Co-operation and investigation
37.—(1) A contractor or any dentist who assists the contractor in the provision of general dental services shall cooperate with any investigation of a complaint by the Health Board in accordance with the procedures which it operates in accordance with directions given under section 2(5) of the Act(1), whether the investigation follows one under the practice based complaints procedure or not.
(2) The cooperation required by sub-paragraph (1) includes—
(a)answering questions reasonably put to the contractor or dentist by the Health Board;
(b)providing any information relating to the complaint reasonably required by the Health Board; and
(c)attending any meeting to consider the complaint (if held at a reasonably accessible place and at a reasonable hour, and due notice has been given), if the presence of a contractor or any dentist who assists the contractor in the provision of general dental services at the meeting is reasonably required by the Health Board.
Section 2(5) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19), Schedule 9, paragraph 19(1).