# General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993, Paragraph 9: Duration and extension of a capitation arrangement


(1) Unless extended under sub-paragraph (3), a capitation arrangement shall lapse at the end of 31st December in the year following that in which—
(a) the patient is first accepted by the dentist under the capitation arrangement; or
(b) the arrangement is extended in accordance with sub-paragraph (3), or is last so extended.
(2) A capitation arrangement—
(a) may be terminated by the dentist or the Agency in accordance with paragraph 11;
(b) shall terminate where—
(i) the patient enters into a capitation arrangement with another dentist, or
(ii) the patient enters into an arrangement with the dentist or another dentist whereby the whole of the care and treatment which might otherwise be provided under the capitation arrangement is to be provided privately, or
(iii) the patient attains the age of 18.
(3) A capitation arrangement may be extended, with the agreement of the patient and the dentist, at any time during the currency of the capitation arrangement before the patient attains the age of 18, but the arrangement may not be extended more than once in the same calendar year.
(4) Where a capitation arrangement is extended, the dentist—
(a) shall at the time examine the patient and assume the obligations set out in paragraph 5(1)(d) to (f); and
(b) shall—
(i) provide details of the care and treatment provided to the patient under the capitation arrangement, and
(ii) chart the patient's decayed, missing or filled teeth,
on a form supplied for that purpose by the Agency, and send it to the Agency.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1993/326/schedule/2/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1993/schedule-2/paragraph-9
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