The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/1528
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment ( No. 2) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 8th July 1992.

(2) In these Regulations, the “ principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974( ).

Section 2 Amendment of Schedules to the principal Regulations

(1) In Part III of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (terms of service occasional treatment), in paragraph 16(2)—

(a) head (a) shall be omitted;

(b) for head (j) there shall be substituted the following:—

(j) palliative treatment that is immediately necessary (including the treatment of sensitive cementum or dentine, the stoning and smoothing of the surface of a tooth, the provision of a temporary crown or the removal of the fractured portion of a natural crown where its dissection from supporting soft tissues is necessary prior to the provision of a permanent restoration);

(c) in head (q), for the words “heads (a) to (j), (m) and (mm)” there are substituted the words “heads (aa) to (mm)”.

(2) In Part IV of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (additional terms of service for all dentists), in paragraph 19(1)(a), after the word “reflexes;” the word “and” shall be substituted for the word “or”.

(3) In Part II of Schedule 1C to the principal Regulations (prior approval treatment)—

(a) in paragraphs 1 and 2 for “ pound;600” there shall be substituted “ pound;200”; and

(b) in paragraph 3(b) for the words “and retention” there shall be substituted the words “, retention and the extraction of any tooth for orthodontic purposes”.

Section 3 Application of the Regulations

The amendments made by regulation 2(3) of these Regulations apply only in relation to a course of care and treatment or to any orthodontic care and treatment commenced on or after 8th July 1992.