The Dental Council of Hong Kong is established under the Dentists Registration Ordinance, Chapter 156, Laws of Hong Kong. It provides for the registration and regulation of the dental profession in order to protect patients, foster ethical conduct, and develop and upkeep the ethical standard of the profession. The Dental Council is responsible for the registration of dentists, the conduct of the Licensing Examination, the maintenance of ethics, professional standards and discipline of the profession.

The subsidiary legislation, Ancillary Dental workers (Dental Hygienists) Regulations, of the Dentists Registration Ordinance empowers the Council to provide enrolment and regulation of the dental hygienist. A roll of enroled dental hygienists is maintained by the Council.

From 7 April 2000 onwards, the form for stating the particulars of directors or managers or persons who perform dental operations under section 12(3) of the Dentists Registration Ordinance (Cap.156), and the form for applying for enrolment as a Dental Hygenist under regulation 4 of the Ancillary Dental Workers (Dental Hygenists) Regulations are available for viewing and downloading at the following web sites :-

The forms should be digitally signed/attached with a digital signature supported by a recognized certificate. The certificate must be issued by a certification authority recognized by the Director of Information Technology Services under the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap.553). Forms without the required digital signature will not be accepted.