The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000

Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations

4.—(1) Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (application for inclusion in the dental list)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (1) there is substituted the following new paragraph–

“(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a dentist who wishes to have his name included in the dental list shall make an application to the Health Board or primary care NHS trust in writing which–

(a)shall, if the application relates to Part A of the dental list, include the information and undertakings specified in Part I of Schedule 2;

(b)shall, if the application only relates to Part B of the dental list, include the information and undertakings specified in Part 1A of Schedule 2; and

(c)may, if the application relates to Part A or Part B of the dental list, include the information specified in Part II of Schedule 2,

and the Health Board or primary care NHS trust shall determine the application within 14 days of the date of its receipt, or where in relation to an application which relates to Part A of the dental list, it considers that the proposed practice premises should be inspected, within 14 days of the date of inspection.”.

(3) In paragraph (2) after the words “included in” there is inserted “Part A of”.

(4) In paragraph (3) after the word “paragraph” in the second place where it occurs, there is inserted “for inclusion in Part A of the dental list”.