Section 22: Registration of dental surgeon

22. Registration of dental surgeon (1) A person may be registered as a dental surgeon if— (a) he is a citizen of Mauritius; (aa) produces a certificate, or a certified copy of a certificate, stating that he has passed at one sitting any 3 subjects at Advanced (“A”) level (or its equivalent), with a minimum of 21 points, based on the following scale (or such equivalent scale as may be D5 – 11 [Issue 5] Dental Council Act approved by the Council on the recommendation of the Ministry responsible for the subject of education)— A Level Grade A Level Points A+ 10 A 9 B 8 C 7 D 6 E 4 (b) he holds a diploma in dental surgery; (c) he is of good character and has not been convicted of an offence in any country involving fraud or dishonesty; (d) he has not been disqualified from practice as a dental surgeon in any country; (e) he has not in any country been removed from the list of dental surgeons on account of professional misconduct or negligence; (f) he does not suffer from any mental or physical incapacity which may hamper the discharge of his duties; (g) he has successfully undergone such examination or assessment as the Council may deem fit for the purpose of determining whether he possesses adequate professional medical knowledge and linguistic skills; and (h) he has paid such fee as may be prescribed by the Council. (2) Subsection (1) (aa) shall not apply to a person who has, on the commencement of this section, already enrolled on a course leading to a diploma in dental surgery. [S. 22 amended by s. 7 (a) of Act 27 of 2012 w.e.f. 1 January 2013.]