Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974 (“the principal Regulations”) which provide for the arrangements under which general dental services are provided under Part II of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is amended to remove an examination from the items of treatment which may be provided as occasional treatment and provides for an amendment to the scope of palliative treatment in relation to crowns (regulation 2(1)). Regulation 2(2) makes a minor amendment to paragraph 19 of Schedule 1.

Schedule 1C to the principal Regulations is amended to reduce (from pound;600 to pound;200) the amount specified as the maximum cost or likely cost of care and treatment or orthodontic care and treatment which a dentist may undertake without seeking the prior approval of the Scottish Dental Practice Board (regulation 2(3)(a)), and to provide that the cost of the extraction of any tooth for orthodontic purposes is not to be included in the cost of care and treatment for the purposes of prior approval (regulation 2(3)(b)). These amendments apply only in relation to care and treatment commenced on or after 8th July 1992.