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provided he shows adequate qualification,
competence and bonafide training in the
concerned branch or branches.
4. Patent and Copyrights:
A Dental Surgeon may patent surgical
instruments, appliances and medicine or
Copyright applications, methods and
procedures. However, it shall be unethical if the
benefits of such patents or copyrights are not
made available in situations where the interest
of large population is involved.
5. Running an Open Shop (Dispensing of
Drugs and Appliances by Physicians):
A Dental Surgeon should not run an open shop
for sale of medicine for dispensing prescriptions
prescribed by doctors other than him or for sale
of dental medical or surgical appliances. It is not
unethical for a Dental Surgeon to prescribe,
supply or sell drugs, remedies or dental
appliances in his clinic as long as there is no
exploitation of the patients. Drugs prescribed by
a Dental Surgeon or brought from the market for
a patient should explicitly state the proprietary
formulae as well as generic name of the drug.
specimen or material for diagnostic purposes
or other study / work. Nothing in this section,
however, shall prohibit payment of salaries by a
qualified physician to other duly qualified
person rendering medical care under his
supervision.
7. Secret Remedies:
The prescribing or dispensing by a physician of
secret remedial agents of which he does not
know the composition, or the manufacture or
promotion of their use is unethical and as such
prohibited. All the drugs prescribed by a dental
surgeon should always carry a proprietary
formula and clear name.
8. Human Rights:
The physician shall not aid or abet torture nor
shall he be a party to either infliction of mental or
physical trauma or concealment of torture
inflicted by some other person or agency in
clear violation of human rights.
9.Unethical Practices:
The following shall also be the unethical
practices for a Dentist:
6. Rebates and Commission:
a. A Dental Surgeon shall not give, solicit, or
receive nor shall he offer to give solicit or
receive, any gift, gratuity, commission or bonus
in consideration of or return for the referring,
recommending or procuring of any patient for
dental, medical, surgical or other treatment. A
Dental Surgeon shall not directly or indirectly,
participate in or be a party to act of division,
transference, assignment, subordination,
rebating, splitting or refunding of any fee for
medical, surgical or other treatment.
b. The above provisions shall apply with equal
force to the referring, recommending or
procuring by a physician or any person,
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a. A Dental Surgeon shall not employ a Dentist /
Dental Surgeon in the professional practice or
any other professional assistant (not being a
registered dental hygienist or a registered
dental mechanic) whose name is not registered
in the State Dentists Register, to practice
Dentistry. He may however retain the services
of a medical practitioner or anaesthetist as
necessary.
b. Signing under his name and authority any
certificate which is untrue, misleading or
improper, or giving false certificates or
testimonials directly or indirectly to any person
or persons.
Vol. 15
No. 1
Jan-April 2019