Gary Charles Rowland
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Conditions from:
10 Dec 2025
until:
06 Jul 2027
Conditions:
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.
2. You must allow the GDC to exchange information with your employer or any contracting body for which you provide dental services.
3. You must provide the GDC, within seven days, the contact details for the commissioning body in whose Dental Performers List you are included or seeking inclusion at the time of application.
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. You must formulate a Personal Development Plan specifically designed to address the deficiencies in the following areas of practice:
• Examination and treatment of swellings
• Diagnostic assessments of swellings
• Communication with patients with regards swellings and referrals
• Referrals
• Record keeping, particularly with regards to:
• Intra-oral examinations
• Risk assessments
• Radiographs
• TTP tests
• Radiographic Practice
7. You must forward a copy of your Personal Development Plan to the GDC within two months of the date on which these conditions become effective and at least 14 days prior to any review hearing.
8. You must produce a reflective statement addressing your progress towards achieving the aims set out in your Personal Development Plan and provide this to the GDC at least 14 days prior to any review hearing.
9. 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 be a GDC registered dentist. You must not start/restart work until your proposed workplace reporter has been approved by the GDC.
10. You must provide reports from your workplace reporter to the GDC every three months and at least 14 days prior to any review hearing. In addition to addressing general compliance with the conditions, any complaints received, and any other relevant information, the report must specifically address:
• Examination and treatment of persistent lesions
• Diagnostic assessments of lesions
• Communication with patients with regard to any lesions
• Referrals
• Record keeping, particularly with regards:
o Radiographs
o TTP tests
o Risk assessments
• Radiographic Practice
11. You must carry out an audit every three months in the following areas of your practice:
• Examination and treatment of persistent lesions
• Diagnostic assessments of lesions
• Communication with patients with regard to any lesions
• Referrals
• Radiographic practice
• Record keeping, particularly with regards to
o Radiographs
o TTP tests
o Risk assessments
The audit must be checked and signed by your workplace reporter.
12. You must provide a copy of this audit to the GDC every three months and at least 14 days prior to any review hearing or, alternatively, provide a statement, which has been counter-signed by your workplace reporter, confirming there have been no such cases.
13. You must inform the following parties that your registration is subject to the conditions listed above:
• Any organisation or person employing you or who has an arrangement with you to undertake dental work (within seven days).
• Any professional regulatory body you are registered with (within seven days) or apply to be registered with (at the time of application).
• Any locum agency or out-of-hours service you are registered with (within seven days) or apply to be registered with (at the time of application).
• Any prospective employer (at the time of application), or any organisation or person with whom you intend to enter into an arrangement to undertake dental work (at the time the arrangement is made).
• The commissioning body in whose Dental Performers List you are included (within seven days), 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.
14. You must permit the GDC to disclose the above conditions to any person requesting information about your registration status.
Registration History:
On 10 December 2025, the Professional Conduct Committee imposed conditions on Mr Rowland's registration for a period of 18 months. This will be reviewed before the end of the order. The Committee also ordered that their registration be made conditional immediately.
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ROWLAND, Gary Charles (69518) - Determination Document
ROWLAND, Gary Charles (69518) - Determination Document