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1. You must notify the GDC, within 7 days of any professional appointment you accept or are currently undertaking which requires GDC registration, and provide the full name and contact details of your employer. 2. You must provide the GDC, within 7 days, details of any organisation for which you have a contract or arrangement to provide dental services and all the NHS regional teams/Health Boards with whom you have an arrangement, either as a contract holder or by being on their Dental Performers’ List. 3. You must allow the GDC to exchange information with your employer or any organisation for which you are contracted to provide dental services. 4. From the date that these conditions take effect, you must inform the GDC within seven days of being notified of: a) any formal disciplinary action taken against you b) any NHS investigation c) any regulatory or enforcement action taken against you or a practice for which you are the registered provider d) any patient complaint received about your clinical practice or conduct at work 5. You must inform the GDC, within seven days of these conditions taking effect, if you are registered with any overseas regulator (or equivalent authority) or within seven days of making an application for registration with any overseas regulator or equivalent authority. 6. At any time you are employed to provide dental services which require you to be registered with the GDC, you must remain under the supervision* of a workplace supervisor nominated by you and approved by the GDC. The workplace supervisor must be a GDC registered dentist with at least 5 years’ experience. 7. You must not start/restart work until your proposed workplace supervisor has been approved by the GDC. 8. 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 deal specifically with the following: a) Caries diagnosis and management b) Denture provision c) Extractions d) Endodontic treatment e) Restorative treatment including crown and bridge work f) Record keeping 9. You must stop working clinically immediately if your workplace supervisor directs you to do so, and you must inform the GDC within seven days of receiving this direction 10. You must carry out an audit in the areas of practice noted at condition 8 every 3 months. The audit must be checked, dated and signed by your workplace supervisor. 11. 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. 12. You must not engage in single-handed dental practice. 13. You must not provide dental services work as a locum.

14. You must inform, within seven days, the following parties that your registration is subject to the conditions listed at 1 to 13, and provide written evidence to the GDC within 7 days, including: • 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). • The commissioning body in whose Dental Performers List you are included, or seeking inclusion (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. *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 does not need to work at the same practice as the registrant but they must be available to provide advice or assistance if the registrant needs it. 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 once a fortnight in one-to-one meetings and case-based discussions. These meetings must focus on all areas of concern identified by the conditions or undertakings. These meetings should usually be in person. If this is not possible, at least one of every two fortnightly meetings must be in person.