The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2006

Notification of a course of treatment, orthodontic course of treatment etc. E+W

38.—(1) The contractor will, within 2 months of the date upon which—

(a) it completes a course of treatment in respect of mandatory or additional services;

(b) it completes a case assessment in respect of an orthodontic course of treatment that does not lead to a course of treatment;

(c) it provides an orthodontic appliance following a case assessment in respect of orthodontic treatment;

(d) it completes a course of treatment in respect of orthodontic treatment;

(e) a course of treatment in respect of mandatory services or additional services or orthodontic course of treatment [F1 is] terminated; or

(f) in respect of courses not falling within sub-paragraph (d) or (e), no more services can be provided by virtue of paragraph 5(4)(b) of Schedule 1 (orthodontic course of treatment) or paragraph 6(4)(b) of this Schedule,

send to the Local Health Board F2 ... the information specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) The information referred to in sub-paragraph (1) comprises of—

(a) details of the patient to whom it provides services;

(b) details of the services provided (including any appliances provided) to that patient;

(c) details of any NHS Charge payable (and paid) by that patient; and

[F3 (d) in the case of a patient who is exempt from NHS charges, such details of that exemption and the basis of that exemption as the Local Health Board may reasonably request.]

[F4 (3) In the case of a patient to whom sub-paragraph (2)(d) applies, the contractor must also provide the Local Health Board (or a person authorised on the Local Health Board’s behalf) with the written declaration form.

(4) Before 1 May 2019 the contractor may send the information required in sub-paragraph (2) to the Local Health Board either in paper form or by means of electronic submission.

(5) On or after 1 May 2019 the contractor must send the information required in sub-paragraph (2) to the Local Health Board by means of electronic submission, but the Local Health Board may accept submission of that information in paper form—

(a) in such exceptional circumstances as the Local Health Board may reasonably determine; and

(b) in respect of courses of treatment ending on or before 30 April 2019, for a period ending with 30 June 2019.

(6) In this paragraph, “electronic submission” means information submitted electronically via a computer system approved by the Local Health Board.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 3 para. 38(1)(e) substituted (1.12.2017) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts and Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1040), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 3 para. 38(1) omitted (1.12.2017) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts and Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1040), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b)

F3 Sch. 3 para. 38(2)(d) substituted (1.12.2017) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts and Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1040), regs. 1(2), 3(3)

F4 Sch. 3 para. 38(3)-(6) inserted (1.12.2017) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts and Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1040), regs. 1(2), 3(4)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 38 in force at 1.3.2006, see reg. 1(1)