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Registration Appeals Committee

The Registration Appeals Committee (RAC) operates under the General Dental Council (Registration Appeals) Rules Order of Council 2006.

Each RAC must include at least three members from the fitness to practise panellist pool – including at least one lay and one dental member. The Committee is advised on matters of law and procedures by a legal adviser (a barrister, advocate or solicitor with at least 10 years’ experience). The dental professional called before the RAC may attend the hearing and may choose to be represented by a barrister and solicitor.

The RAC considers appeals from dental professionals made against the Registrar for the following reasons:

  • refused registration
  • removed from the Register (but not by a Practice Committee)
  • not restored to the Register (but not by a Practice Committee)

The Committee hears a registration appeal in public unless they are satisfied that, in the interests of justice or for the protection of the private or family life of the dental professional or any other person, the public should be excluded from all or part of the hearing. The Committee can dismiss the appeal or allow the appeal and quash the decision of the Registrar.

For further information see the Dental Professionals Hearings Service website.