### Dentists Registration Ordinance 《牙醫註冊條例》

5C. Functions of Education and Accreditation Committee
The Education and Accreditation Committee has the following functions—
(a) to recommend to the Council the specialties under which the names of registered dentists may be included in the Specialist Register;
(b) to recommend to the Council the qualifications, experience and other attributes that qualify a registered dentist to have his name included in the Specialist Register under a specialty recommended by the Committee under paragraph (a);
(c) to recommend to the Council the procedures and documentations for an application to include the name of a registered dentist in the Specialist Register;
(d) to make recommendations to the Council so that it may decide whether the name of a registered dentist should be included in, or removed from, the Specialist Register;
(e) to review and recommend to the Council the standard and structure of undergraduate dental education and training in dentistry required for a person to become a registered dentist;
(f) such other functions as are imposed on it under this Ordinance.
(Added 11 of 2006 s. 4)

5D. Meetings of Education and Accreditation Committee
(1) At any meeting of the Education and Accreditation Committee, 4 members (including the chairman) shall form a quorum.
(2) At any meeting of the Education and Accreditation Committee, the chairman of the Committee shall preside or, if he is absent, the members present shall elect one of them to preside.
(3) A question for determination at any meeting of the Education and Accreditation Committee shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present and voting on the question.
(4) At any meeting of the Education and Accreditation Committee, the chairman of the Committee shall have an original vote and, if upon any question the votes are equally divided, a casting vote.
(Added 11 of 2006 s. 4)

5E. Transaction of business in Education and Accreditation Committee by circulation of papers
(1) The Education and Accreditation Committee may transact any of its business by circulation of papers.
(2) A resolution in writing which is signed by all the members of the Education and Accreditation Committee present in Hong Kong at the time the resolution was circulated is as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Committee by the votes of the members so signing.
(Added 11 of 2006 s. 4)

5F. Proceedings of Education and Accreditation Committee
If a member of the Education and Accreditation Committee under section 5B(2)(a) or (f) has taken part in dealing with any complaint or information involving a suitability issue, the member shall not, as a member of the Council, take part in the determination of the complaint or information by the Council.
(Added 11 of 2006 s. 4)

### Dentists Registration Ordinance 《牙醫註冊條例》

5G. Dissolution of Education and Accreditation Committee
(1) If, in the opinion of the Council, the Education and Accreditation Committee has acted in a manner that is prejudicial to the interest of the public or dental profession, the Council may, by a resolution passed by the votes of not less than three quarters of the members of the Council, dissolve the Committee.
(2) Upon a dissolution of the Education and Accreditation Committee under subsection (1), the Council—
(a) may perform the functions of the Committee; and
(b) shall make such appointments as are necessary to re-establish the Committee with new membership within 3 months of the dissolution.
(Added 11 of 2006 s. 4)

6. Registrar of Dentists
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, there shall be a Registrar of Dentists, who shall perform such duties in connection with the General Register as may be prescribed, and with the Specialist Register as may be provided for, under this Ordinance. (Amended 11 of 2006 s. 5)
(2) The consultant dental surgeon in charge of the Dental Service of the Department of Health shall be the Registrar. (Amended 4 of 1988 s. 5; L.N. 76 of 1989)

7. Keeping of General Register and Specialist Register
(1) The Registrar shall cause a register of dentists, to be called the General Register, to be kept in the form prescribed and he shall be responsible for the maintenance and custody thereof.
(2) In respect of any person who is registered by virtue of having been registered under the repealed Ordinance, the General Register shall indicate the paragraph of section 7* of the repealed Ordinance under which such person was first registered. (Amended 34 of 1995 s. 4)
(3) The Registrar shall cause a register of specialist dentists, to be called the Specialist Register, to be kept in such form as he thinks fit. (Added 11 of 2006 s. 6)
(4) The Specialist Register shall contain the names, registered addresses, qualifications, specialties and such other particulars as the Registrar thinks necessary of those registered dentists who have been approved by the Council to have their names included in the Register. (Added 11 of 2006 s. 6)
(5) The Registrar shall be responsible for the maintenance and custody of the Specialist Register. (Added 11 of 2006 s. 6)
(Amended 11 of 2006 s. 6) Editorial Note:
* As amended by 24 of 1950 Schedule and 55 of 1955 s. 4.

### Dentists Registration Ordinance 《牙醫註冊條例》

8. Persons who are qualified to be registered
(1) Only a person who— (Amended 9 of 2002 s. 2)
(a) has passed the Licensing Examination and has complied with the conditions, if any, imposed by the Council under section 4A(2); 
(b) has been awarded a bachelor degree in dentistry by a university in Hong Kong specified in the Schedule; or (Replaced 9 of 2002 s. 2)
(c) was at any time registered before the commencement# of section 5 of the Medical and Related Professionals (Registration) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 1995 (34 of 1995), 
is qualified to be registered under this Ordinance. 
(2) The Council may, with the prior approval of the Legislative Council, amend the Schedule by notice published in the Gazette. (Added 9 of 2002 s. 2)

(Replaced 34 of 1995 s. 5) Editorial Note:
# Commencement date: 1 July 1995.

9. Application for registration
(1) Any person qualified to be registered may apply to the Registrar for registration. Every such application shall be made in such manner and shall be accompanied by such documents, photographs and particulars as may be prescribed.
(2) Where such person has complied with the provisions of subsection (1) and with any regulations relating thereto, and has paid the prescribed fee, the name of the person shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), be admitted by the Council to the General Register. (Amended 11 of 2006 s. 7)
(3) If, after due inquiry, the Council is satisfied that any applicant for registration—
(a) has been convicted in Hong Kong or elsewhere of any offence punishable with imprisonment; or
(b) has been guilty of unprofessional conduct; or
(c) is the subject of an existing order made under section 17(1)(i) or (ii)* of the repealed Ordinance,
the Council may, in its discretion, order that the name of the applicant be not entered in the General Register. (Amended 11 of 2006 s. 7)
(4) Such of the provisions of section 18 as are capable of application to an inquiry held for the purposes of this section shall apply to such inquiry, and any such provision may be construed with such modifications not affecting the substance as may be necessary to render it conveniently applicable.
Editorial Note:
* As amended by 55 of 1955 s. 8.