# The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 24: Conditions for employment and engagement: dental practitioners performing dental services

Extent: E+W

(1) A contractor must not employ or engage a dental practitioner to perform dental services under the contract unless the contractor has checked that the practitioner meets the requirements in paragraph 21.
(2) Where the employment or engagement of a dental practitioner is urgently needed and it is not possible to check the matters referred to in paragraph 21 in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(b) before employing or engaging him he may be employed or engaged on a temporary basis for a single period of up to 7 days whilst such checks are undertaken.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3361/schedule/3/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-contracts-regulations-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-24
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