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Act No. of Year: ACT NO. 16 OF 1948 1
Enactment Date: [29th March, 1948.]
Act
Objective: An Act to regulate the profession of dentistry. WHEREAS
it is expedient to make provision for the regulation of the
profession of dentistry and for that purpose to constitute Dental
Councils
ACT YEAR NO:
194816
Section Text:
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY
1. Short title and extend.(1) This Act may be called the Dentists
Act, 1948.
(2) It extends to the whole of India
2* * *.
2.Interpretation.In this Act,
Unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(a) "the Council" means the Dental Council of India
constituted under section 3 ;
(b) "dental
hygienist" means a person not being a dentist or a medical
practitioner, who scales, cleans or polishes teeth, or gives
instruction in dental hygiene;
(c) "dental
mechanic" means a person who makes or repairs denture and dental
appliances;
(d) "dentistry" includes--
(i) the performance of any operation on, and the treatment on any
disease, deficiency or lesion of, human teeth or jaws, and the
performance of radiographic work in connection with human teeth or
jaws or the oral cavity;
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1The Act has been amended in:-
West Bengal by
West Bengal Act 26 of 1959, Madras by Madras A.0. 1961 and Orissa by
Orissa Act 20 of 1972.
The Act has been extended
to:-
Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Regulation 6 of
1963, s. 2 and First Sch. Goa, Daman and Diu by Regulation 11 of
1963, s. 3 and Sch. and comes into force in Pondicherry with
modification by Regulation 7 of 1963, s. 3 and First Sch. (w.e.f.
1-10-1963).
2 The words "except the State of
Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 42 of 1972, s. 2 (w.e.f.
1-11-1972).
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(ii) the giving of any anaesthetic in connection with any
such operation or treatment ;
(iii) the
mechanical construction or the renewal of artificial dentures or
restorative dental appliances ;
(iv) the
performance of any operation on, or the giving of any treatment,
advice or attendance to, any person preparatory to, or for the
purpose of, or in connection with, the fitting, inserting, fixing,
constructing, repairing or renewing of artificial dentures or
restorative dental appliances, and the performance of any such
operation and the giving of any such treatment, advice or
attendance, as is usually performed or given by dentists ;
(e) "dentist" means a person who practises dentistry:
(f)" medical practitioner" means a person who holds a
qualification granted by an authority specified or notified under
section of the Indian Medical Degrees Act, 1916 (7 of 1916), or
specified in the Schedules to the 1[Indian Medical Council Act, 1956
(102 of 1956) ,]
2[or specified in any other law for the
time being in force in any State,] or who practises any system of
medicine and is registered or is entitled to be registered in any
State medical register by whatever name called;
(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules or regulations made under
this Act ;
(h) "State Council" means a State
Dental Council constituted under section 21, and includes a Joint
State Council constituted in accordance with an agreement under
section 22;
(i) "register" means a register
maintained under this Act ;
3[(j) "recognised
dental qualification" means any of the qualifications included in
the Schedule;]
(k) "recognised dental hygiene
qualification" means a qualification recognised by the Council under
section 11
(l) "registered dentist", "registered
dental hygienist" and "registered dental mechanic" shall mean,
respectively, a person whose name is for the time being registered
in a register of dentists, a register of dental hygienists and
a register of dental mechanics;
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1Subs. by Act 42 of 1972, s. 3, for "Indian Medical Council Act,
1933" (w.e.f. 1-11-1972).
2Ins. by Act 12 of
1955, s. 3.
3Subs. by Act 42 of 1972, s. 3, for
cl. (j) (w.e.f. 1-11-1972).
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2[2A. Construction of references to
laws not in force in Jammu and Kashmir. Any reference in this Act to
a law which is not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir shall,
in relation to that State, be construed as a reference to the
corresponding law, if any, in force in
that State.]
CHAPTER II
DENTAL COUNCIL OF
INDIA
3. Constitution and composition
of council. The Central Government shall, as soon as may be,
constitute a Council consisting of the following members, namely :-
(a) one registered dentist possessing a recognised dental
qualification elected by the dentists registered in Part A of each
State register;
(b) one member elected from
amongst themselves by the members of the Medical Council of India;
3[4[(c) not more than four members elected from among
themselves, by-
(a) Principals, Deans, Directors
and Vice-Principals of dental colleges in the States training
students for recognised dental qualifications :
Provided that not more than one member shall be elected from the
same dental college;
(b) Heads of dental wings of
medical colleges in the States training students for recognised
dental qualifications;]
(d) one member from each
University established by law in the States which grants a
recognised dental qualification, to be elected by the members of the
Senate of the University, or in case the University has no Senate,
by the members of the court, from amongst the members of the Dental
Faculty of the University or in case the University has no Dental
Faculty, from amongst the members of the Medical Faculty thereof;
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1 Cl. (m) omitted by Act 42 of 1972, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-11-1972).
2 Ins. by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-11-1972).
3 Subs. by Act 12 of 1955, s. 4, for cls. (c), (d) and (e).
4 Subs. by Act 42 of 1972, s. 5, for cl. (c) (w.e.f.
1-11-1972).
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(e) one member to represent
1[each State 2* * *] nominated by the Government of each such State
from among persons registered either in a medical register or a
dental register of the State;]
3[Explanation.-In
this clause, "State" does not include a Union territory;]
(f) six members nominated by the Central Government, of whom at
least one shall be a registered dentist possessing a recognised
dental qualification and practising or holding an appointment in an
institution for the training of dentists in a 4[Union territory] and
at least two shall be dentists registered in Part B of a State
register;
5(g) the Director General of Health
Services, ex officio;]
Provided that
pending the preparation of registers the State Governments may
nominate to the first Council members referred to in parts (a) and
(e) and the Central Government members referred to in part (f) out
of persons who are eligible for registration in the
respective registers and such persons shall hold office for such
period as the State or Central Government may, by notification in
the Official Gazette, specify.
4. Incorporation
of Council. The Council shall be a body corporate by the name of the
Dental Council of India, having perpetual succession and a common
seal, with power to acquire and hold property, both movable and
immovable, and shall by the said name sue and be
sued.
5.Mode of election. Elections under this Chapter shall be
conducted in the prescribed manner, and where any dispute arises
regarding any such election, it shall be referred to the Central
Government whose decision shall be final.
6. Term
of office and casual vacancies. (1) Subject to the provisions of
this section an elected or nominated member shall hold office for a
term of five years from the date of his election or nomination or
until his successor has been duly elected or nominated,
whichever is longer:
6[Provided that a member
nominated under clause (e) or clause (of) section 3, shall hold
office during the pleasure of the authority nominating him.]
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1 Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for "each
Part A State and Part B State other than the State of Jammu and
Kashmir".
2 Certain words omitted by Act 42 of
1972, s. 5 (w.e.f. 1-11- 1972).
3 Ins. by s. 5,
ibid. (w.e.f. 1-11-1972).
4 Subs. by the
Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for "Part C State".
5 Ins. by Act 12 of 1955, s. 4.
6 Added
by Act 42 of 1972, s. 6 (w.e.f. 1-11-1972).
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(2) An elected or nominated member may
at any time resign his membership by writing under his hand
addressed to the President and the seat of such member shall
thereupon become vacant.
(3) An elected or
nominated member shall be deemed to have vacated his seat if he is
absent without excuse, sufficient in the opinion of the Council from
three consecutive ordinary meetings of the Council or, in the case
of a member whose name is required to be
included in a
State register, if his name is removed from such register, or if he
has been elected under clause (c) of section 3 1[if he ceases to
hold his appointment as the 2[Principal, Dean, Director or
Vice-Principal] of a dental college, or as 3[the Head of
the dental wing] of a medical college, or if he has been elected
under clause (b) or (d) of section 3, if he ceases to be a member of
the Medical Council of India or 4[the Dental or Medical Faculty] of
the University, as the case may be.
(4) A casual
vacancy in the Council shall be filled by fresh election or
nomination, as the case may be, and the person elected or nominated
to fill the vacancy shall hold office only for the remainder of the
term for which the member whose place he takes was elected or
nominated.
(5) Members of the Council shall be
eligible for re-election or re-nomination.
(6) No
act done by the Council shall be called in question on the ground
merely of the existence of any vacancy in, or defect in the
constitution of, the Council.
7.President and
Vice President of Council. (1) The President and Vice-President of
the Council shall be elected by the members thereof from among
themselves:
Provided that on the first
constitution of the Council and until the President is elected, a
member of the Council nominated by the Central Government in this
behalf shall discharge the functions of the President :
Provided further that for five years from the first constitution of
the Council, the President shall, if the Central Government so
decides, be a person nominated by the Central Government who shall
hold office during the pleasure of the Central Government, and where
he is not
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1 Subs. by Act 12 of 1955, s. 5, for "if he ceases to hold his
appointment as head of a college".
2 Subs. by Act
42 of 1972, s. 6, for "Principal or Vice-Principal" (w.e.f.
1-11-1972).
3 Subs. by s. 6, ibid., for "a
professor of Dental Surgery" (w.e.f. 1-11-1972).
4 Subs. by Act 12 of 1955, s, 5, for "the Medical Faculty".
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already a member, shall be a member of
the Council in addition to the members referred to in section 3.
(2)An elected President or Vice-President shall hold
office as such for a term not exceeding five years and not extending
beyond the expiry of his term as member of the Council, but subject
to his being a member of the Council, he shall be eligible for
re-election.
8. Staff remuneration and
allowances. (1) The Council shall-
(a) appoint a
Secretary who may also, if so decided by the Council, act as
Treasurer;
(b) appoint such other officers and
servants as the Council deems necessary to enable it to carry out
its functions under this Act ;
(c) require and
take from the Secretary or from any other officer or servant such
security for the due performance of his duties as the Council
considers necessary ; and
(d) with the previous
sanction of the Central Government, fix the fees and allowances of
the
President, Vice-President and other members of the
Council, and the pay and allowances and other conditions of service
of officers and servants of the Council.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a) of sub- section
(1), for the first four years from the first constitution of the
Council, the Secretary of the Council shall be a person appointed by
the Central Government, who shall hold office during the pleasure
of the Central Government.
9.The Executive
Committee.(1) The Council shall constitute from among its members an
Executive Committee, and may so constitute other Committees for such
general or special purposes as the Council considers necessary for
carrying out its functions under this Act.
(2)
The Executive Committee shall consist of the President and
Vice-President ex officio 1[and the Director-General of Health
Services ex officio] and five other members elected by the Council.
(3) The President and Vice-President of the Council shall
be Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively, of the Executive
Committee.
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1 Ins. by Act 42 of 1972, s. 7 (w.e.f. 1-11-1972).
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(4) A member of the Executive
Committee shall hold office as such until the expiry of his term of
office as member of the Council but, subject to his being a member
of the Council, he shall be eligible for re-election.
(5)In addition to the powers and duties conferred and imposed on it
by this Act, the Executive Committee shall exercise and discharge
such powers and duties as may be prescribed.
1[10.Recognition of dental qualifications. (1) The dental
qualifications, granted by any authority or institution in India,
which are included in Part I of the Schedule shall be recognised
dental qualifications for the purposes of this Act.
(2)Any authority or institution in India which grants a dental
qualification not included in Part I of the Schedule may apply to
the Central Government to have such qualification recognised and
included in that Part, and the Central Government, after consulting
the Council, and after such inquiry, if any, as it may think fit for
the purpose, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend
Part I of the Schedule so as to include such qualification therein,
and any such notification may also direct that , an entry shall be
made in Part I of Schedule against such dental qualification
declaring that it shall be a recognised dental qualification only
when granted after a specified date-.
(3)(a) The
dental qualifications, granted by any authority or institution
outside India, which ire included in Part II of the Schedule shall
be recognised dental qualifications only for the
purposes
of the registration of citizens of India when the register is first
prepared under this Act.
(b) Where any dental
qualification granted by any authority or institution outside India,
and held by a citizen of India, is recognised for the purposes of
the register when it is first prepared, after the commencement of
the Dentists (Amendment) Act, 1972 (42 of
1972), the
Central Government may, after consultation with the Council, by
notification in the Official Gazette, amend Part II of the Schedule
so as to include therein the dental qualification so recognised.
(4)(a) The dental qualifications granted by any authority
or institution outside India, which are included in Part III of the
Schedule, shall be recognised dental qualifications for the purposes
of this Act, but no person possessing any such qualification shall
be entitled for registration unless he is a citizen of India.
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1 Subs. by Act 42 of 1972, s. 8 (w.e.f. 1-11-1972).
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(b) Where any dental qualification granted by
any authority or institution outside India, and held by a citizen of
India, is recognised, except on reciprocal basis, after the
commencement of the Dentists (Amendment) Act, 1972 (42 of 1972), the
Central Government may, after consultation with the Council, by
notification in the Official Gazette, amend Part III of the Schedule
so as to include therein the dental qualification recognised.
(5) The Council may enter into negotiations with any
authority or institution in any State or country outside India
which, by law of any such State or country, is entrusted with, the
maintenance of a register of dentists, for the settling of a scheme
of reciprocity for the recognition of dental qualifications and in
pursuance of any such scheme, the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, declare that any such
qualification granted by any authority or institution in any such
State or country, or such qualification,
only when granted
after a specified date, shall be a recognised dental qualification
for the purposes of this Act, and any such notification may provide
for an amendment of the Schedule and may also direct that any such
dental qualification as is specified in the notification shall be
entered in the Schedule as so amended.
(6)The
Central Government may, after consultation with the Council, by
notification in the Official Gazette, amend the Schedule by
directing that an entry be made therein in respect of any dental
qualification declaring that it shall be a recognised dental
qualification only granted before a specified date.]
Permission for establishment of new dental college, new
courses of study, etc.
1[10A.
Permission for establishment of new dental college, new courses of
study, etc. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or
any other law for the time being in force,-
(a) no person shall establish an authority or institution for a
course of study or training (including a post-graduate course of
study or training) which would enable a student of such course or
training to qualify himself for the grant of recognised dental
qualification; or
(b) no authority or institution
conducting a course of study or training (including a
post-graduate course of study or training) for grant of recognised
dental qualification shall-
(i) open a new or
higher course of study or training (including a post-graduate course
of study or training) which would enable a student of such course or
training to qualify himself for the award of any recognised dental
qualification; or
(ii) increase its admission
capacity in any course of study or training (including a
post-graduate course of study or training), except with the previous
permission of the Central Government obtained in accordance
with the provisions of this section.
Explanation 1.-For the purposes of this section, "person" includes
any University or a trust but does not include the Central
Government.
Explanation 2.-For the purposes of
this section, "admission capacity", in relation to any course of
study or training (including a post-graduate course of study or
training) in an authority or institution granting recognised dental
qualification, means the maximum number of students that may be
fixed by the Council from time to time for being admitted to such
course or training.
(2) (a) Every person,
authority or institution granting recognised dental qualification
shall, for the purpose of obtaining permission under sub-section
(1), submit to the Central Government a scheme in accordance with
the provisions of clause (b) and the Central
Government
shall refer the said scheme to the Council for its recommendations.
(b) The scheme referred to in clause (a) shall be in such
form and contain such particulars and be preferred in such manner
and be accompanied with such fee as may be prescribed.
(3) On receipt of a scheme by the Council under
sub-section (2), the Council may obtain such other particulars as
may be considered necessary by It from the person, authority or
institution concerned, granting recognised dental qualification and
thereafter, it may,-
(a) if the scheme is
defective and does not contain any necessary particulars, give a
reasonable opportunity to the person, authority or institution
concerned for making a written representation and it shall be open
to such person, authority or institution to rectify the
defects, if any, specified by the Council;
(b)
consider the scheme, having regard to the factors referred to in
sub-section (7), and submit the scheme together with its
recommendations thereon to the Central Government,
(4) The Central Government may, after
considering the scheme and the recommendations of the Council under
subsection (3) and after obtaining, where necessary, such other
particulars as may be considered necessary by it from the person,
authority or institution
concerned, and having regard to
the factors referred to in sub-section (7), either approve (with
such conditions, if any, as it may consider necessary) or disapprove
the scheme and any such approval shall be a permission under
subsection (1):
Provided that no scheme shall be
disapproved by the Central Government except after giving the
person, authority or institution concerned granting recognised
dental qualification a reasonable opportunity of being heard:
Provided further that nothing in this sub-section shall
prevent any person, authority or institution whose scheme has not
been approved to submit a fresh scheme and the provisions of this
section shall apply to such scheme, as if such scheme has been
submitted for the first time under sub-section (2).
(5) Where within a period of one year from the date of submission of
the scheme to the Central Government under sub-section (2), no order
passed by the Central Government has been communicated to the
person, authority or institution submitting the scheme, such
scheme shall be deemed to have been approved by the Central
Government in the form in which it had been submitted, and,
accordingly, the permission of the Central Government required under
sub-section (1) shall also be deemed to have been granted.
(6) In computing the time-limit specified in sub-section
(5), the time taken by the person, authority or institution
concerned submitting the scheme in furnishing any particulars called
for by the Council or by the Central Government, shall be excluded.
(7) The Council, while making its recommendations under
clause (b) of sub-section (3) and the Central Government, while
passing an order either approving or disapproving the scheme under
sub-section(4), shall have due regard to the following factors,
namely: -
(a) whether the proposed authority or
institution for grant of recognised dental qualification or the
existing authority or institution seeking to open a new or higher
course of study or training, would be in a position to offer the
minimum standards of dental education in
conformity with
the requirements referred to in section 16A and the regulations made
under sub-section (1)of section 20;
(b) whether
the person seeking to establish an authority or institution or the
existing authority or institution seeking to open a new or higher
course of study or training or to increase its admission capacity
has adequate resources;
(c) whether necessary
facilities in respect of staff, equipment, accommodation, training
and other facilities to ensure; proper functioning of the authority
or institution or conducting the new course of study or training or
accommodating the increased admission capacity have been provided or
would be provided within the time-limit specified in the scheme;
(d) whether adequate hospital facilities, having regard to
the number of students likely to attend such authority or
institution or course of study or training or as a result of the
increased admission capacity have been provided or would be provided
within the time-limit
specified in the scheme;
(e) whether any arrangement has been made or programme drawn to
impart proper training to students likely to attend such authority
or institution or course of study or training by persons having the
recognised dental qualifications;
(f) the
requirement of manpower in the field of practice of dentistry; and
(g) any other factors as may be prescribed.
(8) Where the Central Government passes an order either
approving or disapproving a scheme under this section, a copy of the
order shall be communicated to the person, authority or institution
concerned.
10B.Non-recognition of
dental qualifications in certain cases. (1) Where any authority or
institution is established for grant of recognised dental
qualification except with the previous permission of the: Central
Government in accordance with the provisions of section 10A, no
dental qualification granted to any student of such authority or
institution shall be a recognised dental qualification for the
purposes of this Act.
11.Qualifications of dental hygienists. Any
authority in a State 2*** which grants a qualification for dental
hygienists may apply to the Council to have such qualification
recognised, and the Council may, after such inquiry, if any, as it
thinks fit, and after consulting the Government and the State
Council of the State in which the authority
making the
application is situated, declare that such qualification, or such
qualification only when granted after a specified date, shall be a
recognised dental hygiene qualification for the purposes of this
Act.
12.Qualifications of dental mechanics. The
Council may prescribe the period and nature of an apprenticeship or
training which shall be undergone and the other conditions which
shall be satisfied by a person before he is entitled to be
registered under this Act as a
dental mechanic.
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1 Ins by Act 30 of 1993, s.2 (w.e.f. 27.8.1992)
2 The words "of India" omitted by the A.O. 1950
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13.Effect of recognition. Notwithstanding
anything contained in any other law, but subject to the provisions
of this Act,-
(a) any recognised dental or dental
hygiene qualification shall be a sufficient qualification for
enrolment in the appropriate register of any State ;
(b) no person shall, after the first registers are compiled under
this Act, be entitled to be enrolled in any register as a dentist or
dental hygienist unless he holds a recognised dental or dental
hygiene qualification or as a dental mechanic unless he has
undergone training which satisfies the prescribed requirements
referred to in section 12.
14. Power to
require information as to courses of study and training and
examinations. Every authority in a State 1 * * * which grants any
recognised dental or dental hygiene qualification shall furnish such
information as the Council may from time to time require as to the
courses of study and training and examinations to be undergone in
order to obtain such qualification, as to the ages at which such
courses of study and examinations are required to be undergone, and
generally as to the requisites for obtaining such
qualification.
15.Inspection. (1) The Executive
Committee 2[may, subject to regulations, if any, made by the Council
appoint] such number of Inspectors as it deems necessary to attend
at any examinations held by authorities in the States 1* * * which
grant recognised dental or
dental hygiene qualifications
and to inspect any institution recognised as a training institution.
(2) Inspectors appointed under this section shall not
interfere with the course of any examination but they shall report
to the Executive Committee on the sufficiency of every examination
at which they attend and of the courses of study and training at
every
institution which they inspect, and on any other
matters with regard to which the Executive Committee may require
them to report.
(3) The Executive Committee shall
forward a copy of such report to the authority or institution
concerned and shall also forward copies with remarks, if any, of the
authority or institution concerned thereon to the Central Government
and to the Government of the State
in which the authority
or institution is situated.
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1 The words "of India" omitted by the A.O. 1950.
2 Subs. by Act 12 of 1955, s. 6, for "may appoint",
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1[15A.Appointment of Visitors. (1) The Council
may appoint such number of Visitors as it may deem necessary to
attend at any examination held by any authority or institution in a
State which grants recognised dental qualifications and to inspect
any institution
training students for recognised dental
qualifications.
(2) Any person, whether he is a
member of the Council or not, may be appointed as a Visitor under
this section, but a person who is appointed as an Inspector under
section 15 for any inspection or examination shall not be appointed
as a Visitor for the same
inspection or examination.
(3) The Visitor shall not interfere with the course of any
examination but shall report to the President of the Council on the
sufficiency of every examination at which he attends and of the
courses of study and training at every institution which he
inspects, and on the adequacy of the standards of dental education
including staff, equipment, accommodation and other facilities
prescribed for giving dental education, and on any other matters
with regard to which the Council may require him to report.
(4) The report of a Visitor shall be treated as
confidential unless in any particular case the President of the
Council otherwise directs :
Provided that if the
Central Government requires a copy of the report of a Visitor, the
Council shall furnish the same.
16. Withdrawal of
recognition. (1) When upon report by the Executive Committee it
appears to the Council--
(a) that the
courses of study and training or the examinations to be undergone in
order to obtain a recognised 2* * * dental hygiene qualification
from any authority in a State 3* * * or the conditions for admission
to such courses or the standards of proficiency required from the
candidates at such examinations are not in conformity with
regulations made under this Act or fall short of the standards
required thereby, or
(b) that an institution does
not satisfy the requirements of the Council,
the Council may send to the Government of the State in which the
authority or institution is situated a statement to such, effect,
and the
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1Ins. by Act 42 of 1972, s. 9 (w.e.f. 1-11-1972).
2The words "dental or" omitted by s. 10, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-11- 1972),
3The words "of India" omitted by the A.O. 1950.
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State Government shall forward it, along with
such remarks as it may think fit, to the authority or institution
concerned with an intimation of the period within which the
authority or institution may submit its explanation to the State
Government.
(2) On receipt of the explanation, or
where no explanation is submitted within the period fixed, then on
the expiry of the period, the State Government shall after
consulting the State Council, forward its recommendations and those
of the State Council, if any, to the
Council.
(3) The Council, after considering the recommendations of the State
Government and the State Council and after such further inquiry, if
any, as it may think fit to make, may declare that the qualification
granted by the authority or institution shall be a recognised 1* * *
dental hygiene qualification only when granted before a specified
date.
(4) The Council may declare that any
recognised 1*** dental hygiene qualification granted outside the
States 2*** shall be recognised as such only if granted before a
specified date.
3[16A.Withdrawal of recognition of recognised dental qualification.
(1) When, upon report by the Executive Committee or the Visitor, it
appears to the Council-
(a) that the courses of
study and training or the examination to be undergone in order to
obtain a recognised dental qualification from any authority or
institution in a State, or the conditions for admission to such
courses or the standards of proficiency required from the candidates
as such examinations are not in conformity with the regulations made
under this Act or fall short of the standards required thereby, or
(b) that an institution does not, in the matter of staff,
equipment, accommodation, training and other facilities, satisfy the
requirements of the Council, the Council shall send a statement to
that effect to the Central Government.
(2) After
considering such a statement, the Central Government may send it to
the Government of the State in which the authority exercises power
or the institution is situated, and the State Government shall
forward it, along with such remarks as it may think fit to make, to
the authority or institution concerned, with an intimation of the
period
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1 The words "dental or" omitted by Act 42 of 1972, s. 10 (w.e.f.
1-11-1972).
2The words "of India" omitted by the
A.O. 1950.
3Ins. by Act 42 of 1972, s. 11 (w.e.f.
1-11-1972).
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within which the authority or institution may
submit its explanation to the State Government.
(3) After considering the explanation, or where no explanation is
submitted within the period fixed, then, on the expiry of that
period, the State Government shall make its recommendations to the
Central Government.
(4) The Central Government
may, after considering the recommendations of the State Government
and after making such further inquiry, if any, as it may think fit,
by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that an entry shall
be made in Part I of the Schedule against the qualification granted
by the authority or institution declaring that it shall be a
recognised dental qualification only when granted before a specified
date or that the said recognised dental qualification if granted to
students of a specified college or institution affiliated to any
University shall be a recognised dental qualification only when
granted before a specified date or, as the case may be, that the
said recognised dental qualification shall be a
recognised
dental qualification in relation to a specified college or
institution affiliated to any University only when granted after a
specified date.]
17.Mode of declarations. All
declarations under 1*** section 11 or section 16 shall be made by a
resolution passed at a meeting of the Council and shall forthwith be
published in the Official Gazette.
2[17A.Professional conduct. (1) The Council may prescribe standards
of professional conduct and etiquette or the code of ethics for
dentists.
(2) Regulations made by the Council
under sub-section (1) may specify which violations thereof shall
constitute infamous conduct in any professional respect, that is to
say, professional misconduct, and such provision shall have effect
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law
for the time being in force.]
18. The Indian
Register. (1) The Council shall maintain a register of dentists to
be known as the Indian Dentists Register and consisting of the
entries in all the State registers of dentists.
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1 The word and figures "section lo", omitted by Act 42 of 1972, s.
12 (w.e.f. 1-11-1972).
2 Ins. by s. 13, ibid.
(w.e.f. 1-11-1972).
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(2) Each State Council shall
supply to the Council twenty printed copies of the State register as
soon as may be after the 1st day of April of each year, and each
Registrar shall inform the Council without delay of all additions to
and other amendments in the State
register.
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