Dentistry (Jersey) Law 201-

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A decision made 5 August 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2015-0029
Decision Summary Title :	Draft Dentistry (Jersey) Law 201-		Date of Decision Summary:	30 July 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Professional and Care Regulation		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	-
Written Report Title :	Draft Dentistry (Jersey) Law 201-		Date of Written Report:	22 July 2015
Written Report Author:	Head of Professional and Care Regulation		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Approval of Draft Dentistry (Jersey) Law 201- for lodging.
Decision(s): The Minister for Health and Social Services approved the Draft Dentistry Law 201- for lodging and directed that the document should be lodged “au Greffe” so as to allow the Law to be debated by the States.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Dentistry (Jersey) Law 201- replaces the Dentists (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1961 with new legislation that combines the existing regime for the registration of dentists with new provisions governing the registration of dental care professionals. This is the first stage of reform of dentistry registration and it is acknowledged that the Law will need further revision when the planned framework for dentistry revalidation is agreed and introduced in the UK. The Jersey Law relating to professions allied to dentistry has not kept pace with equivalent UK legislation on which the local Law is based. This means that whilst certain dental care professions can lawfully practise in the UK they cannot undertake the same scope of work in Jersey or undertake such work unsupervised by a dentist without committing a criminal offence. The objectives for reform are to match the provisions in Jersey with those in the UK so that: the same classes of ancillary worker are provided for; they are permitted to do the same scope of work as they do in the UK; they are subject to the same standards of regulation as they are in the UK; and the differential between the permitted practices for ancillaries employed by a States Body in comparison to the private sector is removed. To achieve these objectives the draft Law will essentially provide a secondary registration scheme for dental care professionals working in Jersey which will be dependent on registration with the GDC. The dental care professionals that will be included in the new draft Law are: clinical dental technicians dental nurses dental technicians orthodontic therapists dental therapists dental hygienists The draft Law will offer the public a wider choice of appropriately qualified and competent practitioners providing a range of dental services. The Attorney General has confirmed that the Draft Law is compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights.
Resource Implications: Administration costs associated with the registration of additional dental care professionals will be met within the existing regulatory function and income from a registration fee equivalent to that already in place for dental hygienists. The costs are likely to be offset by a web based electronic system for registration and renewal currently under development.
Action required: The signed Ministerial Decision to be sent to the States Greffe for archiving. The draft Dentistry (Jersey) Law 201- and report to be forwarded to the Greffe along with a request to the Greffier of the States to arrange for the projet to be lodged 'au Greffe’ .
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):