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1. You must provide the GDC, within seven days, the contact details and arrangements for any appointment you accept or are currently undertaking which requires GDC registration and allow the GDC to exchange information with your employer or any contracting body for which you provide dental services. 2. From the date that these conditions take effect, you must inform the GDC within seven days of being notified of: • any formal disciplinary action taken against you • any NHS investigation • any regulatory or enforcement action taken against you or a practice for which you are the registered provider • any patient complaint received about your clinical practice or conduct at work. 3. At any time you are employed to provide dental services which require you to be registered with the GDC, you must remain under the close supervision* of a workplace supervisor nominated by you and approved by the GDC. The workplace supervisor must be a GDC registered dentist. You must not start/restart work until your proposed workplace supervisor has been approved by the GDC. 4. You must not issue any prescriptions to patients. 5. You must provide reports from your workplace supervisor to the GDC every 3 months and at least 14 days prior to any review hearing. The reports should cover the clinical work that you are involved in and specify the tasks undertaken by you. The report should also cover scope of practice discussions/considerations. 6. At any time you are employed to provide dental services which require you to be registered with the GDC, you must agree to the appointment of a workplace reporter nominated by you and approved by the GDC. The workplace reporter must work in the same practice and you must not start/restart work until your proposed workplace reporter has been approved by the GDC. 7. You must provide reports from your workplace reporter to the GDC every 3 months and at least 14 days prior to any review hearing. 8. You must provide audits on the following areas of your practice: • Clinical notes • Radiographs • Prescriptions every 3 months. The audit must be checked and signed by your workplace supervisor. 9. You must provide a copy of this audit to the GDC every 3 months and at least 14 days prior to any review hearing, or alternatively provide a statement, which has been counter-signed by your workplace supervisor confirming there have been no such cases. 10. You must not undertake any locum work. 11. You must inform, within seven days, the following parties that your registration is subject to the conditions listed at 1 to 10: • Any organisation or person employing you or who has an arrangement with you to undertake dental work. • Any professional regulatory body you are registered with or apply to be registered with (at the time of application). • Any prospective employer (at the time of application). • You must forward written evidence of your compliance with this condition to the GDC within seven days of notifying the relevant parties of your conditions. *Closely supervised: the workplace supervisor must supervise the registrant’s day-to-day work in a way prescribed in the relevant condition or undertaking. The workplace supervisor must always be on site and available when the registrant is working. Where the workplace supervisor is unavailable through illness or planned absence, the registrant must not work unless an approved alternative workplace supervisor is in place. The workplace supervisor must review the registrant’s work at least twice a week in one-to-one meetings using case-based discussions. These meetings must focus on all areas of concern identified by the conditions or undertakings. These meetings can be in person or via video conferencing.