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

3. Dentists to be registered
(1) Subject to the provisions of any regulations made under section 29(1A)(d), any person, not being a registered dentist, who— (Amended 80 of 1997 s. 6)
(a) practises dentistry within Hong Kong commits an offence and is liable—
(i) on summary conviction to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 3 years; or
(ii) on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 5 years; or
(b) practises dentistry on a person within Hong Kong which results in personal injury to that person commits an offence and is liable—
(i) on summary conviction to a fine of $200,000 and to imprisonment for 3 years; or
(ii) on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 7 years. (Amended 12 of 1968 s. 3; 79 of 1984 s. 7; 68 of 1986 s. 9; 80 of 1997 s. 89) 
(2) Nothing in this section shall operate to prevent the extraction of teeth for the relief of pain, or the application of remedies for such purposes, by a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Registration Ordinance (Cap. 161).
(3) For the purposes of this section a person who fraudulently procures himself to be registered under this Ordinance shall be deemed not to have been so registered. (Added 68 of 1986 s. 9)

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

4A. Council to set Licensing Examination
(1) The Council shall set an examination, called the Licensing Examination, the passing of which qualifies a person to be registered under section 8. 
(2) The Council may impose such conditions as it thinks fit, being conditions which are relevant to the assessment or improvement of a person’s professional knowledge in dentistry, which a person must comply with before the Council allows him to sit the Licensing Examination or any part thereof. 
(3) The Council may prohibit a person from sitting the Licensing Examination if the person has sat any one part of the Licensing Examination 5 times and has failed each time. (Amended 9 of 2002 s. 2)
(4) (Repealed 9 of 2002 s. 2) (Added 34 of 1995 s. 3)

5. Meetings of the Council
(1) The Council shall meet at such times and such places as the Chairman may appoint, and the Council shall also meet at the request in writing of at least 4 members, addressed to the Chairman. (Amended 4 of 1988 s. 4) 
(2) At any meeting of the Council 4 members, including not less than 1 member appointed under section 4(2)(d), shall be a quorum. 
(3) The validity of any proceedings of the Council shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members thereof or by any defect in the appointment of a member thereof. 
(4) All questions coming or arising before a meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the members of the Council present and voting thereon. 
(5) The Chairman at any meeting of the Council shall have an original vote and also, if upon any question the votes shall be equally divided, a casting vote except in an inquiry under section 9 or 18 at which he shall have only an original vote. (Amended 4 of 1988 s. 4) 

5A. Transaction of business by circulation of papers
The Council may transact any of its business, other than an inquiry under section 9 or 18, by circulation of papers, and a resolution in writing which is approved in writing by all the members present in Hong Kong at the time the resolution was circulated (being not less than the number required to constitute a majority of the members of the Council) shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Council by the votes of the members so approving the resolution.
(Added 80 of 1997 s. 90)

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

5B. Establishment and composition of Education and Accreditation Committee
(1) There shall be established a committee to be called the “Education and Accreditation Committee”. (Amended E.R. 7 of 2020)
(2) The Education and Accreditation Committee shall consist of the following members appointed by the Council—
(a) a chairman who is a member of the Council;
(b) 1 registered dentist, not being a member of the Council, nominated by the University of Hong Kong;
(c) 1 registered dentist, not being a member of the Council, nominated by the Academy of Medicine;
(d) 1 registered dentist, not being a member of the Council, nominated by the Director of Health;
(e) 1 registered dentist, not being a member of the Council, nominated by the Hong Kong Dental Association;
(f) 2 other members who are members of the Council.
(3) A registered dentist is not eligible for appointment under subsection (2) if the Council has made an order in respect of the dentist under section 18(1)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv).
(4) The term of a member appointed under subsection (2) is 3 years, and the member is eligible for reappointment on the expiry of the term.
(5) If, during the period of his office—
(a) a member of the Education and Accreditation Committee under subsection (2)(a) or (f) ceases to be a member of the Council;
(b) a member of the Education and Accreditation Committee under subsection (2)(b), (c), (d) or (e)—
(i) ceases to be a registered dentist; or
(ii) becomes a member of the Council; or
(c) the Council has made an order in respect of a member of the Education and Accreditation Committee under section 18(1)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv),
the member ceases to be a member of the Education and Accreditation Committee.
(Added 11 of 2006 s. 4)