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"Point in Time" Regulation Content

Health Professions Act

Dentists Regulation

B.C. Reg. 415/2008

NOTE: Links below go to regulation content as it was prior to the changes made on the effective date. (PIT covers changes made from September 19, 2009 to "current to" date of the regulation.)
SECTIONEFFECTIVE DATE
Section 1 February 24, 2020
September 1, 2022
Section 1.1 September 1, 2022
Section 2 October 21, 2014
Section 4 February 24, 2020

 Section 1 definitions of "dental appliance" and "fit" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 32/2020, effective February 24, 2020.

"dental appliance" means an appliance or a device designed or offered for a dental condition or other condition of the orofacial complex, excluding a ready-to-use or self-adapted mouthguard designed or offered for temporary protection against injury during sporting activities;

"fit" means to perform any intra-oral procedure related to dispensing, including the making of impressions;

 Section 1 definition of "dispense", paragraph (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 32/2020, effective February 24, 2020.

(b) in respect of a dental appliance, means to fabricate or alter;

 Section 1 definition of "prescribe", paragraph (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 32/2020, effective February 24, 2020.

(b) in respect of a dental appliance, to issue an authorization to dispense for use by a named individual;

 Section 1 definition of "college" BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 172/2022, effective September 1, 2022

"college" means the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia continued under section 15.1 of the Act;

 Section 1.1 was enacted by BC Reg 172/2022, effective September 1, 2022

 Section 2 (1) (e) was added by BC Reg 189/2014, effective October 21, 2014.

 Section 4 (1) (d) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 32/2020, effective February 24, 2020.

(d) perform a procedure on tissue in or below the surfaces of the teeth, including the scaling of teeth;

 Section 4 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 32/2020, effective February 24, 2020.

(2) Only a registrant may provide a service of dentistry as set out in this regulation if, on the day before this section comes into force, the provision of the same service by anyone other than a person authorized under the Dentists Act was prohibited.