DENTISTS ACT
CHAPTER 94

Section 76

Professional liability

  1. The council may, by resolution, establish a compulsory professional liability program on terms and conditions it considers advisable.
  2. The program must be for the benefit of members and their employees including members of classes of persons to whom dentists may delegate duties and procedures under section 28.
  3. The council may exempt or exclude persons or classes of persons from participation in the program.
  4. The program may be established and maintained by an assessment on persons registered under this Act or persons registered under the rules or both in order to

(a) establish a professional claims fund, or

(b) enter into a group insurance contract with an insured either alone or jointly with one or more dental associations or governing bodies of the dental profession in Canada.

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