F1 PART IIN.I.PILOT SCHEMES FOR PRIMARY CARE

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Preparation and making of pilot schemesN.I.

Provision of personal dental services under a pilot schemeN.I.

5.—(1) This Article applies to any pilot scheme under which personal dental services are provided.

(2) An agreement which constitutes, or is one of the agreements which together constitute, a pilot scheme may be made by [F2the Department] only with one or more of the following—

(a)an [F3HSC trust];

(b)a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list;

(c)an [F4HSC employee] or a pilot scheme employee;

(d)a qualifying body;

(e)an individual who is providing personal dental services under that or another pilot scheme.

(3) In this Article—

“dental list” means a list prepared in accordance with regulations under Article 61(2)(a) of the 1972 Order;

“ [F4HSC employee]” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of [F5health care], is employed by—

(a)an [F3HSC trust];

(b)a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list; or

(c)a dental practitioner who is providing personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme;

“pilot scheme employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme, is employed by an individual providing those services;

“qualifying body” means—

(a)a body corporate which, in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the [1984 c. 24.] Dentists Act 1984, is entitled to carry on the business of dentistry; or

(b)a company which is limited by shares all of which are legally and beneficially owned by persons falling within sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (e) of paragraph (2).