Regulation 31 Resuscitation

(1)

The registered person must prepare and implement a written statement, based on current national guidelines for resuscitation, of the policies to be applied and the procedures to be followed in the private dental practice in relation to resuscitation of patients and must review such statement annually.

(2)

The registered person must ensure that the policies and procedures referred to in paragraph (1)—

(a)

are available on request to every patient; and

(b)

are communicated to and understood by any person working in or for the purposes of the private dental practice who may be involved in decisions about resuscitation of a patient.

(3)

The registered person must also—

(a)

ensure that any person working in or for the purposes of the private dental practice who may be involved in decisions about resuscitation of a patient, or who may be involved in the resuscitation of patients, has been suitably trained; and

(b)

ensure that all equipment and medicines necessary for the resuscitation of patients are available on the premises used to carry on the private dental practice.