Regulatory principles

The Dental Council has approved a set of regulatory principles that guide our work and the decisions we make to regulate our practitioners and protect the public’s health and safety.

Our regulatory principles


 

The Dental Council has approved a set of regulatory principles that guide our work and the decisions we make to regulate our practitioners and protect the public’s health and safety.

These regulatory principles are based on the commonly accepted principles of proportionate, consistent, targeted, transparent, accountable and agile regulation.

The regulatory principles were developed articulate what being a right-touch regulator means to us and in practice. In particular they demonstrate why or how we apply a right-touch and risk-based regulatory approach to our work, decision-making processes and to the other tools we use to fulfil our statutory roles and responsibilities.

The Dental Council's regulatory principles