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102Persons eligible to enter into GDS contracts
(1)A Primary Care Trust may, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, enter into a general dental services contract with—
(a)a dental practitioner,
(b)a dental corporation,
(c)two or more individuals practising in partnership where the conditions in subsection (2) are satisfied.
(2)The conditions referred to in subsection (1)(c) are that—
(a)at least one partner is a dental practitioner, and
(b)any partner who is not a dental practitioner is either—
(i)an NHS employee,
(ii)a section 92 employee, section 107 employee, section 50 employee, section 64 employee, section 17C employee or Article 15B employee,
(iii)a health care professional who is engaged in the provision of services under this Act or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42), or
(iv)an individual falling within section 108(1)(d).
(3)Regulations may make provision as to the effect, in relation to a general dental services contract entered into by individuals practising in partnership, of a change in the membership of the partnership.
(4)In this section—
“dental corporation” means a body corporate which is carrying on the business of dentistry in accordance with the Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24)
“health care professional”, “NHS employee”, “section 92 employee”, “section 107 employee”, “section 50 employee”, “section 64 employee”, “section 17C employee” and “Article 15B employee” have the meaning given by section 108.
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