Section 1: Establishment of the Dental Therapists Registration Board of Nigeria

(1) There is hereby established for dental therapists a body to be known as the Dental Therapists Registration Board of Nigeria (in this Act referred to as the "Board").
(2) The Board shall be charged with the duties of-
(a) determining what standards of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to become members of the profession of dental therapy and improving those standards, from time to time, as circumstances may permit;
(b) securing in accordance with the provisions of this Act the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons registered under this Act as members of the profession of dental therapy and the publication from time to time, of lists of those persons;
(c) conducting examinations in the profession, and awarding certificates or diplomas to successful candidates as appropriate; and for that purpose the Board shall prescribe fees to be paid in respect thereof; and
(d)
performing the other functions conferred on the Board by this Act.