Member states may, for public health reasons, stipulate that clinical dental technologists may exercise their profession only if the patient has been referred to them directly by a dentist, the Court Justice of the EU found in a judgment (Case C-125/16) returned on Thursday 21 September.
The Court was asked to adjudicate on a case brought to the Maltese courts by a Maltese association and an individual, who argued that the country's legislation stopped dental technologists from other member...