Amendment of regulation 9
141. In regulation 9(1) (eligible specialists)—
(a)for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) A person is an eligible specialist for the purposes of regulation 8(2)(b) if—
(a)he is an exempt person; and
(b)he holds a recognised specialist dental qualification (as specified in regulation 10).”;
(b)in paragraphs (2) and (4), for “regulation 8(2)” substitute “regulation 8(2)(b)”;
(c)in paragraph (2), for “A person” substitute “Subject to paragraph (2A), a person”;
(d)after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) If a person falling within paragraph (2) is an exempt person and he holds a specialist dental qualification in orthodontics or oral surgery which—
(a)was granted otherwise than in a relevant European State, and
(b)has not previously been accepted by a relevant European State as qualifying him to practise as a specialist dentist in orthodontics or oral surgery (as the case may be) in that State,
he is not an eligible specialist unless his specialist dental qualification is evidence of specialist dental training that meets, or under article 22(a) of the Directive (part-time training) is to be treated as meeting, the requirements of article 35 of the Directive (specialist dental training).”;
(e)in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)where the person has a specialist qualification in orthodontics or (as the case may be) oral surgery which—
(i)was granted otherwise than in a relevant European State, but
(ii)has been accepted by a relevant European State, other than the United Kingdom, as qualifying him to practise as a specialist dentist in that State,
that acceptance.”;
(f)in paragraph (4), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)if his specialist qualification in oral and maxillo-facial surgery was awarded in a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom, he satisfies the GDC that his training in oral and maxillo-facial surgery included elements which taken together satisfy, or under article 22(a) of the Directive (part-time training) are to be treated as satisfying, the requirements of article 35 of the Directive (specialist dental training); and”; and
(g)omit paragraphs (5), (6) and (7).
Regulation 9 was amended by S.I. 2003/3148.