1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the General Dental Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 12th January 2015.
(2)In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993.
2Amendment of the principal regulations#
(1)The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).–
(2)After regulation 13 (transfer of continuing care and capitation arrangements) insert—“13A 1 At the termination of a pilot scheme, the Board may, after consultation with the Local Dental Committee and with the agreement of the patients concerned, make arrangements with one or more dentists (whose names are included in the dental list) for the transfer of persons, formerly receiving personal dental services under a pilot scheme, into continuing care arrangements or capitation arrangements.2 An arrangement under paragraph (1) may transfer a person to the dentist who had treated that patient while a performer of personal dental services under the pilot scheme.”
(3)In Schedule 2 (terms of service for dentists)–
(a)in paragraph 4(4) (a continuing care arrangement), after “regulation 13” insert “or 13A”;
(b)in paragraph 5(3) (a capitation arrangement), after “regulation 13” insert “or 13A”.
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