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6.—(1) Where the contractor has, following a case assessment, determined that orthodontic treatment should be provided to a patient, it will, at the time of that case assessment, ensure that the patient is provided with an orthodontic treatment plan on a form supplied for that purpose by the Relevant Body which will specify—
(a)the name of the patient;
(b)the name of the contractor;
(c)particulars of the places where the patient will receive orthodontic treatment;
(d)the telephone number at which the contractor may be contacted during normal surgery hours;
(e)details of the orthodontic treatment which is, at the date of the examination, considered necessary to secure the oral health of the patient;
(f)the NHS charge, if any, in respect of those services if provided pursuant to the agreement; and
(g)subject to paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 (mixing of services provided under the contract with private services), any proposals the contractor may have for private services as an alternative to the services proposed under the agreement, including particulars of the cost to the patient if he or she were to accept the provision of private services.
(2) If the patient, having considered the treatment plan provided pursuant to sub-paragraph (1), decides to accept the provision of private services in place of orthodontic services under the agreement, the contractor will ensure that the patient signs the treatment plan in the appropriate place to indicate that he or she has understood the nature of private services to be provided and his or her acceptance of those private services.
(3) Where, for clinical reasons, the services included in the orthodontic treatment plan under sub-paragraph (1) need to be varied, the contractor will provide the patient with a revised orthodontic treatment plan in accordance with that sub-paragraph.
(4) Subject to paragraph 5(4) and (5), the contractor will provide the orthodontic services which are detailed in the orthodontic treatment plan provided pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) or, where the orthodontic treatment plan is revised, pursuant to the revised orthodontic treatment plan.
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