# The National Health Service (General Dental Services) Amendment (Wales) Regulations 2000, Note: Explanatory note


(This note does not form part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/661) (“the 1992 Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which general dental services are provided under the National Health Service Act 1977.
Regulation 3 amends regulation 19 of the 1992 Regulations so that Determination V in the Table of Determinations (which are collectively published in a statement called the Statement of Dental Remuneration) relates to the subject matter “commitment payments” (“taliadau ymrwymo”).
Regulation 4 amends Schedule 1 to the 1992 Regulations, which contains the terms of service for dentists who provide general dental services in the National Health Service. The amendments concern a dentist’s obligations in respect of forms and records.
Regulation 4(2) amends the circumstances in which records must be produced for inspection.
Regulation 4(3) inserts a new requirement for a dentist to ask to see evidence in support of a claim that a patient is entitled to exemption from, or remission of, dental charges and to record on the dentist’s claim for remuneration for the treatment provided to such a patient when such evidence has not been seen.
Regulation 4(3) also inserts a new requirement so that a dentist is required to complete a form when he or she makes a claim for remuneration following being recalled to the dental practice in order to provide a patient with treatment for an emergency outside the usual practice hours. The dentist is also obliged to obtain on the said form the signature of the patient, or a person responsible for the patient, that he or she has been recalled to treat.
Regulation 4(4) inserts a requirement for a separate claim form to be completed for treatment given by assistants.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2000/3118/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-amendment-wales-regulations-2000/note
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.