The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996

means a person who has received such training and experience as to be capable of assisting the dentist in monitoring the clinical condition of the patient and in the event of an emergency.

means the circumstances set out in paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 1 in which a patient requires prompt care and treatment;

means the body referred to in regulation 7;

means a committee appointed by the Appeal Body in accordance with regulation 8(6);

means a dentist on a dental list and who is approved by the Scottish Dental Vocational Training Committee as being a dentist who has the requisite skills and suitable practice facilities to enable him to act as a trainer;

means in relation to a Health Board the area for which the Health Board is constituted;

means any dentist employed either whole-time or part-time under a contract of service by another dentist for the purpose of providing general dental services on behalf of that dentist;

means an agreement between dentists practising as principals— (a) to which there are 2 parties, not being partners of each other;

means an arrangement between the dentist and the patient whereby the dentist provides care and treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 1;

means— (a) all proper and necessary care which a dentist usually undertakes for a patient and which the patient is willing to undergo, including advice, planning of treatment, preventative care;

means a registered pharmaceutical chemist who provides pharmaceutical services or a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business in accordance with section 69 of the Medicines Act 1968 who provides such services;

means a person claiming to be entitled to, or receiving, a payment;

means the Agency constituted under section 10 of the Act;

means the dental service in Scotland provided under sections 1 and 39(2) of the Act, in England and Wales provided under section 3(1)(c) and section 5(1)(a) or (1A) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and in Northern Ireland provided under Articles 5(1)(c), 9(1)(a) and (1A) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;

means an arrangement between the dentist and the patient whereby the dentist provides care and treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 1;

means the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education established by the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education Order 1993;

means any dental officer appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose of advising the Secretary of State, the Board, Health Boards and practitioners on questions arising in connection with general dental services;

means any part of the practice premises where care and treatment is provided;

means a registered dental practitioner;

means a dentist (including a partner) acting on behalf of another dentist, otherwise than in the capacity of an assistant, for the purpose of providing general dental services;

means a registered medical practitioner;

means the statement prepared by the Secretary of State under regulation 9 of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995;

means treatment which is provided pursuant to arrangements made under regulation 17;

means the erasure of a person’s name from the register;

means a form supplied by the Health Board, or a form to like effect, completed by the dentist and submitted to the Board in accordance with paragraph 26 of Schedule 1 for the purpose of obtaining prior approval under that paragraph;

means a board constituted under section 2 of the Act;

means premises provided by the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of section 36(1)(b) of the Act;

means the committee of that name being a Committee of the General Dental Council and constituted in accordance with section 2(4) of the Dentists Act 1984;

means suspension by virtue of an order under section 30(3) of the Dentists Act 1984 except such a suspension terminated by the court under section 30(6) of that Act;

means an order under section 32 of the Dentists Act 1984;

means such drugs and medicines as are included in a list for the time being approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 27(1)(c) of the Act;

means the period of one year beginning with the date of confinement.

means any postgraduate dental qualification which is registrable with the General Dental Council.

means any vehicle in which care and treatment is provided;

means such treatment as is mentioned in paragraph 17 of Schedule 1;

means such a standard of health of the teeth, their supporting structures and other tissues of the mouth, and of dental efficiency, as in the case of any patient is reasonable having regard to the need to safeguard his general health;

means a person for whom a dentist agrees to provide general dental services;

means the form supplied by the Health Board for the purpose of maintaining a record of treatment or a form to like effect;

means—

means a payment under this Part of these Regulations;

means, in relation to any dentist, any premises at which he provides general dental services, or any mobile surgery of his;

means care and treatment delivered by the dentist at the first point of contact with the patient, and the “community dental service” means the dental service in Scotland provided under sections 1 and 39(2) of the Act, in England and Wales provided under section 3(1)(c) and section 5(1)(a) or (1A) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and in Northern Ireland provided under Articles 5(1)(c), 9(1)(a) and (1A) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;

means any item of treatment referred to in Part I of Schedule 4 or any care and treatment specified in paragraph 1 or 2 in Part II of that Schedule;

means the dentists register referred to in section 14(1) of the Dentists Act 1984, and • “registration” means registration in that register;

means registration in that register;

means—

means a dentist employed by a Health Board who undertakes to provide general dental services at a health centre;

means the scale of fees set out in Determination I of the Statement of Dental Remuneration;

means the sub-committee of that name of the Dental Committee of the Council;

means the Statement published from time to time by the Secretary of State pursuant to regulation 22;

means suspended as respects the provision of general dental services to patients by a direction of the Tribunal made pursuant to section 32A(2) or section 32B(1) of the Act or to any provisions in force in England and Wales or Northern Ireland corresponding to those provisions;

means the date on which suspension of a person’s registration takes effect;

means the terms of service contained, or referred to, in Schedule 1;

means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

means the Scottish Dental Practice Board;

means the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996;

means the Tribunal constituted under section 29 of the Act;

means damage to teeth, gingival tissues, or alveoli caused by a force arising outside the mouth resulting in mobility, luxation, subluxation or fracture of the hard tissues or injury to the soft tissues;

means all proper and necessary dental treatment which a dentist usually undertakes for a patient and which the patient is willing to undergo, including examination, diagnosis, preventative treatment, periodontal treatment, conservative treatment, surgical treatment, the supply and repair of dental appliances, orthodontic treatment and the taking of radiographs and the provision of anaesthesia and sedation in connection with such treatment and the supply of listed drugs and the issue of prescriptions in accordance with paragraphs 22 and 23 of Schedule 1;

means any care and treatment provided by a dentist under paragraph 13 of Schedule 1;

means any circumstances in which, in the opinion of the dentist, a patient needs immediate treatment for an acute condition.

means a period of one year’s full time employment (or an equivalent period of part-time employment) undertaken wholly after 30th September 1993 during which a dentist is employed under a contract of service by an approved trainer to provide a wide range of dental care and treatment and to attend such study days as that contract requires with the aim and objectives set out in Schedule 7;

means a certificate confirming that a dentist has completed vocational training issued— (a) in Scotland by the Director of postgraduate dental education, the chairman of the Scottish Dental Vocational Training Committee or a regional general dental practice vocational training adviser;

means the number allocated to a dentist— (a) in Scotland under regulation 6, (b) in England and Wales under regulation 5A of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992, and (c) in Northern Ireland under the General Dental Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993;

means a vocational training certificate or a letter confirming that a dentist has completed vocational training on or before 30th September 1994 and signed in Scotland by the Chairman of the Scottish Dental Vocational Training Committee or an officer of a regional committee for postgraduate dental education, in England and Wales by a postgraduate dental dean or Director of postgraduate dental education, and in Northern Ireland by the Adviser in vocational training.