Dental Company
Dental Company
The provisions on dental companies are stipulated in section 12 of the Dentists Registration Ordinance, Cap. 156, Laws of Hong Kong.
According to section 12(1) of the Ordinance, a body corporate may carry on the business of dentistry if -
- it carries on no business other than dentistry or some business ancillary to the business of dentistry; and
- a majority of the directors and all persons practising dentistry are registered dentists: provided that a body corporate which was carrying on the business of dentistry before the date of commencement (1 October 1959) of this Ordinance shall not be disqualified from carrying on the business of dentistry under this section by reason only that it carries on some business other than dentistry or a business ancillary to that business, if that other business is a business which the body was lawfully entitled at the date of coming into operation of this Ordinance to carry on.
According to section 12(3) of the Ordinance, every body corporate carrying on the business of dentistry shall within 7 days of 1 January in every year transmit to the Registrar of Dentists a statement in the prescribed form (i.e. Particulars of Directors or Managers or Persons who Perform Dental Operations) containing the names and addresses of all persons who are directors or managers of the company, or who perform dental operations in connection with the business of the company, and, if any such body corporate fails so to do, it shall be deemed to be carrying on the business of dentistry in contravention of the provisions of this section.
The completed original form (i.e. Particulars of Directors or Managers or Persons who Perform Dental Operations) should be sent to the Registrar of Dentists at 4/F, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.