Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India published a notice regarding finalisation of National Dental Commission bill at their official website. They are seeking comments on this draft and asked for comments on same. Comments can be furnished through email at v.jhal972@gov.in on or before 20.02.2020.
Aims of the bill -
- To provide quality and affordable dental education,
- To ensure availability of adequate and high quality dental professionals in all parts of the country;
- To promotes equitable and universal oral healthcare that encourages community health perspective and makes services of dental professionals accessible to all the citizens
- To promote national health goals
- To encourage dental professionals to adopt latest dental research in their work and to contribute to research
- Periodic and transparent assessment of dental institutions and facilitation of maintenance of a dental register for India which enforces high ethical standards in all aspects of dental services
- Providing flexibility to adapt to changes need.
Important chapters and points under the bill -
1. Repeal Dentists Act, 1948 2. Dissolve Dental Council of India (DCI) 3. Set up National Dental Commission (NDC) 4. National Exit Test (Dental) for final year under graduate students- for granting license to practice dentistry
- basis for admission to PG (MDS)
- for obtaining license to practice in India for the person having foreign dental qualification
- UG Dental Education (BDS)
- PG Dental Education (MDS)
- Dental Assessment & Rating Board
- Grant permission to establish new dental college OR increase seats.
- National Register of ALL dentists in India.
According to the bill, the term dentistry includes-
- Performance of any operation on, and the treatment on any disease, deficiency or lesion of human teeth or jaw or of facial hard and soft tissues and associated structures; and
- Performance of other diagnostic tools/investigations in connection with human teeth or jaws or the oral cavity;
- Measures for prevention of diseases of oral cavity and associated structures and promotion of oral health including tobacco cessation
- Giving of any anesthetic in connection with any such operation or treatment; excluding general anesthesia.
- 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 restoration, reconstruction and rehabilitation of teeth, jaws, oro-facial tissue and associated structures; 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
- Knowledge related to performance of mastication, phonation and deglutition.
Composition of Commission
The Commission shall consist of the following persons to be appointed by the Central Government, namely: - (a) A Chairperson; (b) Seven ex-officio Members; and (c) Twenty two part-time MembersFree for members
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