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F117G Right to choose dental practitioner.
1
Provision shall be made in regulations for conferring a right on any person to choose the dental practitioner from whom he is to receive primary dental services, subject to the consent of the practitioner concerned.
2
The regulations shall, in particular, prescribe the procedure for choosing a practitioner.
3
The regulations may, in particular, provide that the right to choose a dental practitioner conferred by the regulations shall, in the case of such persons as may be specified in the regulations, be exercised on their behalf by other persons so specified.
4
In this section “primary dental services” means dental services which are—
a
provided, in accordance with section 17C arrangements, as personal dental services; or
b
provided under Part II as general dental services.