SCHEDULEThe General Dental Council (Continuing Professional Development) (Dentists) Rules 2008
CPD record4
1
A dentist shall keep an up-to-date record of CPD completed during a CPD cycle (“CPD record”).
2
A CPD record shall contain—
a
a description of each item of CPD completed by the dentist, indicating whether the item constitutes verifiable CPD;
b
the number of CPD hours attributed to each item of CPD; and
c
the documentary evidence in respect of each item of verifiable CPD completed by the dentist.
3
A dentist shall retain a CPD record for at least five years after the end of the CPD cycle to which it relates.
4
At any time within the period of five years after the end of a CPD cycle, the registrar may send a dentist a notice requiring the dentist to deliver to the registrar the dentist’s CPD record for that CPD cycle.
5
The notice must—
a
specify a date, not less than 28 days after the date on which the notice is sent, by which the dentist must comply with the notice; and
b
state that if, by the date specified in the notice, the dentist does not—
i
complete the CPD record to the satisfaction of the registrar, including the provision of the information specified in paragraph (2); and
ii
deliver the CPD record to the registrar,
the dentist’s name may be erased from the register.