Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(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((2)).

Amendment of Schedules to the principal Regulations

2.-(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);"; and

(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".

Application of the Regulations

3. 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.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974 ("the principal Regulations") which provide for the arrangements under which general dental services are provided under Part II of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is amended to remove an examination from the items of treatment which may be provided as occasional treatment and provides for an amendment to the scope of palliative treatment in relation to crowns (regulation 2(1)). Regulation 2(2) makes a minor amendment to paragraph 19 of Schedule 1.

Schedule 1C to the principal Regulations is amended to reduce (from pound;600 to pound;200) the amount specified as the maximum cost or likely cost of care and treatment or orthodontic care and treatment which a dentist may undertake without seeking the prior approval of the Scottish Dental Practice Board (regulation 2(3)(a)), and to provide that the cost of the extraction of any tooth for orthodontic purposes is not to be included in the cost of care and treatment for the purposes of prior approval (regulation 2(3)(b)). These amendments apply only in relation to care and treatment commenced on or after 8th July 1992.