The College of Dentists of Venezuela (COV) enabled a Website so that patients can verify the authenticity of the professional card of dentists, After detecting multiple cases of false specialists In the country.
The announcement was made by the president of the COV, Pablo Quintero, during an interview in Unión Radio, in which he warned that People who exercise without adequate preparation have been identifiedeven students who did not culminate the career.
Users must enter the collegiate website COV.Systemsjrpm.com/verify-document and enter the code located on the QR code at the bottom of the specialist’s card.
Quintero stressed that this mechanism seeks to give guarantees to patients and protect public health, since undergoing treatments with unbelievable people represents a health risk.
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The guild reported that it works together with the State Security Bodies and with the Division of Crimes against Public Health of the Corps of Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigations, establishing a direct channel for Receive complaints from both patients and dentists.
He also indicated that advertising agencies have been detected in Caracas that offer patients to dentists through contracts and promote deceptive offers on social networks. Several of these agencies were already denounced before the Prosecutor’s Office.
The president of the COV recalled that the law of the exercise of dentistry prohibits advertising and publication publication, and warned that those who fail to comply with these regulations are exposed to sanctions.
“The best presentation of a dentist is its clinical work,” concluded Quintero, in reference to the importance of maintaining professional ethics against unfair competition and intrusion.
