Dentists Act 1984

Duration of entitlement to provide occasional dental services U.K.

[F1 8. (1) Unless an entitlement under paragraph 4 or 7(4) is continued (or further continued) by paragraph 7(2), the entitlement ceases at the end of the year that begins with the end of the day on which the registrar received the documents whose receipt gave rise to the entitlement.

(2) Where an entitlement under paragraph 4 or 7(4) is continued (or further continued) by paragraph 7(2), the entitlement is extended so as to cease at the end of the year that begins with the end of the relevant day.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)—

(a) if the day on which the registrar receives the documents whose receipt gives rise to the continuation (or further continuation) is an anniversary of the start day, “the relevant day” means the day on which the registrar receives those documents;

(b) otherwise, “the relevant day” means the anniversary of the start day that is the first such anniversary to occur after the registrar receives the documents whose receipt gives rise to the continuation (or further continuation).

(4) In sub-paragraph (3) “the start day”, in relation to an entitlement under paragraph 4 or 7(4), means the day on which the registrar receives the documents whose receipt gives rise to the entitlement.

(5) An entitlement under this Schedule to provide occasional dental services ceases if—

(a) the visiting practitioner concerned becomes established in dental practice in the United Kingdom; or

(b) a disqualifying decision is made against the visiting practitioner concerned.

(6) In sub-paragraph (5) “disqualifying decision”, in relation to a visiting practitioner, means a decision made by a competent or judicial authority in the practitioner’s home State [F2 or, if different, a relevant European State in which the practitioner practises or has practised as a dental professional] that has the effect that the practitioner—

(a) ceases in that State to be registered or otherwise officially recognised as a dental practitioner; or

(b) is prohibited (whether on a permanent or temporary basis) from practising dentistry in that State.

(7) If in the case of a visiting practitioner—

(a) the practitioner’s registration in the list of visiting dentists from relevant European States is suspended or the practitioner’s name is erased from that list, and

(b) immediately before the time when the suspension or (as the case may be) erasure takes effect, the practitioner is entitled under this Schedule to provide occasional dental services,

that entitlement ceases at that time.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 substituted (3.12.2007) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 132

F2 Words in Sch. 4 para. 8(6) inserted (18.11.2016) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 53(5) (with reg. 155)