Dentists Act, 1948

Dentists Act, 1948
Constituent Assembly of India
Long title An Act to regulate the profession of dentistry.
Citation	Act No. 16 of 1948
Territorial extent	India
Enacted by	Constituent Assembly of India
Enacted	29 March 1948 [1]
Assented to by	Governor-General Lord Mountbatten
Commenced	29 March 1948
Amended by
Dentists (Amendment) Act, 1950 Dentists (Amendment) Act, 1955 Repealing and Amending Act, 1957 Dentists (Amendment) Act, 1972 Delegated Legislation Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1985 Dentists (Amendment) Act, 1993 Dentists (Amendment) Act, 2016 Dentists (Amendment) Act, 2019
Repealed by
National Dental Commission Act, 2023
Keywords
dentistry
Status: Current legislation

The Dentists Act, 1948 (Act No. 16 of 1948) is an Indian legislation which regulates the profession of dentistry. This was enacted during India's Dominion period by the Constituent Assembly of India, which also played the role the parliament.

Amendments

Dentists (Amendment) Act, 2016 was passed by Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's parliament, on 1 August 2016, approving the applicability of NEET. ^[2] This act is to be replaced with National Dental Commission Act, 2023. ^[3] Which has repealed this act and it has not yet fully come into force.

References

1. "Dentists Act, 1948". 29 March 1948.
2. "Parliament passes bills assigning constitutional status to NEET", Live Mint , 2 August 2016, archived from the original on 2 August 2016, retrieved 2 August 2016
3. "Lok Sabha passes National Dental Commission Bill, Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill", The Economic Times, 28 July 2023