The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006

Amendment of regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations

3.  In regulation 2 (making and recovery of charges) after paragraph (2) insert the following paragraphs–

“(3) Where an overseas visitor receives:–

(a) general dental services in a Health Board’s area from a dental practitioner on that Health Board’s dental list, or

(b) general ophthalmic services in a Health Board’s area from an ophthalmic medical practitioner or an ophthalmic optician on that Health Board’s ophthalmic list, or

(c) personal dental services from a dental practitioner in terms of an agreement made with a Health Board under section 17C(1) of the Act or a pilot scheme under Part I of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997(2) (as the case may be),

the dental practitioner, ophthalmic medical practitioner or ophthalmic optician providing such general dental services, general ophthalmic services or personal dental services, having determined, by means of such enquiries as that person is satisfied are reasonable in all the circumstances, including the state of health of that overseas visitor, that the case is not one in which these Regulations provide for no charge to be made, shall make and recover from the person liable under regulation 7 charges for the provision of those services as such charges are determined by the Health Board.

(4) A dental practitioner, ophthalmic medical practitioner or ophthalmic optician who makes and recovers a charge in accordance with paragraph 3 shall give or send to the person making the payment a receipt for the amount paid”.

(1)

Section 17C was inserted by the 1997 Act sections 21(2) and 41(3). Relevant amendments are the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004, asp 1, section 2(2)(a), 2(2)(b), 2(2)(c), 2(2)(d) and 2(2)(e).

(2)

1997 c. 46.