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1. He must inform the GDC within 7 days of his return to the UK for the purpose of practising dentistry. The following conditions can only be fulfilled in the UK and the monitoring of his compliance of these conditions will start from the date of his return for that purpose. 2. At any time he is employed, or providing dental services, which require him to be registered with the GDC, he must notify the GDC within 7 days of any post he accepts for which GDC registration is required and the Commissioning Body/ Local Health Board on whose Dental Performers List he is included. 3. At any time he is employed, or providing dental services, which require him to be registered with the GDC he must provide the GDC with contact details of his employer within 7 days and allow the GDC to exchange information with his employer or any contracting body for which he provides dental services and any Development Adviser* or reporter referred to in these conditions. 4. He must inform the GDC within 7 days of any formal disciplinary proceedings taken against him from the date of this determination. 5. Following any return to the UK to practise dentistry, he must inform the GDC within 7 days if he applies for dental employment outside the UK. 6. He must inform the GDC within 7 days of any complaints made against him from the date these conditions take effect. 7. He must not engage in single-handed dental practice. For the avoidance of doubt, this condition applies regardless of whether he is employed or providing any kind of dental services, including on a locum or out-of-hours basis. 8. At any time he is employed, or providing dental services, which require him to be registered with the GDC, he must nominate a Development Adviser (or a nominated deputy) who must be agreed by the GDC prior to his return to dental practice. 9. He must work with the Development Adviser (or a nominated deputy) to formulate a Personal Professional Development Plan, specifically designed to address the following areas of his practice, within 28 days of the adviser being approved by the GDC: • Extractions • Restorations • Periodontal management • Radiography • Consent • Record keeping • Pre-operative assessment and treatment planning 10. He must provide a copy of his Personal Professional Development Plan to the GDC within three months of the date on which these conditions become effective and provide an updated Personal Professional Development Plan to the GDC at least 14 days prior to any review hearing. 11. At any time he is employed, or providing dental services, which require him to be registered with the GDC, he must meet with the Development Adviser (or a nominated deputy) on a regular basis to discuss his progress towards achieving the aims set out in his Personal Professional Development Plan. The frequency of his meetings is to be set by the Development Adviser (or a nominated deputy). 12. At any time he is employed, or providing dental services, which require him to be registered with the GDC, he must allow the GDC to exchange information about the standard of his professional performance and his progress towards achieving the aims set out in his Personal Professional Development Plan with the Development Adviser (or a nominated deputy), and any other person involved in his retraining and supervision. 13. At any time that he is employed, or providing dental services, which require him to be registered with the GDC, he must place himself and remain under the supervision** of a workplace supervisor. The workplace supervisor must be nominated by the Registrant within 28 days and approved by the GDC. The workplace supervisor must be a GDC registrant in the same category of the register as the Registrant or higher. The Registrant must not return to general dental practice until a workplace supervisor has been approved by the GDC.

14. He must seek reports from his workplace supervisor and provide these to the GDC every 3 months and at least 14 days prior to any review of these conditions. The GDC will make these reports available to the Development Adviser. The reports will include information about the Registrant’s progress in relation to remedial activities in the areas identified at Condition 9 above. The workplace supervisor will sign the audits provided by Condition 18 below. 15. He must allow the GDC to exchange information relating to his conditions of practice with his workplace supervisor. 16. At any time he is employed, or providing dental services, which requires him to be registered with the GDC: i. he must appoint a reporter nominated by him within 28 days and approved by the GDC; ii. the reporter shall be a GDC registrant in the same category of the register as the Registrant or higher and can be the same person as the Development Adviser or workplace supervisor. 17. He must present the reporter with a copy of this determination and send the GDC evidence, confirming this, within 7 days of the reporter being approved by the GDC. Until the reporter has been approved by the GDC, he must not return to general dental practice. 18. He must seek reports from his reporter and provide these to the GDC every 3 months and at least 14 days prior to any review of these conditions and the GDC will make these reports available to the Development Adviser (should this be a different person). The reports will include the following areas: i. confirmation that the registrant is complying with their conditions; ii. confirmation of any complaints received and the outcome; iii. confirmation of any concerns raised in the workplace about the registrant; 19. At any time that he is employed, or providing dental services, which require him to be registered with the GDC he shall carry out an audit of his work in the following areas: • Extractions • Restorations • Radiography • Record keeping and consent • Pre-operative assessment and treatment planning 20. He must provide a copy of the audits, referred to in Condition 18, above to the GDC on the same regularity as the reporter’s reports. These audits should be signed by the workplace supervisor. 21. He must inform the following parties within 7 days that his registration is subject to the conditions, listed at (1) to (20), above, and must forward written evidence of his compliance with this condition to the GDC within a further 7 days: • Any organisation or person employing or contracting with him to undertake dental work; • Any locum agency or out-of-hours service he is registered with or applies 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 he is included, or seeking inclusion (at the time of application). 22. He must permit the GDC to disclose the above conditions, (1) to (21), to any person requesting information about his registration status. *The role of Development Adviser came into effect on 1 October 2021 in England. This role was previously undertaken by the Postgraduate Dental Dean/Director. **“Supervision” is defined as follows: The workplace supervisor must observe the registrant’s day-to-day work, The workplace supervisor must always be on site and available to directly observe the registrant while working. Where the workplace supervisor is unavailable through illness or planned absence, the registrant must not carry out work unless an approved alternative workplace supervisor is in place. ***The reporter may be the same person as the workplace supervisor.