The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2006

Completion of orthodontic courses of treatment

8.—(1) The contractor will indicate on the form supplied to the Local Health Board pursuant to paragraph 38 of Schedule 3 (notification of a course of treatment) whether or not the orthodontic course of treatment was completed.

(2) If the Local Health Board requests in writing that the contractor provides reasons for the failure to complete one or more orthodontic courses of treatment, the contractor will, within such period as the Local Health Board may specify, provide the reasons for that failure.

(3) If the Local Health Board—

(a) determines that the number of orthodontic courses of treatment provided by the contractor which have not been completed is excessive; and

(b) does not consider that the reasons given by the contractor for the failure to complete the orthodontic courses of treatment are satisfactory,

it will be entitled to exercise its powers under paragraph 73 of Schedule 3 on the grounds that the contractor is not, pursuant to paragraph 5(3) of this Schedule, using its best endeavours to ensure orthodontic courses of treatment are completed.