O. Reg. 280/23: GENERAL

 

ontario regulation 280/23

made under the

Dentistry Act, 1991

Made: August 11, 2023
Approved: August 17, 2023
Filed: August 21, 2023
Published on e-Laws: August 21, 2023
Published in The Ontario Gazette: September 9, 2023

Amending O. Reg. 205/94

(GENERAL)

1. Subsection 10.1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 205/94 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

10.  Emergency.

2. Section 16 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(4) The requirements of paragraphs 1, 3, 4 and 5 of subsection (1) and the requirement to pay the application fee set out in a College by-law do not apply to an applicant who held an emergency certificate of registration issued by the College within three years before submitting their application for that general certificate of registration.

3. Section 18 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(6.1) The requirements of paragraphs 1, 5, 6 and 7 of subsection (2) and the requirement to pay the application fee set out in a College by-law do not apply to an applicant who held an emergency certificate of registration issued by the College within three years before submitting their application for that specialty certificate of registration.

4. Section 20 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3.1) The requirements of paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of subsection (1) and the requirement to pay the application fee set out in a College by-law do not apply to an applicant who held an emergency certificate of registration issued by the College within three years before submitting their application for that academic certificate of registration.

5. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

EMERGENCY

26.1 (1) The additional requirements for the issuing of an emergency certificate of registration are the following:

1.  The Minister must have requested that the College initiate registrations under this class based on the Minister’s opinion that emergency circumstances call for it or the Council must have determined, after taking into account all of the relevant circumstances that impact the ability of applicants to meet the ordinary registration requirements, that there are emergency circumstances, and that it is in the public interest that the College issue emergency certificates.

2.  The applicant has a degree in dentistry evidencing successful completion of a course in dental studies of at least four years duration at a university-based dental school approved by the registration committee.

3.  Since the applicant satisfied the requirement of paragraph 2, there has been no three-year period during which the applicant has not engaged in the practice of dentistry on a continuous and regular basis.

4.  The applicant is able to demonstrate the ability to speak and write either English or French with reasonable fluency.

5.  The applicant has successfully completed an examination in ethics and jurisprudence set or approved by the College.

6.  The applicant is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada or has received the appropriate authorization under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) to permit the applicant to engage in the practice of dentistry in Canada as authorized by the certificate.

(2) The requirements of paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of subsection (1) are non-exemptible.

(3) An emergency certificate of registration is subject to the following terms, conditions and limitations:

1.  The member may engage in the practice of dentistry only under the supervision of a member who holds a general, specialty or academic certificate of registration and who has been approved by the Registrar to supervise a member of the Emergency class.

2.  The member may engage in the practice of dentistry only while identifying themself as a member of the emergency class.

3.  The certificate shall expire one year from the date the certificate was issued, unless extended by the Registrar as long as the Council has not determined that the emergency circumstances have ended.

4.  The certificate is automatically revoked,

i.  15 days or a greater period up to 60 days as the Council shall determine, after the Council’s determination that the emergency circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) have ended, or

ii.  immediately, if in the opinion of the Registrar or the Registration Committee, the revocation is in the public interest.

(4) The Registrar may extend an emergency certificate of registration for one or more periods, each of which is not to exceed one year, as long as Council has not determined that the emergency circumstances have ended.

(5) Where a member who holds an education certificate of registration also holds an emergency certificate of registration, the terms, conditions and limitations listed in subsection 21 (2) do not apply to the member during the time that the member is practising as a member of the emergency class.

(6) Where a member who holds a post-specialty training certificate of registration also holds an emergency certificate of registration, the terms, conditions and limitations listed in subsection 22 (3) do not apply to the member during the time that the member is practising as a member of the emergency class.

(7) Where a member who holds a graduate student certificate of registration also holds an emergency certificate of registration, the terms, conditions and limitations listed in subsection 23 (2) do not apply to the member during the time that the member is practising as a member of the emergency class.

Commencement

6. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day subsection 3 (3) of Schedule 6 to the Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.

Made by:

Council of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario:

Harinder S. Sandhu

President

Daniel Faulkner

Registrar & CEO

Date made: August 11, 2023