The Private Dentistry (Wales) Regulations 2017

PART 4 Additional Requirements

Resuscitation

31.—(1) The registered person must prepare and implement a written statement, based on current national guidelines for resuscitation, of the policies to be applied and the procedures to be followed in the private dental practice in relation to resuscitation of patients and must review such statement annually.

(2) The registered person must ensure that the policies and procedures referred to in paragraph (1)—

(a) are available on request to every patient; and

(b) are communicated to and understood by any person working in or for the purposes of the private dental practice who may be involved in decisions about resuscitation of a patient.

(3) The registered person must also—

(a) ensure that any person working in or for the purposes of the private dental practice who may be involved in decisions about resuscitation of a patient, or who may be involved in the resuscitation of patients, has been suitably trained; and

(b) ensure that all equipment and medicines necessary for the resuscitation of patients are available on the premises used to carry on the private dental practice.

Use of Class 3B or Class 4 laser product

32.—(1) The registered person must ensure that no Class 3B or Class 4 laser product(1) is used in or for the purposes of the private dental practice unless the registered person has in place a professional protocol drawn up by a trained and experienced dentist or dental care professional in accordance with which treatment using a Class 3B or Class 4 laser product is to be provided, and that the treatment is provided in accordance with it.

(2) The registered person must maintain at the private dental practice a register of each occasion where a Class 3B or Class 4 laser product has been used which includes—

(a) the name of the patient in connection with whose treatment the Class 3B or Class 4 laser product was used;

(b) the name of the person who used the Class 3B or Class 4 laser product; and

(c) the date on which it was used.

(3) The registered person must ensure that such a Class 3B or Class 4 laser product is used in the private dental practice only by a person who has undertaken appropriate training and has demonstrated an understanding of—

(a) the correct use of the Class 3B or Class 4 laser product;

(b) the risks associated with using the Class 3B or Class 4 laser product;

(c) its biological and environmental effects;

(d) precautions to be taken before and during use of a Class 3B or Class 4 laser product; and

(e) action to be taken in the event of an accident, emergency or other adverse incident involving a Class 3B or Class 4 laser product.

(1)

For the meaning of Class 3B or Class 4 laser product see Part 1 of British Standard EN 60825 – 1 (Radiation safety of laser products and systems). Copies can be obtained from BS1 Customer Services, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL.