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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Third Regular Session 
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Prepared by the Committees on Civil Service and Government Reorganization, 
Health and Demography, Constitutional Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws, and 
Finance, with Senators L. Estrada, Osmena 111, Jinggoy Estrada, Recto, Enrile, and 
Angara, as authors thereof 
AN ACT 
TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY, DENTAL HYGIENE AND 
DENTAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES, REPEALING FOR THE 
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4419, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT TO 
REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES”, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 768, OTHERWISE 
KNOWN AS “AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF DENTAL 
HYGIENISTS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”, AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled 
ARTICLE I 
TITLE, STATEMENT OF POLICY, OBJECTIVES, 
AND SCOPE OF PRACTICE 
SECTION 1. TZTLE. - This Act shall be known as “The Philippine Dental Act 
0f2007”. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OFPOLZCK - The State recognizes the importance of 
dentists, dental hygienists and dental technologists in nation-building. Hence, it shall 
develop and nurture competent, productive, morally-upright, and well rounded dentists, 
dental hygienists and dental technologists whose standards of professional practice and 
service shall be excellent, qualitative, world-class and internationally recognized, 
globally competitive through regulatory measures, programs and activities that foster 
their continuing professional development. 
SEC. 3. UBJECTZWS. -This Act provides for: 
(a) The regulation, control, and supervision of the practice of dentistry, dental 
hygiene and dental technology in the Philippines; 
(b) The giving of licensure examination to graduates of recognized dental schools 
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(c) The accreditation of the various specialties of dentistry; 
(d) The promotion and development of continuing dental education and research 
in the country; 
(e) The enforcement of the Code of Ethics and Code of Dental Practice in the 
Philippines; and 
(0 The stipulation of penalties for infractions or violations of this Act or any other 
laws, rules and regulations authorized under the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONAND SCOPE 0FPRACTICE.- 
(a) Dentist - refers to a person who is a holder of a valid certificate of registration 
and professional identification card in Dentistry who renders dental service within the 
meaning and intent of this Law and who, for a fee, salary, compensation or reward, paid 
to hidher or through another, or even without such compensation or reward, performs 
any operation or part of an operation, upon the human oral cavity, jaws, teeth and 
surrounding tissues; prescribes drugs or medicines for the treatment of oral diseases or 
lesions, or prevents and/or corrects malpositions of the teeth or implantation of artificial 
substitutes for lost teeth; and teaches subjects in the licensure examination; or engages in 
dental research Provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to dental 
technologists engaged in the mechanical construction of artificial dentures or fixtures or 
other oral devices, as long as none of such procedures is done inside the mouth of the 
patient; nor shall this provision apply to students of dentistry undergoing practical 
training in a 
legally constituted dental school or college under the direction or 
supervision of a member of the faculty who is duly licensed to practice dentistry in the 
Philippines; or to registered dental hygienists who may be allowed to perform preventive 
oral hygiene procedures and other procedures or to dentistry graduates working as dental 
assistants to licensed and registered dentist authorized to practice dentistry in the 
Philippines who are engaged in private practice: Provided, further, that these dentistry 
graduates work under their direct supervision. 
@) Dental Hygienist - refers to a person who is a holder of a valid certificate of 
I-egistration and professional identification card and has undergone a two year course in 
dental hygiene from a government recognized school under a college of dentistry and 
passing the prescribed board examination for dental hygienist, renders oral health 
promotion and preventive measures, performs scaling and polishing, oral examination, 
taking brief clinical history, taking radiograph, and giving oral health education to 
patients under the supervision of a licensed dentist. 
(c) Dental Technologist - refers to a person who is a holder of a valid certificate 
of registration and professional identification card and who renders technical services 
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supervision of a licensed dentist, and has finished a two year certificate course in dental 
technology from any government recognized school. 
ARTICLE I1 
THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF 
DENTISTRY 
SEC. 5. 
COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD. -There is hereby created a 
Professional Regulatory Board of Dentistry, hereinafter referred to as the Board, under 
the administrative control and supervision of the Professional Regulation Commission 
(PRC), hereinafter referred to as the Commission, composed of a chairman and four (4) 
members who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines from the 
recommendees chosen and ranked by the Commission from a list of nominees submitted 
by the accredited and integrated professional organization. 
SEC. 6. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD. -The Board shall 
have the following powers and functions: 
(a) Promulgate, administer and enforce rules and regulations necessary for 
carrying out the provisions of this Act; 
@) Administer oaths in connection with the administration ofthis Act; 
(c) Study the conditions affecting the practice of dentistry, dental hygiene and 
dental technology in the Philippines; 
(d) Adopt or recommend such measures or discharge such duties, as may be 
deemed proper for the advancement of the profession and the vigorous enforcement of 
this Act; 
(e) Ensure, in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), 
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the Accredited 
Professional Organization, and the Association of Dental Colleges, that all educational 
institutions offering dentistry, dental hygiene, and dental technology comply with the 
policies, standards and requirements of the course prescribed by CHED or TESDA in the 
areas of curriculum, faculty, library, and facilities; 
(f) Supervise and regulate the registration, licensure and practice of Dentistry, 
Dental Hygiene and Dental Technology in the Philippines; 
(g) Adopt an official seal of the Board; 
(h) Issue, reinstate, suspend or revoke the certificate of registration and 
professional identification card or cancel special permits for the practice of dentistry, 
dental hygiene and dental technology; 
(i) Prescribe and/or adopt a Code of Ethics and a Code of Dental Practice for the 
practice of dentistry, dental hygiene and dental technology; 
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(k) Hear or investigate any violation of this Act, its implementing rules and 
regulations, and the Code of Ethics for dentists as shall come to the knowledge of the 
Board and for this purpose, issue a subpoena duces tecum to secure the appearance of 
witnesses and the production of documents in connection therewith; 
(1) Accredit various specialties, dental societiedorganizations; and 
(m) Perform such other powers and functions as it may deem necessary to carry 
out the objectives of this Act. 
SEC. 7. QUALIFICATION OF THE CHAIRMANAND MEMBERS OF THE 
BOARD. - The chairman and members of the Board shall, at the time of hidher 
appointment, possess the following qualifications: 
(a) Be a natural-born citizen of the Philippines and a resident thereoe 
(b) Be a duly registered dentist in the Philippines with a valid certificate of 
registration and professional identification card; 
(c) Be a member of good standing of the accredited professional organization for 
the last five years: Provided, That a member of the Board may not qualify in any 
position, whether elective or appointive or serve as an officer of the accredited and 
integrated professional organization of dentists, dental hygienists, and dental 
technologists during hidher incumbency as such; 
(d) Have at least ten (10) years of continuous experience as a dentist and 
preferably with three (3) years of teaching experience; 
(e) Not be a member of the faculty of any school, college, or university where 
undergraduate and graduate courses in dentistry are taught and where dental hygiene and 
dental technology courses and review courses are offered, nor shall have, directly or 
indirectly, any pecuniary interest in such institution; and 
Q Not be connected in any capacity with any business enterprise, firm or 
company in the buying, selling or manufacture of dental goods, equipment, materials or 
supplies. 
SEC. 8. TERM OF OFFICE. - The chairman and the members of the Board 
shall serve for a term of three (3) years from the date of their appointments and may be 
reappointed for another term. The member serving the last year of his term shall 
automatically become the chairman of the Board and shall not be able to succeed 
himself/herself immediately after the expiration of hidher term of office so that the term 
of one member shall be due to expire every year: Provided, however, that all 
appointments as chairman shall be approved by the President: Provided, further, that an 
appointment for any existing vacancy or vacancies shall be made within one (1) month 
from the time the vacancy occurred and shall be for the unexpired portion of the term 
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SEC. 9. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF THE BOARD. - The 
chairman and members of the Board shall receive compensation and allowances 
comparable to that being received by the chairman and members of existing regulatory 
boards under the Commission as provided for in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 10. SUSPENSIONAND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. - Any member of 
the Board may, upon the recommendation of the Commission after due process of law 
and investigation conducted by the Commission, be suspended or removed by the 
President from office for cause such as neglect of duty, abuse of power, oppression, 
incompetence, unprofessional, unethical, immoral or dishonorable conduct, commission 
or toleration of irregularities in the conduct of examination or tampering of the grades 
therein, or for any final judgment or conviction of any criminal offense involving moral 
turpitude by the court after having been given the opportunity to defend himself/herself in 
a proper administrative investigation. 
SEC. 11. SUPERVISION OF THE BOARD. - The secretary of the board shall 
be appointed by the Commission subject to the provisions of existing laws and all records 
and minutes of the deliberation of proceedings of the Board and other confidential 
documents shall be kept under the direct custody of the Commission. The Commission 
shall provide the secretariat and other support services to implement the provisions of this 
Act, 
SEC. 12. ANNUAL REPORT. -The Board shall, within sixty (60) days after the 
close of each fiscal year, prepare and submit an annual report to the Commission, giving 
a detailed account of the proceedings of the Board during the year, recommending 
measures to be adopted, with the end in view of upgrading and improving the conditions 
affecting the practice of Dentistry in the Philippines. 
ARTICLE III 
LICENSURE EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION 
SEC. 13. EXAMINATION REQUIRED. - All applicants for registration for the 
practice of Dentistry, Dental Hygiene and Dental Technology shall be required to 
undergo a licensure examination to be given by the Board in such places and dates as the 
Commission may designate subject to the compliance with the requirements prescribed 
by the Commission in accordance with R.A. 8981. 
SEC. 14. 
QUALIFICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE LICENSURE 
EXAMINATION - 
(a) For Dentistry - An applicant for the licensure examination for dentists shall 
establish to the satisfaction of the Board, that: 
(1) He/she is a citizen of the Philippines, or if a foreigner, must prove that the 
country of which he/she is a subject or citizen permits Filipino dentists to practice within 
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(3) He/she is a graduate of a recognized and legally constituted university, 
college, school or institute with a degree of doctor of dental medicine or its equivalent. 
(4) He/she has completed the refresher course required after failing three (3) 
consecutive licensure examinations 
(b) For Dental Hygiene - In order to be admitted to the licensure examination for 
dental hygienists, an applicant must at the time of filing his application thereof, establish 
to the satisfaction of the Board, that: 
(1) Helshe is a citizen of the Philippines; 
(2) He/she possesses good moral character; 
(3) He/she had finished the two years certificate in dental hygiene conferred by a 
recognized and legally constituted college, or school of dentistry registered with TESDA. 
(4) He/she has completed the refresher course required after failing three (3) 
consecutive licensure examinations 
(e) For Dental Technology - In order to be admitted to the licensure examination 
for dental technology, an applicant must, at the time of filing hidher application thereof, 
establish to the satisfaction of the Board that: 
(1) He/she is a citizen of the Philippines; 
(2) He/she possesses good moral character; 
(3) He/she had finished the two years certificate in dental technology conferred by 
a recognized and legally constituted college, or school of dentistry registered with the 
TESDA 
(4) He/she has undergone on-the-job training in a registered/accredited dental 
laboratory for at least six (6) months. 
(5) He/she has completed the refresher course required after failing three (3) 
consecutive licensure examinations 
SEC. 15. SCOPE OF EX4MZNATZON. - An examination shall be given to the 
licensure applicants for dentists, dental hygienists, and dental technologists, which shall 
include, but not limited to, the following: 
(a) For Dentists - General anatomy, oral anatomy, general and microscopic 
anatomy and embryology, general and oral physiology, general and oral pathology, 
pharmacology, microbiology, nutrition, dental materials, restorative dentistry, 
prosthodontics, orthodontics, pedodontics, pediatric dentistry, oral physiology, 
anesthesiology, oral diagnosis and treatment planning, endodontics, periodontics, 
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periodontology, roentgenology, preventive dentistry, pedodontics, dental anesthesia and 
pharmacology, pathology, dental jurisprudence and ethics, and basic computer. 
(c) For Dental Technologists - oral anatomy, oral physiology, complete, fixed 
and removable prosthodontics, ceramics, orthodontic appliances, dental materials, dental 
jurisprudence and ethics, and basic computer. 
The Board may recluster, rearrange, modify, add or exclude and prescribe 
subjects as the need arises 
SEC. 16. RATINGS IN THE EXAMINATIONS. -The licensure examination 
shall consist of both written and practical tests and in order to pass the examination, an 
examinee must obtain a general weighted average of at least seventy-five percent (75%), 
with no rating below fifty percent (50%) in any subject. 
SEC. 17. REPORT OF THE RESUZ-.TS OF THE EXAMINATIONS. - The 
Board shall submit to the Commission the ratings obtained by each candidate within 
twenty (20) days after the last day of examination unless extended for just cause. 
SEC. 18. OATH. -All successful examinees and registrants without examination 
shall be required to take a professional oath before any member of the Board or any other 
person authorized by the Commission or by law before they start their practice. 
SEC. 19. ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AND 
PROFESSIONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD. - A certificate of registration shall be 
issued to examinees who pass the licensure examination for dentistry subject to payment 
of fees prescribed by the Commission. The certificate of registration shall bear the 
signature of the chairperson of the Commission and the chairman and members of the 
Board stamped with the official seal of the Board and the Commission, indicating that the 
person named therein is entitled to practice the profession with all the benefits and 
privileges appurtenant thereto. The certificate of registration shall remain in force and 
effect until revoked or suspended in accordance with this Act. 
A professional identification card bearing the registration number, date of 
issuance, expiry date, duly signed by the chairperson of the Commission shall likewise be 
issued to every registrant upon payment of the required fees. The professional 
identification card shall be renewed every three (3) years upon payment of fees and upon 
satisfying the requirements of the Board. 
SEC. 20. 
FEES FOR EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION. - Every 
applicant to the licensure examination for dentistry shall pay an examination fee and a 
registration fee as determined and fixed by the Commission. 
SEC. 21. REFUSAL TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES FOR CERTAIN CAUSES. - 
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found guilty of immoral or dishonorable conduct aRer investigation by the Board, or has 
been declared to be of unsound mind. The reason for the refusal shall be set forth in 
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SEC. 22. 
REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF CERTIFICATE OF 
REGISTRATION AND 
PROFESSIONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD AND 
CANCELLATION OF TEMPORARYISPECLAL PERMIX - The Board shall have the 
power to recommend the nullification or suspension of the validity of the certificate of 
registration and professional identification card of a dentist, dental technologist/dental 
hygienist or the cancellation of a temporary/special permit for any of the causes 
mentioned in the preceding section, or for: 
(a) Unprofessional and unethical conduct; 
(b) Malpractice; 
(c) Incompetence, serious ignorance or negligence in the practice of dentistry, 
dental hygiene, and dental technology; 
(d) Willful destruction or mutilation of a natural tooth of a patient with the 
deliberate purpose of substituting the same by an unnecessary or unessential artificial 
tooth; 
(e) For making use of fraud, deceitful or false statement to obtain a certificate of 
registration; 
(0 For alcoholism or drug addiction causing him/her to become incompetent to 
practice dentistry, dental hygiene and dental technology; 
(g) For the employment of persons who are not duly authorized to do the work 
which, under this Act, can only be done by persons who have certificates of registration 
to practice dentistry, dental hygiene and dental technology in the Philippines; 
(h) For the employment of deceit or any form of fraud with the public in general 
or some clients in particular for the purpose of extending hidher clientele; 
(i) For making false advertisements, publishing or circulating fraudulent or 
deceitful allegations regarding hidher professional attainment, skill or knowledge, or 
methods of treatment employed by him; 
(j) Utter disregard and continuous violation of any of the provisions of this Act: 
Provided that the’action of the Board in the exercise of this power shall be appealable to 
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REINSTATEMENT, REISSUANCE OR REPLACEMENT OF 
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AND PROFESSIONAL IDENTIFICATION 
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and reissue a professional identification card; and in so doing, the Board may, in its 
discretion, exempt the applicant from taking another examination. 
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ISSUANCE OF SPECIAUTEMPORARY PEJWIIT 
TO 
FOREIGNERS. - Certificates of Registration shall not be required of (a) commissioned 
dental officers of the army, navy and air force of any foreign country whose operations in 
the Philippines are permitted by the government while rendering dental service as such 
for the members of said forces only; and (b) of dentist and oral surgeons from other 
countries who are invited for consultation, demonstrations, medical missions or under an 
exchange visitor program as a member of a teaching faculty: Provided, That in such 
cases their work shall be limited to the specific task assigned to them, and Provided, 
further, that a special permit has been previously granted by the Board and the 
Commission stating therein the duration of such permit: Provided furthermore, that the 
Board may designate the accredited professional organization, through its constituent 
chapters and affiliates, to monitor such activities. 
ARTICLE IV 
PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY, DENTAL HYGIENE 
AND DENTAL TECHNOLOGY 
SEC. 25. CODE OF ETHICS AND CODE OF DENTAL PRACTICE FOR 
DENTISTS. - The Board shall adopt and promulgate the Code of Ethics and Code of 
Dental Practice of dentists, dental hygienists and dental technologists prescribed and 
issued by the accredited professional organization of dentists. 
SEC. 26. VESTED MGHTS. - All dentists and dental hygienists registered at 
the time. this law. takes effect shall automatically be registered under the provisions 
hereof, subject however to the provisions herein set forth as to kture requirements. 
Certificates of registration held by such persons in good standing shall have the same 
force and effect as though issued after the passage of this Act. 
SEC. 27. 
REGISTRATION WITHOUT EAAMINATION FOR DENTAL 
HYGIENISTS AND DENTAL TECHNOLOGISTS. - A person who possesses the 
equivalent qualifications required for admission in the examination for dental hygienist or 
dental technologist pursuant to this Act, may be registered without examination, 
Provided, That the applicant files with the Board within three years after the effectivity of 
this Act, an application for registration and issuance of a certificate of registration and 
professional identification card, by submitting credentials showing that the applicant, 
before the effectivity of this Act: 
(a) Had been given a certificate in dental hygiene or dental technology by a duly 
recognized college, school or institution and had at least three (3) years actual experience 
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five (5) years in a licensed dental laboratory or clinic under the supervision of a dentist 
and had attended a training course given by an accredited school or institution accredited 
and certified by TESDA. 
SEC. 28. DISPLA Y OF NAME AND CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION. - 
Every registered practicing dentist, dental hygienist and dental technologist shall display 
in a conspicuous place in the building or office where he/she practices, hidher name and 
hidher certificate or registration in plain sight of patients who enter the dental office, or 
dental clinic or dental laboratory. In the case where the dentist has more than one clinic, 
the original certificate of registration should be displayed in hidher main office or clinic, 
and he/she shall display a copy of hidher certified original certificate of registration in 
the other branch or branches of hidher practice. Any owner or proprietor of a dental 
ofice or establishment shall display the certificates of registration of each and everyone 
of such persons in the same manner as hereinafter provided. 
SEC. 29. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. -The PRC Board in 
collaboration with the accredited professional organization (APO), shall implement the 
continuing professional education among practicing dentists, dental hygienists and dental 
technologists in consonance with the guidelines of the Continuing Professional Education 
(CPE) council of the Commission. Exemption from the CPE program may be applied for 
upon reaching the age of sixty-five (65). 
SEC. 30. INTEGRATION OF DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND 
DENTAL TECHNOLOGISTS. - All registered dentists, dental hygienists and dental 
technologist shall be integrated into one (1) national organization which shall be 
recognized by the Board and accredited by the Commission as the one and only 
accredited integrated association to which all dentists, dental hygienists and dental 
technologists shall belong. Henceforth, all dentists, dental hygienists and dental 
technologists to be registered with the Board shall automatically become a member of the 
accredited integrated professional organization upon payment of required fees and dues. 
Membership in the accredited and integrated national organization of dentists, dental 
hygienists and dental technologists shall not be a bar to membership in other associations 
of dentists, dental hygienists and dental technologists. 
SEC. 31. FOREZGNRECIPROCITK - Unless the country of which he/she is a 
subject or citizen specifically permits Filipino dentists to practice within its territorial 
limits on the same basis as the subject or citizens of such foreign state or country under 
reciprocity and under international agreements, no foreigner shall be admitted to the 
examination and be given a certificate of registration to practice as a dentist and be 
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SEC. 32. ROSTER OF DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND DENTAL 
TECHNOLOGZSTS. - The Board, in coordination with the accredited professional 
organization (APO), 
shall maintain a roster of the name, residences and of the addresses 
of all registered dentists, dental hygienists and dental technologists and shall make this 
roster available to the public upon request. 
ARTICLE V 
PENAL PROVISION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACT 
SEC. 33. PENAL PROVISION. - The following, shall be punished by a fine of 
not less than Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P200,OOO.OO) nor more than Five Hundred 
Thousand Pesos (PSO0,OOO.OO) or to suffer imprisonment for a period of not less than two 
(2) years and one day nor more than five (5) years, or both, in the discretion of the court: 
(a) Any person who shall practice dentistry, dental hygiene or dental technology 
in the Philippines as defined in this Act, without a certificate of registration and 
professional identification card and special permit issued in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act, or has been declared exempt; 
(b) Any person who practice the profession to whom the definition of the practice 
of dentistry, dental hygiene or dental technology does not apply; 
(c) Any licensed dentist who shall abet the illegal practice of dentistry; 
(d) Any person presenting or using as hidher own the certificate of registration 
and professional identification card and special permit of another; 
(e) Any person who shall give any false or forged evidence to the Board in 
obtaining a certificate of registration; 
(0 Any person who shall impersonate any registrant of like or different name; 
(g) Any person who shall use a revoked or suspended certificate of registration 
and professional identification card; 
(h) Any person who shall assume, use or advertise as a bachelor of dental surgery, 
doctor of dental surgery, master of dental surgery, licentiate of dental surgery, doctor of 
dental medicine, or dental surgeon, or append to his name the letters D.D.S., B.D.S., 
L.D.S., or D.M.D. without having been conferred such title or degree in a legally 
constituted school, college or university, duly recognized and authorized to confer the 
same or other degrees; 
(i) Any person who advertises any title or description tending to convey the 
impression that he/she is a dentist, without holding valid certificates of registration and 
professional identification card and special permit from the Board; 
SEC. 34. ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ACT. - It shall be the duty of all 
constituted officers of the law of the national, provincial, city, municipal or barangay 
level of the government, to enforce the provisions of this Act as well as the rules and 
regulations pertinent thereto, and to prosecute any person violating the same. The 


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Secretary of Justice shall act as the legal adviser of the Board and the Commission and 
shall render such legal assistance as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of 
this Act. 
ARTICLE VI 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 35. FUNDING PROVZSZON. - The Chairperson of the Professional 
Regulation Commission shall immediately include in the Commission's programs the 
implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the Annual General 
Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 36. TRANSTORY PROVZ,SZON. - The existing Board shall continue to 
function in the interim until such time that the new Professional Regulatory Board of 
Dentistry shall be constituted pursuant to this Act. 
SEC. 37. IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGUZATZONS. - The Board, in 
coordination with the accredited professional organization and with the approval of the 
Commission, shall promulgate, adopt and implement such rules and regulations to carry 
out the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 38. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. - If any section or provision of this Act 
shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional, such shall not invalidate any other section or 
provision of this Act. 
SEC. 39. REPEALING CLAUSE. - Republic Act No. 4419 and Republic Act 
No. 768, are hereby repealed. All other laws or portions thereof, orders, ordinances, or 
rules and regulations in conflict with the provisions of this Act as pertain to the practice 
of dentistry shall be, and are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 40. EFFECTIVITY. - This Act shall take effect following its publication 
in the Ofiiciul Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved,