordinance other than a person
entitled to registration under section 7(d) of the Registration of Dentists
Ordinance 1940.
L.N. 161/69. Citation. Establishment of dental hygienists. Qualification of applicants for enrolment. Enrolment of dental hygienists. Disqualification order by Dental Council. Scope of dental work that may be undertaken by dental hygienists. (1 of 1940.)

L.N. 161/69. Citation. Establishment of dental hygienists. Qualification of applicants for enrolment. Enrolment of dental hygienists. Disqualification order by Dental Council. Scope of dental work that may be undertaken by dental hygienists. (1 of 1940.)

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