DENTAL TECHNOLOGISTS (REGISTRATION, ETC.) ACT

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA  

DENTAL TECHNOLOGISTS (REGISTRATION, ETC.) ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I – Dental Technologists Registration Board of Nigeria

1. Establishment of the Dental Technologists Registration Board of Nigeria.
2. Membership of the Board.
3. Powers of the Board.
4. Fund of the Board.
5. Financial provisions.
6. Control of the Board by the Minister.
7. Registrar and other employees of the Board.

PART II – Registration

8. Preparation and maintenance of register.
9. Publication of register and lists of corrections.
10. Registration.
11. Temporary registration.

PART III – Training

12. Approval of courses.
13. Supervision of institution and examinations leading to approved qualifications.
14. Power of the Board to consider matters relating to training.

PART IV – Privileges of registered persons and offences by unregistered persons, etc.

15. Certificate invalid if given by unregistered person.
16. Appointment not to be held by unregistered person.
17. Prohibition of falsely professing to be a registered person.
18. Recovery of fees.
19. Offences.
20. Burden of proof.

PART V – Discipline

21. Constitution of the Disciplinary Committee and the Investigating Panel.
22. Proceedings of the Disciplinary Committee.
23. Penalties for unprofessional conduct.
24. Restoration of registration.
25. Striking off entries from the register on grounds of fraud or error.
26. Appeal to the Court of Appeal.

PART VI – Supplementary

27. Regulations, etc.
28. Interpretation.
29. Short title.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE – Supplementary provisions relating to the Board

SECOND SCHEDULE – Supplementary provisions relating to the Disciplinary Committee  and the Investigating Panel

THIRD SCHEDULE – Accepted minimum qualification for the purpose of registration on the register established under this Act

DENTAL TECHNOLOGISTS (REGISTRATION, ETC.) ACT

An Act to establish a Board in respect of dental technologists and also to make incidental provisions for the control of the practice of the profession of dental technology.

[Commencement.] [17th December, 1987]

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