The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012

Amendment of the National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005

2.—(1) The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), after—

(a) the definition of “Capitation and Quality Scheme Agreement”, insert—

““Care Quality Commission” means the body established by section 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008(2) (The Care Quality Commission);”; and

(b) the definition of “sedation services”, insert—

““service provider” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009(3) (interpretation);”.

(3) In regulation 14 (mandatory services)—

(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1), insert “Subject to paragraph (1A),”; and

(b) after paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) The services described in paragraphs (2) to (4) are not required to be provided by the contractor during any period in respect of which the Care Quality Commission has suspended the contractor as a service provider under section 18 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (suspension of registration).”.

(4) In Schedule 3 (other contractual terms), in paragraph 65(2) (termination on the death of an individual dental practitioner), for “three month period”, substitute “6 month period”.

(1)

S.I. 2005/3361. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2011/1182.

(2)

2008 c.14.

(3)

S.I. 2009/3112 amended by S.I. 2010/49.