The Council is empowered

• to approve or reject applications for registration as a dentist;
• to issue certificates of registration and practising certificates to registered dentists;
• to make recommendations to the appropriate authorities on the courses of instructions and examinations;
• to make recommendations to the appropriate authorities for the training and education of registered dentists;
• to determine and regulate the conduct and ethics of registered dentists; and
• generally to do all such acts, matters and things as are necessary to be carried out, or which the Council is authorised to carry out, under the Dental Registration Act.