Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition

11Money MattersJanuary 16-22, 2012United Kingdom Edition *Practice Plan members also receive a 40% discount off the full delegate rate All event prices are exclusive of VAT For further details and to book your place please visit... www.businessofdentistry.co.uk or call: 0845 003 0048 The BoD brand will offer a range of business support services to all UK dentists. As a BoD member, you will have access to the best rates for these services, including delegate costs for attending any events organised under the BoD brand! To become a member, please see contact details below. Are you a practice manager? Would you like your practice to become a more efficient and profitable business? Fiona Stuart-Wilson and John Shepherd will deliver content designed to help you understand the role of the Practice Manager and help you develop new skills that will improve your performance over the course of three focused, full day workshops. Each workshop entitles you to 5 hours of verifiable CPD and contributes towards the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 5 award in Management. For further information about this qualification, please contact us on the number below. *40% discount for BoD members So, you’re a manager? with Fiona Stuart-Wilson / John Shepherd Location: Newbury Date: 28/02/2012 Recrulting the right people with John Shepherd Location: Newbury Date: 28/03/2012 Developing and managing your team with John Shepherd Location: Newbury Date: 24/04/2012 Each event costs £200 *Only £120 for BoD members! A recognised management qualification. Refreshments will be included Events to help your practice succeed We have created a jam-packed calendar, to get your cogs turning and galvanise you into action! Focused on the business of dentistry, these events can help your practice become a more efficient and profitable business. The perfect front desk with Emma John A one-day intensive workshop for practice managers and team members, designed to encourage a front desk team to be more effective and develop team ethos. Creating a ‘WoW’ customer journey with Les Jones, Simon Tucker & Richard Collard Les Jones, Editor of BoD Magazine, teams up with Simon and Richard from Medenta to deliver an inspirational, hands-on event that will help you develop new ideas for ‘WoW’ customer experience. *40% discount for BoD members Treatment coordination for profit with Laura Horton Understanding the role of a Treatment Coordinator (TCO) will help you understand who to put into this role and why the position is important for a 21stcentury dental practice. The perfect front desk with Emma John (Full day) Date: Location: Cost: BoD Cost: 5 hrs verifiable CPD 23/02/12 Bristol £200 £120 20/03/12 Leeds £200 £120 Treatment coordination for profit with Laura Horton (Half day) Date: Location: Cost: BoD Cost: 2.5 hrs verifiable CPD 22/03/12 Manchester £100 £60 17/04/12 West London £100 £60 WoW customer journey with Les Jones & Medenta (Full day) Date: Location: Cost: BoD Cost: 5 hrs verifiable CPD 18/04/12 Birmingham £200 £120 16/05/12 Manchester £200 £120 Refreshments will be included G14153 BoD Events Advert.indd 1 04/01/2012 17:19 T raditionally, most inde- pendent dental practi- tioners in the UK have operated as partnerships or sole traders but an increas- ing number of dentists are now opting for incorporation, or forming a limited com- pany to run their practices. A partnership business is owned and managed by the part- ners themselves, whereas in a company structure there is a legal distinction between the shareholders as owners, and the directors who are responsible for running the company. However, in the aver- age small dental practice the shareholders and directors are likely to be either the same people or perhaps a prin- cipal with supporting family members. There is considerable con- fusion about how the Board of Directors must be made up, partly due to Section 39 of the 2005 amendment to the Dentists Act (1984) which re- places section 43 of the 1984 Act and states that the major- ity of directors must be “reg- istered dentists or registered dental care professionals”; in other words therapists, nurs- es and other GDC-registered dental healthcare profes- sionals. However, the legis- lation is badly worded as the definition is written in the negative rather than posi- tive: ie “A body corporate commits an offence if it carries on the business of dentistry at a time when a majority of its di- rectors are not persons who are either registered dentists or registered dental care pro- fessionals.” The inference is that if 50 per cent of the directors are non-dentists then no offence is committed, as 50 per cent is not a majority. On this basis then, the two-person Board of Directors could be the dental practitioner and their non- GDC registered spouse. The GDC is taking legal ad- vice in order to try and clarify the position and end the con- fusion caused by the current wording of Section 43 of the Act. My view is that the intent appears to be to ensure that the operation of the practice is controlled by DCPs and there- fore the revised amendment should address the confusion over the 50/50 position in the case of two directors where only one of whom is a DQP. Until this is resolved, if you are considering incorporation, Why the law needs clarifying Nicola Chappell discusses the confusion surrounding practice directorships page 12DTà ‘There is considera- ble confusion about how the Board of Directors must be made up, partly due to Section 39 of the 2005 amendment to the Dentists Act’