NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 68/16

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 68/16

Dental Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Dental Act, 2008

(Filed October 19, 2016)

Under the authority of section 11 of the Dental Act, 2008, the Newfoundland and Labrador Dental Board, with the approval of the Minister of Health and Community Services, makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John's, October 19, 2016.

Dr. Harry Simms
Chairperson, Newfoundland and Labrador Dental Board

Dr. John Haggie
Minister of Health and Community Services

REGULATIONS

Analysis

CNLR 1103/96
as amended

1. Section 5 of the Dental Regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

Specialists

5. The class of specialists set out in Column 1 of the following Table opposite the name of the branch of dentistry set out in Column 2 of the Table is the class of specialists in that branch of dentistry:

TABLE

	COLUMN 1	COLUMN 2
ITEM	Class of Specialists	Branch of Dentistry
1.	oral and maxillofacial surgeons	oral and maxillofacial surgery
2.	orthodontists	orthodontics
3.	paedodontists	paedodontics
4.	periodontists	periodontics
5.	public health dentists	dental public health
6.	endodontists	endodontics
7.	oral pathologists	oral pathology
8.	oral radiologists	oral radiology
9.	prosthodontists	prosthodontics
10.	oral medicine doctors	oral medicine
11.	oral medicine and oral pathologists	oral medicine and oral pathology

2. Section 6 of the regulations is amended by deleting the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (1)(d)(ix) and substituting a comma, and by adding immediately after subparagraph (1)(d)(ix) the following:

(x) oral medicine, successful completion of 36 consecutive months of full-time instruction in an oral medicine program, approved by the board,

(xi) oral medicine and oral pathology, successful completion of 48 months of full-time instruction in an oral medicine and oral pathology program, approved by the board;