National Dental Commission Bill extends to entire India, creates 24 part-time members

The Bill aims to regulate the profession of dentistry in India to ensure quality and affordable dental education and to make high-quality oral healthcare accessible. It establishes a National Dental Commission to oversee these functions.

The Bill affects dentists, dental auxiliaries (including hygienists, mechanics, and operating room assistants), dental institutions (colleges, universities, and deemed universities), and the Central and State Governments.

• Constitution of the National Dental Commission as a body corporate with a Chairperson, eight ex officio members, and twenty-four part-time members.
• Establishment of a Dental Advisory Council to advise the Commission.
• Mandate for a National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test and a National Exit Test (Dental).
• Creation of three Autonomous Boards: Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate Dental Education Board, Dental Assessment and Rating Board, and Ethics and Dental Registration Board.
• Requirement for permission from the Autonomous Boards to establish new dental colleges, start postgraduate courses, or increase seats.
• Maintenance of National and State Registers for dentists and dental auxiliaries, with rights to practice contingent on enrollment.
• Provisions for the recognition and de-recognition of dental qualifications granted by institutions in and outside India.
• Creation of a National Dental Commission Fund and provisions for grants by the Central Government.

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