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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: i. any formal disciplinary action taken against you; ii. any NHS investigation; iii. any regulatory or enforcement action taken against you or a practice for which you are the registered provider; iv. any patient complaint received about your clinical practice or conduct at work. 3. 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. 4. 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* (see below for definition) 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. 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 (but not be limited to): a. Treatment plans; b. Clinical notes; c. Record keeping including history taking and detailed notes of patient examination. 6. You must stop working immediately if your workplace supervisor directs you to do so, and you must inform the GDC within seven days of receiving this direction. 7. You must maintain a log detailing where you have undertaken: a. Management and advice provided to patients. b. Discussion of clinical notes and record keeping for accuracy, completeness and compliance with GDC requirements. c. Sessions to discuss ethical challenges, professional boundaries and patient safety. 8. You must provide a copy of this log, verified by your Workplace Supervisor to the GDC every 3 months and at least 14 days prior to any review or alternatively, provide a written statement confirming that there have been no such cases during that period, also verified by your Workplace Supervisor. 9. You must inform, within seven days, the following parties that your registration is subject to the conditions listed at 1 to 8: • 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 7days of notifying the relevant parties of your conditions. *Level of workplace supervision • 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.