Regulation 8 Charges for more expensive supplies and repairs

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg.8(1) amended by National Health Service (Dental Charges) 1998 reg.2(7)
reg. 8 amended by National Health Service (General Dental Services) 1990
reg. 8 words substituted by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Supplementary and Consequential Provision) (NHS Foundation Trusts) 2004 art. 3(5) Sch. 5

(1)

Where the Secretary of State–

(a)

supplies a dental appliance which is, at the request of the person supplied, of a type more expensive than the basic type; or

(b)

repairs such a dental appliance at a cost exceeding that of repairing a dental appliance of the basic type,

he may make and recover from the patient a charge equal to the difference between the cost of supplying or repairing the appliance and the cost of supplying or repairing an appliance of the basic type, in addition to any charge authorised by section 78 of the Act.

(2)

Where a dental practitioner providing general dental services, as part of those services and at the request of the person supplied,–

(a)

supplies a denture which is of a type more expensive than the basic type;

(b)

repairs such a denture at a cost exceeding that of repairing a denture of the basic type; or

(c)

supplies a bridge which is of a type more expensive than a denture or a bridge of the basic type,

he may, subject to paragraph (4), make and recover from the patient in respect of the supply or repair of the appliance a charge of an amount calculated in accordance with Part I of Schedule 3.

(3)

Part II of Schedule 3 shall have effect with respect to the procedure for determining the amount of the charge referred to in paragraph (2).

(4)

In the case of an appliance supplied or repaired by a dental practitioner who is remunerated in accordance with Determination IV of the Statement of Dental Remuneration (salaried dentists), the Family Practitioner Committee, and not the dental practitioner, shall make and recover the charge.