Federal and Regional Councils of Dentistry and the regulation of the Term of Adjustment of Conduct (CAT) in ethical processes

Abstract

Pursuant to the provisions of Law 4.324/1964, the Regional Councils of Dentistry have the prerogative of ethically prosecuting those enrolled who have failed to comply with ethical dental standards. It is accepted that this ethical investigation may be suspended or interrupted due to the execution of the Conduct Adjustment Term (CAT). The CAT has a legal provision in Law 7.347/1985. The Federal Council of Dentistry does not have any specific rule governing the CAT. Due to this normative gap, the present study aimed to verify if RCDs have some type of regulation for CAT. We then searched for such documents on the websites of the 27 RCDs. When the RCD did not present any document about the CAT on its website, it was requested by email, resulting in the existence of CATs in 18 RCDs (AL, CE, DF, ES, GO, MA, MT, MG, PA, PB, PR, PE, RS, RJ, SC, SP, SE, TO), 02 RCDs have only one application model (AM, BA) and 07 RCDs do not have CAT (AC, AP, MS, PI, RN, RO, RR ). Therefore, the analyzed sample was composed of 18 specific norms and 02 RCD models. As there is still no FCD rule on CAT, and each RDC disciplines the CAT in its own way, it is important that the FCD develops and publishes a rule related to the CAT, revoking the rules of the RCDs, thus guaranteeing to all registrants the same procedural rights and guarantees.