15 December 2016
IN THIS
NEWS BULLETIN
The Board has approved the
annual renewal fees, and will hold the 2017/18 fees at last year’s levels.
There is a slight fee decrease (7 per cent) for some of the non-practising
categories that did not see a fee decrease last year. Registrants will receive
a renewal notice in the mail in the second week of January.
The deadline to complete your
annual renewal and submit your fees is 1 March 2017. Please note that if you do
not renew by 1 March you are not permitted to practise until you have
reinstated, and an additional reinstatement fee will apply. Click the link
below for more information about annual renewal, including changes to the
renewal process.
Note: During annual
renewal, dentists or CDAs who plan to retire must complete the online
renewal process and choose the ‘Retired/Resigned’ option. If you want your retirement
to be effective prior to 1 March 2017, please complete the Retirement/Registration
form and submit to CDSBC. Read steps for retiring/resigning dentists here.
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The Inquiry Committee’s concerns with Dr. Mansour
Foomani’s understanding of dentist/patient boundaries has resulted in
limitations being placed on his practice. Dr. Foomani is a general
dentist who practises in Victoria.
The Inquiry Committee considered his
unprofessional behaviour to be a serious matter under the Health
Professions Act, and for this reason, ordered that a summary be
published pursuant to section 39.3 of the Act.
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The College has changed its process with
respect to dental practice trade names following a public consultation this
fall. We will no longer require registrants to seek approval for trade names
for dental practices. We will continue to provide consent to the BC Corporate
Registry, provided that the applicant is a registrant and entitled to use
dentistry-related words, and that the trade name is in compliance with Bylaw
12.
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If your three-year CE cycle
ends 31 December 2016 and you have yet to submit your CE credits, the most
efficient way to do so is by logging into your online account.
If you have submitted credits
and are waiting for them to be processed, please note that it is currently
taking up to four weeks to process submissions.
As long as you have earned
the eligible credits prior to 31 December 2016, they will be included in the
current cycle, even if they are not processed by the end of the year.
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The College Board includes six members of the public who are appointed by the provincial government. We wish to welcome the following public board members:
- Mr. Terry W. Hawes (1 October 2016 - 31 December 2018)
- Mr. Oleh W.M. Ilnyckyj (30 November 2016 – 31 December 2018)
- Ms. Dorothy V. Jennings (30 November 2016 - 30 November 2018)
- Mr. Neal Steinman (28 July 2016 - 31 December 2018)
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We are seeking an individual with
excellent administrative skills to fill the full-time permanent Sedation
Program Coordinator position. The deadline to apply has been extended to 6
January 2017. Learn more about the position at the link below.
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The next meeting of the CDSBC Board will be at 8:30 am
on Saturday, 25 February at the Terminal City Club, “Presidents Room,” 837 West
Hastings Street, Vancouver.
To ensure adequate materials and seating, observers
should RSVP to Nancy Crosby, Manager of the CEO’s office, at ncrosby@cdsbc.org no later than 17 February.
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The CDSBC office will close for the holidays at noon on 22 December. We will reopen at 8:00 am on Wednesday, 4 January 2017.
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This Contact News Bulletin is distributed to registrants for the College of Dental Surgeons of BC. It is one of CDSBC's official methods of notification to its registrants. Registrants are responsible for reading College publications to ensure that they are aware of current standards, policies and guidelines.
