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Dentists Act 1984 (1984 c 24) | Legislation

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[(1)     This section applies where an allegation is made to the Council against a registered dentist that his fitness to practise as a dentist is impaired.

(2)     A person's fitness to practise as a dentist shall be regarded as “impaired†for the purposes of this Act by reason only of—

(a)     misconduct;

(b)     deficient professional performance;

[(ba)     the person not having the necessary knowledge of English;]

(c)     adverse physical or mental health;

(d)     a conviction or caution in the United Kingdom for a criminal offence, or a conviction elsewhere for an offence which, if committed in England and Wales, would constitute a criminal offence;

(e)     the person having—

(i)     accepted a conditional offer under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (fixed penalty: conditional offer by procurator fiscal), or

(ii)     agreed to pay a penalty under section 115A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (penalty

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