Regulation 37 Application for inclusion in a dental performers list

(1)

In addition to satisfying the requirements of regulation 4, an application by a dental practitioner for inclusion in a dental performers list must satisfy the requirements of this regulation.

(2)

The dental practitioner must, subject to paragraph (4), provide—

(a)

details of the dental practitioner’s dental qualifications, details of where they were obtained and evidence of them,

(b)

unless the dental practitioner is undertaking foundation training, or is exempt under regulation 39(4) from the requirement to undertake foundation training, evidence that the dental practitioner has satisfactorily completed such training,

(c)

a declaration that the dental practitioner is included in the dentists register,

(d)

the dental practitioner’s professional registration number and date of first registration,

(e)

if the dental practitioner is undertaking foundation training, the name and practice address of the dental practitioner’s approved trainer,

(f)

confirmation of whether the dental practitioner is a contractor under a general dental services contract or provides primary dental services in accordance with section 64 arrangements, and

(g)

confirmation of whether the dental practitioner is a contractor under a general dental services contract or provides primary dental services in accordance with section 64 arrangements for more than one scheme and, if so, which schemes and which of those schemes is the relevant scheme.

(3)

The dental practitioner must give the following undertakings—

(a)

if the dental practitioner is undertaking foundation training—

(i)

not to perform any primary dental services except when acting in accordance with the terms of the contract of employment for service with Velindre University NHS Trust and for and under the direction of his or her approved trainer,

(ii)

to withdraw from a dental performers list if the dental practitioner fails to complete that training satisfactorily, and

(iii)

upon satisfactory completion of the dental practitioner’s foundation training, to provide the Local Health Board with satisfactory evidence of that fact,

(b)

if the dental practitioner is a contractor under a general dental services contract, to comply with the requirements of paragraph 79 of Schedule 3 to the National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts and Patient Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2026^f1 (gifts) or if the dental practitioner provides primary dental services in accordance with section 64 arrangements, to comply with the requirements of paragraph 81 of Schedule 3 to the National Health Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2006^f2 (gifts),

(c)

if the dental practitioner is not a contractor, to comply with the requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (b) as though the dental practitioner were such a contractor, and

(d)

not to perform any primary dental services in the area of another Local Health Board from whose dental performers list, dental list, or equivalent list the dental practitioner has been removed, except where that removal was at the dental practitioner’s request or in accordance with regulation 16(5) of these Regulations or regulation 8(3) of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992^f3, without the consent, in writing, of that Local Health Board.

(4)

This regulation applies to an application made by a returning practitioner as if paragraph (2)(a) and (c) were omitted.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: W.S.I. 2026/37.
f2: S.I. 2006/489 (W. 58).
f3: S.I. 1992/661. These Regulations have been revoked in relation to Wales by S.I. 2006/946 (W. 95). Reference to the revoked Regulations is retained to capture information about historic lists.