3.—(1) Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (dental list)(1) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (1) there is substituted–
“(1) The Health Board or primary care NHS trust(2) shall prepare a list, to be called the dental list.”;
(3) After paragraph (1) there is inserted the following new paragraphs–
“(1A) Part A of the dental list shall be a list of dentists who, pursuant to the provisions of regulation 5, have undertaken to provide general dental services in the appropriate part of the Health Board’s area and who are not disentitled by virtue of the provisions of–
(a)section 25(2A), 30(1), 31(b), 32A(3), 32B(1) or 32D(2) of the Act(3);
(b)section 8(2) of the Health and Medicines Act 1988(4); or
(c)regulation 10 (restriction on the right to be included in a dental list).
(1B) Part B of the dental list shall be a list of dentists who, pursuant to the provisions of regulation 5 have undertaken to provide emergency dental services under regulation 17, in the appropriate part of the Health Board’s area and who are not disentitled by virtue of–
(a)section 25(2A), 30(1), 31(b), 32A(3), 32B(1) or 32D(2) of the Act;
(b)section 8(2) of the Health and Medicines Act 1988; or
(c)paragraphs (1) and (2)(a) of regulation 10 (restrictions on the right to be included in a dental list).”.
(4) In paragraph (2) for the words “The dental list” there is substituted “Part A of the dental list”.
(5) After paragraph (2) there is inserted–
“(2A) Part B of the dental list shall, in addition to the name of the dentist–
(a)contain–
(i)the address of the Health Board or primary care NHS trust premises where the emergency dental services under regulation 17 will be undertaken;
(ii)the date of his registration as a dental practitioner in the register kept under section 14 of the Dentists Act 1984, particulars of the dental qualification held by the dentist which entitles him to be registered, including the dates on which the qualification was awarded and particulars of any dental qualification held by him which is registerable pursuant to section 19(1)(c) of the Dentists Act 1984(5); and
(b)indicate whether the dentist is indemnified against claims relating to the practice of dentistry in relation to dentistry performed by the dentist himself.”.
Regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 1998/1663, 1999/724 and S.S.I. 1999/51.
The definition of “primary care NHS trust” was inserted by S.S.I. 1999/51.
Section 25(2A) was inserted by S.I. 1981/432, article 4(3); section 30(1) was amended by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1995 (c. 31) (“the 1995 Act”) section 10; section 32A, 32B and 32D were inserted by section 8 of the 1995 Act.