[ 17D [Personal dental services: persons] with whom agreements may be made.S
(1)A Health Board may make an agreement under section 17C [under which personal dental services are provided] only with one or more of the following—
(a) an NHS trust;
[(b)[a company which is limited by shares all of which are legally and beneficially owned by persons falling within the following sub-paragraphs and paragraphs (c) to (d)]—
(i)a medical practitioner who satisfies the prescribed conditions;
(ii)a health care professional who satisfies the prescribed conditions;
(iii)a person who is providing primary medical services in accordance with a general medical services contract;
(iv)a person who is providing primary medical services in accordance with a section 28Q contract or an [Article 57 contract];
(v) a person who is providing primary medical services in accordance with section 17C [ arrangements, ] section 28C arrangements or . . . Article 15B arrangements;
(vi)an individual who is providing general dental services;
(vii)a person who is providing primary dental services in accordance with a section 28K contract or an individual who is providing general dental services in accordance with Article 61 of the 1972 Order;
(viii)a person who is providing personal dental services in accordance with section 17C arrangements;
(ix)a person who is providing primary dental services in accordance with section 28C arrangements or personal dental services in accordance with Article 15B arrangements;]
. . .
(c)]a qualifying dental practitioner;
[(ca)]an individual who is providing personal dental services in accordance with section 17C arrangements or [primary dental services in accordance with] section 28C arrangements;
(d)an NHS employee, a section 17C employee [, [or] a section 28C employee . . . ];
(e)a qualifying body.
(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)In this section—
[ “ the 1972 Order ” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (1972 No. 1256 (N.I. 14)); ]
“the 1977 Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;
[ “ Article 15B arrangements ” means arrangements for the provision of services made under Article 15B of the 1972 Order;
“ Article 15B employee ” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in accordance with Article 15B arrangements, is employed by a person providing those services;
[ “ Article 57 contract ” means a general medical services contract under Article 57 of the 1972 Order; ]
“ health care professional ” means a member of a profession which is regulated by a body mentioned (at the time the agreement in question is made) in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17);
“ Local Health Board ” has the same meaning as in the 1977 Act; ]
“NHS employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in the health service in Scotland or England and Wales [or, in relation to paragraph (b) below, Northern Ireland], is employed by—
(b)
[in the case of an agreement under which primary medical services are provided—
(ii)
... or a Local Health Board;
(iii)
an NHS trust, an NHS foundation trust or (in Northern Ireland) a Health and Social Services Trust;
(iv)
a person who is providing primary medical services in accordance with a general medical services contract or a section 28Q contract or an individual who is providing general medical services in accordance with Article 56 of the 1972 Order;
(v)
an individual who is providing general dental services;
(vi)
a person who is providing primary dental services in accordance with a section 28K contract or an individual who is providing general dental services in accordance with Article 61 of the 1972 Order;
...]
(c)
in the case of an agreement under which personal dental services are provided—
(i)
a dental practitioner whose name is included in a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 25(2)(a) of this Act or section [28X] of the 1977 Act; or
(ii)
a dental practitioner who is providing personal dental services in accordance with section 17C arrangements or [primary dental services in accordance with] section 28C arrangements;
“qualifying body” means—
(a)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)
. . . a body corporate which, in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the Dentists Act 1984, is entitled to carry on the business of dentistry;
“qualifying dental practitioner” means a dental practitioner who satisfies the conditions imposed by regulations made under section 17E(2)(b) of this Act or section 28E(2)(b) of the 1977 Act;
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“section 17C employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in accordance with section 17C arrangements, is employed by,
(a)
[where the arrangements are for the provision of primary medical services, a person providing services in accordance with the arrangements;
(b)
where the arrangements are for the provision of personal dental services, an individual providing services in accordance with the arrangements];
“section 28C arrangements” means arrangements for the provision of services made under section 28C of the 1977 Act; . . .
“section 28C employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in accordance with section 28C arrangements, is employed by
(a)
[where the arrangements are for the provision of primary medical services, a person providing services in accordance with the arrangements;
(b)
where the arrangements are for the provision of personal dental services, an individual providing services in accordance with the arrangements
[ “ section 28K contract ” means a general dental services contract under section 28K of the 1977 Act; and
“ section 28Q contract ” means a general medical services contract under section 28Q of the 1977 Act.
[(3)The references in subsection (1)(b)(iii) to (ix) to a person or individual who is providing services include a person or, as the case may be, an individual who has provided them within such period as may be prescribed.]]]
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