# The Private Dentistry (Wales) Regulations 2017, Regulation 30: Death of a registered person


(1) If more than one person is registered in respect of a private dental practice, and a registered person dies, any surviving registered person must give notice of the death in writing to the appropriate office of the registration authority, as soon as it is practicable to do so.
(2) If only one person is registered in respect of a private dental practice, and the person dies, the person’s personal representatives must—
(a) give notice of the death in writing to the appropriate office of the registration authority, as soon as it is practicable to do so; and
(b) give notice to that authority of their intentions regarding the future running of the private dental practice, within 28 days of the death.
(3) The personal representatives of the deceased registered provider may carry on the private dental practice without being registered in respect of it—
(a) for a period not exceeding 28 days; and
(b) for any further period as may be determined by the registration authority in accordance with paragraph (4).
(4) The registration authority may extend the period specified in paragraph (3)(a) by such further period, not exceeding six months, as the registration authority may determine, and must notify any such determination to the personal representatives in writing.
(5) The personal representatives must appoint a manager to take full-time day to day charge of the private dental practice during any period in which, in accordance with paragraph (3), they carry on the private dental practice without being registered in respect of it.
(6) The provisions of regulation 11 apply to a manager appointed in accordance with paragraph (5).
(7) Where the registration authority receives an application for registration as provider in respect of the private dental practice referred to in paragraph (1), the six months referred to in paragraph (4) may be extended by a period not exceeding six months as the registration authority may determine.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/202/regulation/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-dentistry-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-30
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