Mauritius
Dental Council Act
Act 31 of 1999
- Commenced on 1 January 2000
- [This is the version of this document at 30 June 2017.]
Part I – Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Dental Council Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act—"annual list" means the annual list of dental surgeons and specialists published under section 29;"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Council;"Code of Practice" means the code of practice referred to in section 12(c);"Council" means the Council established under section 3;"dental specialist" means a person registered as such under section 23;"dental surgeon" means a person registered as such under section 22;"diploma in dental surgery" means any diploma, degree, licence or other like qualification or authority to practise dentistry granted by a medical institution;"infamous conduct" includes causing or bringing disrepute to the dental profession by improper behaviour;"malpractice" includes a failure to exercise due professional skill or care which results in injury to or loss of life of a person;"medical institution" means any university, corporation, college, faculty or other institution which—(a)is authorised under the laws of any country to provide courses leading to a diploma in dental surgery; and(b)is prescribed by regulations made by the Council;"member" means a member of the Council and includes the Chairperson;"Minister" means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of health is assigned;"negligence" includes failure on the part of a registered person to exercise the proper and timely care expected from a registered person;"Permanent Secretary" means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for the subject of health;"professional misconduct" includes improper, disgraceful, dishonourable or unworthy conduct;"register" means a register kept under section 20;"registered person" means a person whose name is on one of the registers kept under section 20;"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Council appointed under section 10"specialist qualification" means a post-graduate qualification in dental speciality obtained after full-time training—(a)in the case of a person who obtained his specialist qualification before the year 2000, of not less than one year;(b)in the case of a person who obtains his specialist qualification after the year 2000, of not less than 2 years,in a medical institution and obtained after a certificated examination;"Tribunal" means the Medical Disciplinary Tribunal referred to in the Medical Council Act.[S. 2 amended by GN 27 of 2000.]Part II – The Council
A – Establishment and functions of Council
3. Establishment of Council
4. Composition of Council
5. Tenure of office of members
The members of the Council shall hold office for a period of 3 years and shall—6. Vacation of office of member
7. Filling of vacancies on Council
8. Chairperson of Council
9. Meetings of Council
10. Registrar
11. Appointment of employees
12. Functions of Council
The Council shall—B – Discipline
13. Preliminary investigation by Council
14. Disciplinary proceedings
15. Reference to Tribunal
Where—16. Membership of Tribunal
17. Disciplinary measures
18. Disciplinary measures following conviction
Where a registered person has been convicted of a criminal offence involving negligence, professional misconduct, fraud or other dishonesty in the exercise of his calling, the Council may, after giving him an opportunity to show cause in writing why disciplinary measures should not be taken against him, take against him any of the measures specified in section 17(4).19. Summary proceedings
Notwithstanding section 15, the Council may, without reference to the Tribunal and after an investigation carried out under section 13, inflict on a registered person—Part III – Registration
20. Registers
21. Application for registration
22. Registration of dental surgeon
A Level Grade | A Level Points |
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A + | 10 |
A | 9 |
B | 8 |
C | 7 |
D | 6 |
E | 4 |
23. Registration of dental specialist
A person may be registered as a dental specialist if—24. Examination and assessment
25. Temporary registration of non-citizens
26. Temporary registration of visiting dental surgeon or dental specialist
27. Certificate of registration
28. Additional qualifications
Where after registration, a registered person obtains a qualification from a medical institution, the Council may, on application made to it, add the qualification to the register if the Council is satisfied that the qualification is an appropriate qualification to be included in the register.29. Annual list
29A. Continuing professional development
Part IV – Miscellaneous
30. Seal of Council
The Council shall have a seal which shall bear such device as the Council may approve.31. Validity of documents
All deeds, instruments, contracts and other documents shall be deemed to be duly executed by or on behalf of the Council if signed by the Registrar or any member authorised by the Council for that purpose.32. Remuneration and immunity
33. Duty of disclosure
Every member who—34. Deficiency in quorum
35. Restoration of name to register
36. Illegal practice of dentistry
37. Illegal practice as dental specialist
38. Exemptions from application of Act
Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to prohibit or prevent—39. Funds and audit
40. Power to make regulations
41. Powers of Minister
The Minister may give to the Council such directions of a general nature, not inconsistent with this Act, as he thinks fit, and the Council shall comply with such directions.42. Offences
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Part V – Savings and transitional
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51. Saving of Code of Practice
Until the Code of Practice is established, the Code of Practice established under the Dental Council Act shall be deemed to be the Code of Practice.52. ***
History of this document
30 June 2017 this version
Consolidation
01 January 2000
Commenced