The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005

Completion of orthodontic courses of treatment E+W

8.—(1) The contractor shall indicate on the form supplied to the Primary Care Trust pursuant to paragraph 38 of Schedule 3 (notification of a course of treatment) whether or not the orthodontic course of treatment was completed.

(2) If the Primary Care Trust requests in writing that the contractor provides reasons for the failure to complete one or more orthodontic courses of treatment, the contractor shall, within such period as the Primary Care Trust may specify, provide the reasons for that failure.

(3) If the Primary Care Trust—

(a) determines that the number of orthodontic courses of treatment provided by the contractor which have not been completed is excessive; and

(b) does not consider that the reasons given by the contractor for the failure to complete the orthodontic courses of treatment are satisfactory,

it shall be entitled to exercise its powers under paragraph 73 of Schedule 3 on the grounds that the contractor is not, pursuant to paragraph 5(3) of this Schedule, using its best endeavours to ensure orthodontic courses of treatment are completed.