# The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 20: Excessive prescribing


A prescriber shall not prescribe drugs, medicines or appliances whose cost or quantity, in relation to any patient, is, by reason of the character of that drug, medicine or appliance, in excess of that which was reasonably necessary for the proper treatment of that patient.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3361/schedule/3/paragraph/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-contracts-regulations-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-20
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