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1) He must notify the GDC within seven days of any professional appointment he accepts or is currently undertaking and provide the contact details of his employer, any organisation for which he has a contract or arrangement to provide dental services and all the NHS regional teams/Health Boards with whom he has an arrangement, either as a contract holder or by being on their Dental Performers’ List. 2) He must allow the GDC to exchange information with his employer, any organisation for which he has a contract or arrangement to provide dental services and all the NHS regional teams/Health Boards with whom he has an arrangement. 3) He must inform the GDC within seven days of any formal disciplinary proceedings taken against him from the date these conditions take effect. 4) He must inform the GDC within seven days of any complaints made against him from the date these conditions take effect. 5) He must inform the GDC within seven days if he applies for dental employment outside the UK. 6) He must inform the GDC if he is registered or applies for registration with any overseas regulator/relevant authority, within seven days of the date of the application or seven days from the date of this determination if already registered. 7) At any time he is employed, or providing dental services, which require him to be registered with the GDC, he must place himself and remain under the close supervision* of a workplace supervisor nominated by himself and agreed by the GDC. 8) He must meet with his workplace supervisor every week for one-to-one case-based discussions. These discussions should focus on the areas of concern identified in condition 9, below. These weekly meetings may take place face-to-face or remotely. 9) He must undertake audits of: • Clinical examination; • Diagnosis, treatment planning, and management of periodontal disease; • Diagnosis, treatment planning, and management of caries; • Radiographic practice; • Consent; and • Record keeping. These audits must be approved and signed by his workplace supervisor on a monthly basis. 10) He must allow his workplace supervisor to provide reports to the GDC every three months (and 14 days in advance of any review of these conditions). The workplace supervisor should provide information and/or feedback relating to the concerns raised in condition 9), above. 11) He must provide a copy of the audits referred in condition 9) to the GDC every three months (and 14 days in advance of any review of these conditions). 12) He must inform within seven days the following parties that his registration is subject to the conditions, listed at 1) to 11) above: • 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 or on whose Dental Performers List he is included or seeking inclusion (at the time of application); and • His workplace supervisor. 13) He must permit the GDC to disclose the above conditions 1) to 12) to any person requesting information about his registration status.

*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 once 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. [The frequency of reviewing meetings has been amended from the usual definition of close definition.]