Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 1993/326 United Kingdom

General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person18 Self-Employed Person12 Contractor4 Trader2 Employer1 Employee1

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
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Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties
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TULRCA 1992 72 duties
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What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Dental list Regulated
  • Notify the Board of any changes to your dental list information within 14 daysSelf-Employed Person
s.005 Application for inclusion in the dental list Regulated
  • Submit a written application to the Board for inclusion in the dental listSelf-Employed Person
s.006 Local directory of dentists Regulated
  • Board may request dentist information for local directory — dentist must comply within 28 daysAny Person
s.017 Application for services Regulated
  • Patients must provide medical card and complete eligibility forms when applying for dental servicesAny Person
s.037 Signatures Regulated
  • Sign documents with a handwritten signature — no stamps allowedAny Person
33 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Terms of service
s.007 Restrictions on the right to be included in the dental list
s.008 Removal from dental list
s.009 Removal from dental list on grounds of age
s.010 Withdrawal from dental list
s.011 Information about assistants
s.012 Information about associateship agreements
s.013 Transfer of continuing care and capitation arrangements
s.014 Emergency dental services
s.015 Arrangements for emergency cover
s.016 Board patient information leaflets
s.018 Exercise of choice of dentists in certain cases
s.019 Statement of Dental Remuneration
s.020 Approval of payments
s.021 Appeals against decisions of the Agency
s.022 Drugs
s.023 Recovery of overpayments
s.024 Interpretation
s.025 Entitlement to payments
s.026 Application for payments
s.027 Amount and time of payments
s.028 Changes of circumstances
s.029 Overpayments
s.030 Constitution of the Dental Committee
s.031 Delegation of duties to Dental Officer
s.032 Prior approval — patterns of treatment
s.033 Appeals against the Dental Committee
s.034 Surveys
s.035 Publication of documents
s.036 Service of documents
s.038 Revocations
Schedules

Schedules

33 of 82 shown
s.sch002 Lapse of continuing care or capitation arrangement Regulated
  • Notify patients in writing before care arrangement endsAny Person
s.sch002 Termination of a continuing care arrangement or capitation arrangement Regulated
  • Terminate a continuing care arrangement with proper notice and completion of treatmentAny Person
s.sch002 Referral to another dentist or to a hospital or other service Regulated
  • Refer patient to another dentist or hospital if unable to provide required careSelf-Employed Person
s.sch002 Treatment on referral Regulated
  • Carry out prescribed steps when accepting a patient on referralTrader
s.sch002 Inability of dentist to complete care and treatment under a continuing care arrangement or a capitation arrangement or treatment on referral Regulated
  • Notify Agency if you cannot finish a patient's dental treatmentAny Person
s.sch002 Care and treatment summaries Regulated
  • Provide care and treatment summary to departing patientsContractor
s.sch002 Mixing of general dental services and private care and treatment Regulated
  • You must not mislead patients to push them into private treatmentAny Person
s.sch002 Occasional treatment Regulated
  • Notify the Agency if you cannot complete occasional dental treatmentAny Person
s.sch002 Referral for occasional treatment Regulated
  • Refer patients to another dentist when you lack facilities or expertiseAny Person
s.sch002 Remuneration Regulated
  • Do not claim or accept payment for GDS treatment unless permittedAny Person
s.sch002 Standards of care Regulated
  • Provide proper dental care and treatment with skill and suitable materialsSelf-Employed Person
s.sch002 General anaesthesia and sedation Regulated
  • Arrange safe staffing for dental procedures using general anaesthesia or sedationContractor
s.sch002 Issue of prescription forms Regulated
  • Issue a signed prescription form to each patient for listed drugsAny Person
s.sch002 Domiciliary visits Regulated
  • Visit and treat patients at home within 5 miles of practiceSelf-Employed Person
s.sch002 Records Regulated
  • Keep patient records, retain for 2 years, and produce on request within 14 daysAny Person
s.sch002 Prior approval of treatment Regulated
  • Get prior approval before starting certain dental treatmentsContractor
s.sch002 Completion of an estimate Regulated
  • Provide full patient and treatment details on dental estimatesAny Person
s.sch002 Completion of care and treatment under a continuing care arrangement or a capitation arrangement or treatment on referral Regulated
  • Complete dental care and treatment within a reasonable timeSelf-Employed Person
s.sch002 Dental auxiliaries Regulated
  • Ensure proper completion of care by dental auxiliariesSelf-Employed Person
s.sch002 General dental services Regulated
  • Provide dental care under the correct arrangement for each patientAny Person
s.sch002 Postgraduate education Regulated
  • Maintain up-to-date dental knowledge and skills through CPDAny Person
s.sch002 Notices Regulated
  • Display a notice of charges and exemption entitlement at practice premisesAny Person
s.sch002 Patient information leaflets Regulated
  • Provide a patient information leaflet about your dental servicesSelf-Employed Person
s.sch002 Premises etc Regulated
  • Provide suitable surgery, waiting room, equipment and admit inspectorsSelf-Employed Person
s.sch002 Deputies and assistants Regulated
  • Manage deputies, assistants, and absences with Board notificationsEmployer
s.sch002 Dentists suspended under section 28 or 32 of the Dentists Act 1984 Regulated
  • Ensure substitute dentist is on the dental list during suspensionSelf-Employed Person
s.sch002 Attendance Regulated
  • Attend agreed health premises at agreed times and only provide general dental servicesSelf-Employed Person
s.sch002 A continuing care arrangement Regulated
  • Fulfil obligations under a continuing care arrangementAny Person
s.sch002 A capitation arrangement Regulated
  • Examine, chart, inform, plan, and complete treatment for capitation patientsAny Person
s.sch002 Emergency cover Regulated
  • Make arrangements for emergency dental care under continuing care or capitation arrangementsSelf-Employed Person
s.sch002 Repair or replacement of restorations Regulated
  • Repair or replace failed restorations free within 12 monthsEmployee
s.sch002 Duration and extension of a continuing care arrangement Regulated
  • Ensure continuing care arrangements lapse after 2 years unless extendedContractor
s.sch002 Duration and extension of a capitation arrangement Regulated
  • Examine patient and send details to Agency when extending capitation arrangementTrader
49 other schedules
s.sch002 Interpretation
s.sch002 Incorporation of provisions of Regulations
s.sch002 Supply of drugs
s.sch002 Remuneration
s.sch002 A deputy or assistant who issues a prescription form for...
s.sch002 A deputy or assistant who signs a claim for remuneration...
s.sch002 General anaesthetics
s.sch002 Records
s.sch002 Drugs
s.sch002 Provision of Board patient information leaflets
s.sch002 Termination of services
s.sch003 Full name.
s.sch003 The names of any assistants he or any person referred...
s.sch003 Present or most recent appointment and whether any previous experience...
s.sch003 Whether the general dental services to be provided are restricted...
s.sch003 Whether there is access to the proposed dental surgery without...
s.sch003 Sex.
s.sch003 Date of birth.
s.sch003 Private address.
s.sch003 Date of registration as a dental practitioner in the register...
s.sch003 Address of proposed practice premises and in the case of...
s.sch003 Proposed days and hours of attendance and whether patients will...
s.sch003 Undertaking to provide general dental services in the area of...
s.sch003 Whether intending to practise— (a) as a single-handed practitioner; or...
s.sch004 Details of arrangements in an emergency.
s.sch004 Details of repairs and replacements free of charge.
s.sch004 Explanation of care and treatment to be provided.
s.sch004 Details of arrangements if the dentist with whom the patient...
s.sch004 Details of care and treatment available under general dental services....
s.sch004 Explanation of charges for general dental services and of entitlement...
s.sch004 Explanation of the arrangements for cancelling appointments.
s.sch004 Explanation of the importance of regular care.
s.sch004 The consequences of the termination of a continuing care arrangement...
s.sch005 A course of care and treatment under a continuing care...
s.sch005 Any orthodontic care and treatment to be provided by that...
s.sch005 A reference in this Part to the cost of care...
s.sch006 The following personal and professional details of the dentist—
s.sch006 The following additional information about the provision of general dental...
s.sch007 The following personal and professional details of any salaried dentist...
s.sch007 The following additional information about the provision of general dental...
s.sch008 The Dental Committee constituted by the Agency after consulation with...
s.sch008 The chairman shall be appointed by the Department and shall...
s.sch008 The term of office of members of the Committee shall...
s.sch008 Where the place of a member becomes vacant before the...
s.sch008 A member of the Committee may resign his membership by...
s.sch008 Where any member of the Committee— (a) is absent from...
s.sch008 Where a person who provides any dental or other professional...
s.sch008 The proceedings of the Committee shall not be invalidated by...
s.sch008 A member of the Committee who is appointed on the...

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