The General Dental Council (Professions Complementary to Dentistry) (Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists) Regulations Order of Council 2006

Made23rd June 2006

Laid before Parliament29th June 2006

Coming into force31st July 2006

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 23rd day of June 2006

By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council

The General Dental Council have made the General Dental Council (Professions Complementary to Dentistry) (Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists) Regulations 2006 as set out in the Schedule to this Order.

In accordance with section 36A(4) of the Dentists Act 19841 such Regulations shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.

Having considered the Regulations, their Lordships approve them.

This Order may be cited as the General Dental Council (Professions Complementary to Dentistry) (Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists) Regulations Order of Council 2006 and shall come into force on 31st July 2006.

A K Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULEThe General Dental Council (Professions Complementary to Dentistry) (Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists) Regulations 2006

The General Dental Council make the following Regulations in exercise of their powers conferred under section 36A(2) and (3) of the Dentists Act 19842.

The General Dental Council have consulted in accordance with section 36A(5) of that Act.

Citation and commencement

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the General Dental Council (Professions Complementary to Dentistry) (Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 31st July 2006.

Specified professions complementary to dentistry and specified titles

2.

In the following Table—

(a)

the professions complementary to dentistry listed in the column headed “Profession” are specified for the purposes of section 36A(2) of the Dentists Act 1984 (professions complementary to dentistry); and

(b)

the title which applies to a specified profession is that listed in the corresponding entry in the column headed “Title”.

Profession	Title
The profession pursued by dental hygienists	dental hygienist
The profession pursued by dental therapists	dental therapist

Given under the official seal of the General Dental Council on 15th June 2006.

Hew Byrne Mathewson

President

Duncan Rudkin

Registrar

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which is made under the Dentists Act 1984, approves Regulations made by the General Dental Council specifying professions complementary to dentistry and a title applying to each specified profession.

The Regulations approved by this Order specify the professions pursued by dental hygienists and dental therapists. The effect of specification in the Regulations is that those professions are brought within the system of regulation set out in Part 3A of the Dentists Act 1984.