The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1999

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

13.  In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (terms of service)–

(a)in the following paragraphs, after the words “Health Board” in each place where they occur there is inserted “or primary care NHS trust”–

• paragraph 2 (incorporation of provisions of Regulations);

• paragraph 4 (a continuing care arrangement);

• paragraph 5 (a capitation arrangement);

• paragraph 8 (duration and extension of a continuing care arrangement);

• paragraph 9 (duration and extension of a capitation arrangement);

• paragraph 11 (termination of a continuing care arrangement or a capitation arrangement);

• paragraph 11A (violent patients)(1);

• paragraph 13 (treatment on referral);

• paragraph 15 (care and treatment summaries);

• paragraph 25 (records);

• paragraph 27 (completion of estimate);

• paragraph 31 (information about NHS charges)(2);

• paragraphs 31A and 31B (complaints)(3);

• paragraph 31C (returns)(4);

• paragraph 31D (professional indemnity)(5);

• paragraph 32 (patient information leaflets);

• paragraph 33 (premises etc);

(b)in paragraph 35 (deputies and assistants)–

(i)in sub-paragraph (3) for the words “Health Board for that area” there is substituted “appropriate Health Board or primary care NHS trust”;

(ii)in sub-paragraphs (4), (5), (8), (9), (10) and (11) after the words “Health Board” in each place where they occur there is inserted “or primary care NHS trust”;

(c)in the following paragraphs, after the word “or” in each place where it occurs there is inserted “primary care”–

• paragraph 39 (attendance);

• paragraph 40 (general anaesthesia);

• paragraph 41 (records);

• paragraph 42 (drugs);

• paragraph 43 (provision of Health Board information leaflets);

• paragraph 44 (termination of services);

(d)in paragraph 43 (provision of Health Board information leaflets) after the words “Health Board” in the first place where they occur and in the heading after those words there is inserted “or primary care NHS trust”.