C15

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), s. 8, not commenced as of date of revision.

F13[26E.—(1) A person may make an application to the Council, accompanied by the appropriate fee, to be registered in the Register of Dental Specialists.

(2) The Council shall enter the name of a person who has made an application under subsection (1) in the Register of Dental Specialists if—

(a) the Council is satisfied that the person holds a dental specialist qualification,

(b) either—

(i) the person satisfies the Council that he or she has a knowledge of either the English language or the Irish language necessary to practise as a dental specialist, or

(ii) the person passes the controls referred to in Regulation 85 of the Regulations of 2017 for controlling compliance with the languages obligation under paragraph (1) of that Regulation,

(c) the person satisfies the Council of his or her fitness to engage in the practice of a dental specialty, and

(d) rules made by the Council apply to the person, the person satisfies the Council that he or she complies with the rules.

(3) The Council may, by notice in writing given to a person who has made an application under subsection (1), request the person to give to the Council, within the period specified in the notice, such further information as the Council may require in order to determine the application.]