The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I general

   1. 1. Citation and commencement.

   2. 2. Interpretation.

3. PART II general arrangements for provision of general dental services

   1. 3. Terms of service.

   2. 4. Dental list.

   3. 5. Application for inclusion in the dental list.

   4. 6. Applications for vocational training numbers.

   5. 7. Appeal body for appeals against refusal of vocational training number.

   6. 8. Procedure on appeal.

   7. 9. Local directory of dentists.

   8. 10. Restrictions on the right to be included in a dental list.

   9. 11. Removal from dental list.

   10. 12. Removal from dental list on grounds of age.

   11. 13. Withdrawal from dental list.

   12. 14. Information about assistants.

   13. 15. Information about associateship agreements.

   14. 16. Transfer of continuing care and capitation arrangements.

   15. 17. Emergency dental services.

   16. 18. Arrangements for emergency cover.

   17. 19. Health Board patient information leaflets.

4. PART III method of obtaining general dental services

   1. 20. Application for services.

   2. 21. Exercise of choice of dentists in certain cases.

5. PART IV remuneration of dentists

   1. 22. Statement of Dental Remuneration.

   2. 23. Approval of payments.

   3. 24. Drugs.

   4. 25. Recovery of overpayments.

6. PART V payments in consequence of suspension

   1. 26. Interpretation of Part V.

   2. 27. Entitlement to payment.

   3. 28. Application for payment.

   4. 29. Amounts and times of payment.

   5. 30. Changes of circumstances.

   6. 31. Overpayments.

7. PART VI payments in consequence of suspension by the tribunal

   1. 32. Payments to dentists suspended by direction of the Tribunal.

8. PART VII prior approval (patterns of treatment) and surveys

   1. 33. Prior approval—patterns of treatment.

   2. 34. Surveys.

9. PART VIII miscellaneous

   1. 35. Publication of particulars.

   2. 36. Service of documents.

   3. 37. Signatures.

   4. 38. Revocations.

10. Signature

11. SCHEDULES

    1. 1

       Terms of service for dentists.

    2. 2

       Application for inclusion in the dental list.

    3. 3

       Information to be provided about care and treatment under general dental services.

    4. 4

       Prior approval of care and treatment.

    5. 5

       Information to be included in patient information leaflets.

    6. 6

       Information to be included in Health Board patient information leaflets.

    7. 7

       Constituent elements in vocational training.

    8. 8

       Revocations.

12. Explanatory Note