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The National Health Service (Miscellaneous Dental Charges Amendments) Regulations 2002
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- 2002 No. 2353
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These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988 (“the Travelling Expenses Regulations”) and the National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 1989 (“the Dental Charges Regulations”).
Regulation 2 makes a minor amendment to the regulation 2 of the Travelling Expenses Regulations to reflect the change of a government department’s name.
The Travelling Expenses Regulations provide that the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) (“Income Support Regulations”) are to be used to calculate a patient’s resources for the purposes of establishing entitlement to exemptions from National Health Service charges. Schedule 1 to the Travelling Expenses Regulations then provides a list of modifications to the Income Support Regulations to customise them for the purpose. Regulation 6 of these regulations add further modifications to Schedule 1 to the Travelling Expenses Regulations, as a consequence of the Income Support Regulations having been amended.
Regulation 15 amends Schedule 2 to the Dental Charges Regulations, by permitting a registered midwife to certify that a woman is pregnant, so that the woman can then claim exemption from dental charges (prior to this amendment, the certificate could only be issued by a registered medical practitioner). Regulation 7 amends the Dental Charges Regulations by inserting a definition of “registered midwife”.
Regulation 10 inserts a new regulation 7A into the Dental Charges Regulations. This provides a statutory basis for people, who are exempt from dental charges, to claim a refund of those charges if they have paid them in error.
Regulations 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16 insert references to Primary Care Trusts (and in some cases the Dental Practice Board) which reflect new arrangements for the discharge of health service functions by Primary Care Trusts and that Board.
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