{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-dentistry-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-dentistry-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-25.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2017/202",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Dentistry (Wales) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-dentistry-wales-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Notification of events",
  "text": "(1) The registered person must give notice to the appropriate office of the registration authority, as soon as it is practicable to do so, of—\n(a) the death of, or any serious injury to, a patient—\n(i) during treatment provided in or for the purposes of the private dental practice;\n(ii) as a consequence of treatment provided in the private dental practice; or\n(iii) otherwise on the premises of the private dental practice;\n(b) the outbreak of any infectious disease which in the opinion of any dentist or dental care professional working in the practice is sufficiently serious to be so notified; or\n(c) any allegation of misconduct resulting in actual or potential harm to a patient by the registered person or any person employed in or for the purposes of the private dental practice.\n(2) In the case of the death of a patient, the registered person must also notify the registration authority of the date, time, cause (where known) and circumstances of the patient’s death.\n(3) The registered person must keep a secure written record of all events listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/202/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:27:32.723434+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}