What it is
Creation of the General Council of Dental Prosthetists' Associations
BOE step 7 of 7 · PassedIt is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 25 July 2000. Introduced by: Gobierno.
Official title: Government bill creating the General Council of Dental Prosthetics Colleges.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000011· updated 11 Nov
Automatic summary, not yet reviewed
- The General Council of Dental Prosthetists' Professional Associations is created as a public law corporation, with legal personality and full capacity to pursue its goals under the law.
- The Council will deal with the State Administration through the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs.
- When the law takes effect, a Managing Committee is set up with one representative from each Official Association of Dental Prosthetists created by an Autonomous Community. The committee has six months to draft provisional bylaws, which the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs will review and, if needed, publish in the official gazette.
- The Council is formally constituted and gains legal personality once its governing bodies are formed under the provisional bylaws. Within one year it must draft the final bylaws, which the Government will approve. The law takes effect the day after its publication in the official gazette.
Who it affects
- Licensed dental prosthetists: They will have a General Council that brings together and represents their professional associations.
- Official Associations of Dental Prosthetists: Each one will send a representative to the Managing Committee that sets up the Council.
- Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs: It will be the Council's channel to the State Administration and will review the provisional bylaws.
Words worth knowing
- Corporación de Derecho público (public law corporation)
- An official organization created by law that groups the professionals of a trade and has its own legal capacity.
- Comisión Gestora (Managing Committee)
- A temporary group in charge of setting up the Council until it runs with its final governing bodies.
- Estatutos (bylaws)
- Internal rules that say how an institution is organized and works.
- BOE (Boletín Oficial del Estado)
- The official gazette where laws are published so they become valid.
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Where it stands
How far did it get?
It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.
- Introduced25 July 2000Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted26 July 2000The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendments1 August 2000Groups propose changes.
- Committee23 September 2000A committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
- Senate13 December 2000The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOE7 March 2001It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 8 official steps on a timeline
Was there a plenary vote?
We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.
What happens next
What happens now?
It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.
The same initiative in the other chamber:
- VII Legislature, Senate Government bill creating the General Council of Dental Prosthetics Colleges.
Presented before in:
- VI Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Unfinished Government bill creating the General Council of Dental Prosthetics Colleges.
- VI Legislature, Senate Government bill creating the General Council of Dental Prosthetics Colleges.
Published in the BOE: Law 2/2001, of March 26, creating the General Council of Dental Prosthetics Colleges.
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000011
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- BOE, BOE-A-2001-6007
The law as published.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
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