Act Number: 16

Act Name: The Dentists Act, 1948

Year: 1948

Enactment Date: 1948-03-29

Long Title: An Act to regulate the profession of dentistry.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health and Family Welfare

Section 37: Qualification for registration as a dental hygienist.
    A person shall be entitled on payment of the prescribed fee to have his name registered on the register of dental hygienists, if he resides in the 1[State] and holds a recognised dental hygiene qualification:
     Provided that for the purposes of the first register of dental hygienists, a person shall be entitled to be registered, if he has been engaged as a dental hygienist as his principal means of livelihood for a period of not less than two years prior to the date of notification under sub-section (1) of section 36.
Notes:
1. Subs., ibid., for "Province".
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