Part 1 National Health Service
General and personal medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services and pharmaceutical services
I122 Dental corporations
1
The 1977 Act shall be amended as follows.
2
In section 35 (arrangements for general dental services)—
a
in subsection (1)—
i
after “dental practitioners” there shall be inserted “
or dental corporations
”
, and
ii
after “dental practitioner” there shall be inserted “
or dental corporation
”
,
b
in subsection (2)—
i
after “dental practitioner who” there shall be inserted “
, or dental corporation which,
”
,
ii
after “salary” there shall be inserted “
(or, in the case of a dental corporation, a fixed rate of remuneration)
”
, and
iii
in paragraph (b), after “practitioner” there shall be inserted “
or corporation
”
, and
c
after subsection (4) there shall be inserted—
5
In this Act, “dental corporation” means a body corporate which carries on the business of dentistry (within the meaning of section 40 of the Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24)).
3
In section 36 (regulations about general dental services)—
a
in subsection (1)(a), after “dental practitioners” there shall be inserted “
and dental corporations
”
,
b
in subsection (1)(b), after “dental practitioner” there shall be inserted “
or dental corporation
”
,
c
in subsection (1)(d), after “dental practitioners” there shall be inserted “
and dental corporations
”
, and
d
in subsection (3), after “dental practitioner” there shall be inserted “
or dental corporation
”
.
4
In section 37 (Dental Practice Board), after subsection (1C) there shall be inserted—
2
In subsections (1A) and (1B), references to a dental practitioner include references to a dental corporation.
5
In section 128(1) (interpretation), in the appropriate place there shall be inserted—
“dental corporation” has the meaning given by section 35(5);