Ancillary Dental Workers (Jersey) Regulations 1974: Removal of name from Roll of Dental Hygienists

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A decision made 27 January 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2012-0003
Decision Summary Title :	Ancillary Dental Workers (Jersey) Regulations 1974 – Proposal to remove a name from the Roll of Dental Hygienists		Date of Decision Summary:	11 January 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Medical Officer of Health		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	Removal of name from Roll of Dental Hygienists		Date of Written Report:	11 January 2012
Written Report Author:	Medical Officer of Health		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Removal of name from Roll of Dental Hygienists under the Ancillary Dental Workers (Jersey) Regulations 1974 Law
Decision(s): The Minister for Health and Social Services has approved the removal of Katie Louise Green from the Roll of Dental Hygienists as stated in the report dated 11 January 2012
Reason(s) for Decision: (i) The failure of the Katie Louise Green to make an application to the Minister to be retained on the roll of dental ancillary workers as required by Article 10(1)(2) of the Ancillary Dental Workers (Jersey) Regulations 1974
Resource Implications: None
Action required: Written notification by the Medical Officer of Health to Katie Louise Green that her erasure from the Roll of Dental Hygienists has been confirmed by the Minister for Health and Social Services
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Ancillary Dental Workers (Jersey) Regulations 1974: Removal of name from Roll of Dental Hygienists

STATES OF JERSEY - HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Report from the Medical Officer of Health

to the Minister for Health and Social Services

TITLE: Ancillary Dental Workers (Jersey) Regulations 1974 - Erasure of a name from the Roll Of Dental Hygienists

Statutory Framework

The Minister of Health and Social Services has responsibility for the regulation of Dental Ancillary Workers including maintaining a roll for each class of worker under the above Regulations.

Under Article 10(2)

“Not later than the first day of December in every year, the Minister shall send to every person whose name is entered in a roll of ancillary dental workers a form of application for retention of a name in that roll, together with a notice of the fee payable and a warning that non-payment entails erasure”

Article 10(3) states:

“Where the Minister on the thirty first day of December in any year has not received from any person whose name is entered in a roll of ancillary dental workers a fee for the retention of that person’s name in that roll for the ensuing year, the Committee shall direct that that name be erased from the roll”

2012 Renewal Process

Notice and an application forms for retention on the roll were sent, on 07 December 2011 to all those whose names were entered in the Dental Hygienists roll in 2011.

The following person failed to return the requisite fee and the application for retention form by December 31st 2011:

Katie Louise GREEN

Recommendation:

The Minister is asked to approve the erasure from the Dental Hygienists Roll the person named above.

Dr Susan Turnbull

Medical Officer of Health