# The Dental Auxiliaries (Amendment) Regulations 1991, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Dental Auxiliaries Regulations 1986


(1) The Dental Auxiliaries Regulations 1986 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 6 (fees prescribed by the General Dental Council) for “£6.00” there shall be substituted “£10.00”.
(3) In regulation 23 (dental hygienists)—
(a) in paragraph (1) after the words “of any other kind” there shall be added the words “, except that the scaling of teeth under sub-paragraph (b) above may be carried out by a dental hygienist under local infiltration analgesia administered by the dental hygienist or under any local or regional block analgesia administered by a registered dentist”;
(b) in paragraph (2) after the words “has indicated” there shall be inserted the words “in writing”; and
(c) in paragraph (3) for the words from “Except” to “dental work” there shall be substituted the words “A dental hygienist shall administer local infiltration analgesia”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1706/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dental-auxiliaries-amendment-regulations-1991/regulation-2
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