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• Dental Clinics Accreditation Standards
• Operational Policies for implementation of dental clinic accreditation programme
• Training of the assessors for the accreditation of dental clinics
ORAL HEALTH LEGISLATION & ENFORCEMENT
REGISTRATION OF NEW DENTAL CLINIC
In 2017, there were a total of 210 applications for registration of private dental clinic out of which 155
complied with the Private Healthcare Facilities & Services Act 1998 requirements. Recommendations
for registration of these dental clinics were made to the Evaluation of Applications for Licensing and
Registration of Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Committee (Figure 12).
Figure 12
Registration of New Dental Clinics 2006 to 2017
Source: Oral Health Programme MoH, 2017
A pre-registration inspection followed by post-registration inspections for compliance of registered dental
clinics were also undertaken. Surveillance was conducted on dental clinics which did not comply with
the registration requirements (Figure 13)
Figure 13
Inspections for Compliance and Surveillance 2009 to 2017
Source: Oral Health Programme MoH, 2017
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