9. (1) The additional requirements for a specialty certificate of registration are the following: 1. The applicant has a degree in dentistry evidencing successful completion of a course in dental studies of at least four years duration at a university based dental school. 2. The applicant, i. holds a Certificate of the National Dental Examining Board of Canada issued before January 1, 1994, ii. has successfully completed the qualifying examination, or iii. is, on the date of making the application, registered or licensed to practise independently and without restriction or condition as a dentist in Canada or the United States or in a jurisdiction whose standards of practice have been approved by the College as equivalent to dental standards of practice in Ontario. 3. The applicant has successfully completed the specialty program listed in subsection (2) for the specialty for which authorization is sought. 4. The applicant has successfully completed the specialty examination set or approved by the College. 5. Since satisfying the requirement in paragraph 2, there has been no three-year period during which the applicant has not engaged in the practice of dentistry on a continuous and regular basis in Canada or the United States or in a jurisdiction whose standards of practice have been approved by the College as equivalent to dental standards of practice in Ontario. 6. The applicant is reasonably fluent in either English or French. 7. The applicant has successfully completed an examination in ethics and jurisprudence and such other examinations as may be set or approved by the College. 8. The applicant is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada or has received the appropriate authorization under the Immigration Act (Canada), to permit the applicant to engage in the practice of dentistry in Canada. O. Reg. 832/93, s. 9 (1); O. Reg. 124/97, s. 1. (2) The applicant shall satisfy the requirement in paragraph 3 of subsection (1) if the applicant has completed one of the following specialty programs: 1. In the case of endodontics, an approved diploma or degree program in endodontics consisting of a minimum of twenty-two months of full-time instruction. 2. In the case of oral and maxillofacial surgery, an approved diploma or degree program in oral and maxillofacial surgery consisting of a minimum of forty-eight months of full-time instruction. 3. In the case of oral pathology, an approved diploma or degree program in oral pathology consisting of a minimum of thirty- three months of full-time instruction. 4. In the case of oral radiology, an approved diploma or degree program in oral radiology consisting of a minimum of twenty-two months of full-time instruction. 5. In the case of orthodontics, an approved diploma or degree program in orthodontics consisting of a minimum of twenty-two months of full-time instruction. 6. In the case of paediatric dentistry, an approved diploma or degree program in paediatric dentistry consisting of a minimum of twenty-two months of full-time instruction. 7. In the case of periodontics, an approved diploma or degree program in periodontics consisting of a minimum of twenty-two months of full-time instruction. 8. In the case of prosthodontics, an approved diploma or degree program in prosthodontics consisting of a minimum of twenty-two months of full-time instruction. 9. In the case of public health dentistry, an approved diploma or degree program in public health consisting of a minimum of twenty-two months of full-time instruction. O. Reg. 832/93, s. 9 (2). (3) In this section, “approved diploma or degree program” means a program taken in Canada or the United States that was, at the time the applicant commenced the program, approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada or recognized by the Commission under the terms of a reciprocal agreement. O. Reg. 832/93, s. 9 (3). (4) A specialty certificate of registration has the following additional condition: 1. The member may engage in the practice of dentistry only within the specialty to which the certificate relates unless the member also holds a general certificate of registration. O. Reg. 832/93, s. 9 (4).