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Agency Details

(as on: Monday, November 23, 2009)
Ministry:  HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE
Agency:  COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGEONS OF ONTARIO
Agency URL:  www.rcdso.org
Address:  6 Crescent Road Toronto M4W 1T1 Ont.
Tel.:  (416) 961-6555; 1(800)565-4591
Fax:  (416) 961-5814

Background:  REGULATED HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACT, S.O. 1991, C. 18, SCHED. 2; DENTISTRY ACT, S.O. 1991, C. 24, S. 5
Period:  N/A - N/A
Type:  N/A

Prerogative:  Mandatory Legislation; Minister's OIC
Function:  The college regulates the profession of Dentistry in the public interest by ensuring that individuals have access to services provided by competent health professionals, and that individuals are treated with sensitivity and respect in their dealings with health professionals. Members of the college are governed in accordance with the Denistry Act, the Health Professions Procedural Code, the Regulated Health Professions Act, and the regulations and by-laws of the college. The college develops and maintains standards of practice, entry to practice requirements, standards of professional ethics, and promotes and develops standards for continuing competence among the members. Various committees of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario function in a quasi-judicial role with respect to the suspension and revocations of certificates of registration to practice in Ontario.

Membership:  Between ten and twelve members who are elected in accordance with the by-laws by the members of the college. Between nine and eleven members are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council who are not, members of the college, members of a college as defined in the Regulated Health Professions Act, S.O. 1991 or members of a council as defined in the Regulated Health Professions Act, S.O. 1991. Two members are selected, in accordance with a by-law made under section 12.1, from among members who are members of a faculty of dentistry of a university in Ontario. The council elects every two years a president and a vice-president from among the members.

Term:  There is no limitation in legislation.

Meetings:  There are three Council meetings per year (one full day, one evening, and one additional day following an election). Public appointees can be assigned to the statutory committees and various standing committees. The number of days per month that public appointees may expect to serve depends on the number of committees on which they serve.

BOARD MEMBERS
No.   POSITION      MEMBER NAME       TENURE     REMUNERATION    LOCATION  
1.MEMBER (PART-TIME)MAHANT, EDELGARD30-MAY-2007 - 29-MAY-2010$150 PER DIEMTORONTO
2.MEMBER (PART-TIME)BOLDUC-O'HARE, KELLY F.25-AUG-2004 - 24-AUG-2010$150 PER DIEMLITTLE CURRENT
3.MEMBER (PART-TIME)JOSEPH, KURISUMMOOTTIL S.16-OCT-2004 - 15-OCT-2010$150 PER DIEMTHUNDER BAY
4.MEMBER (PART-TIME)BRIHMI, MOHAMMED13-JAN-2005 - 12-JAN-2011$150 PER DIEMAJAX
5.MEMBER (PART-TIME)WAHID, ABDUL18-MAY-2005 - 17-MAY-2011$150 PER DIEMSCARBOROUGH
6.MEMBER (PART-TIME)LARAYA, EVELYN J.15-OCT-2004 - 14-OCT-2011$150 PER DIEMTORONTO
7.MEMBER (PART-TIME)CHAHAL, PARMINDER10-NOV-2005 - 31-OCT-2011$150 PER DIEMBRAMPTON
8.MEMBER (PART-TIME)KERR, CATHERINE ANNE16-JAN-2009 - 15-JAN-2012$150 PER DIEMSCARBOROUGH
9.MEMBER (PART-TIME)SAAVEDRA JR., JOSE A.03-FEB-2006 - 31-JAN-2012$150 PER DIEMWOODBRIDGE
10.MEMBER (PART-TIME)BUTTAR, HARPAL S.24-SEP-2008 - 23-SEP-2012$150 PER DIEMOTTAWA
11.MEMBER (PART-TIME)HOWLADAR, MOFAZZAL29-NOV-2006 - 28-NOV-2012$150 PER DIEMTORONTO