{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-dentistry-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-dentistry-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-32.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/32",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Use of Class 3B or Class 4 laser product",
  "text": "(1) The registered person must ensure that no Class 3B or Class 4 laser product is used in or for the purposes of the private dental practice unless the registered person has in place a professional protocol drawn up by a trained and experienced dentist or dental care professional in accordance with which treatment using a Class 3B or Class 4 laser product is to be provided, and that the treatment is provided in accordance with it.\n(2) The registered person must maintain at the private dental practice a register of each occasion where a Class 3B or Class 4 laser product has been used which includes—\n(a) the name of the patient in connection with whose treatment the Class 3B or Class 4 laser product was used;\n(b) the name of the person who used the Class 3B or Class 4 laser product; and\n(c) the date on which it was used.\n(3) The registered person must ensure that such a Class 3B or Class 4 laser product is used in the private dental practice only by a person who has undertaken appropriate training and has demonstrated an understanding of—\n(a) the correct use of the Class 3B or Class 4 laser product;\n(b) the risks associated with using the Class 3B or Class 4 laser product;\n(c) its biological and environmental effects;\n(d) precautions to be taken before and during use of a Class 3B or Class 4 laser product; and\n(e) action to be taken in the event of an accident, emergency or other adverse incident involving a Class 3B or Class 4 laser product.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the meaning of Class 3B or Class 4 laser product see Part 1 of British Standard EN 60825 – 1 (Radiation safety of laser products and systems). Copies can be obtained from BS1 Customer Services, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/202/regulation/32",
    "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."
}