Kuwait Dental Board Advanced General Dentistry cheat sheet

Practice Management, Law, and Regulatory Requirements in Kuwait

• Licensure: a dentist must hold a valid licence from the Ministry of Health in Kuwait; the licence is renewed periodically; a dentist may practise only within the scope of the licence and the facility registration.

• Registration: the facility must be licensed; the dentist must be registered at the facility; a change of workplace requires an update of the registration and the licence.

• Records: a clinical record is kept for every patient, including the history, diagnosis, treatment, radiographs, and consent; records are confidential and retained according to the regulatory retention period.

• Prescribing: a prescription includes the patient's name, the drug, the dose, the frequency, the duration, and the prescriber's signature and licence number; controlled drugs are prescribed according to the national regulations.

• Infection control regulation: the facility must comply with the Ministry of Health infection prevention and control standards; sterilisation records and staff immunisation are documented.

• Advertising: a dentist may not advertise in a misleading or comparative way; a claim of a specialty requires the recognised qualification and registration.

• Consent and minors: a parent or a legal guardian consents for a minor; an emancipated or married minor may consent according to the law; an emergency treatment is provided under the doctrine of necessity.

• Complaints and litigation: a complaint is managed through the facility's complaints procedure and the Ministry of Health; clinical records are the primary evidence; professional indemnity insurance is recommended.

• Waste management: sharps and infectious waste are segregated and disposed of through a licensed contractor; amalgam waste is collected in a separator and not discharged into the drain.