The National Health Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) Regulations 2005

Completion of courses of treatmentE+W

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9.—(1) The contractor shall indicate—

(a)on the form supplied by the Relevant Body; or

(b)in the case where the contractor is a Primary Care Trust, on the form that it supplies to other contractors,

pursuant to paragraph 39 whether the course of treatment was completed, and if the course of treatment was not completed, provide the reason for the failure to complete the course of treatment.

(2) If the Relevant Body—

(a)determines that the number of courses of treatment provided by the contractor which have not been completed is excessive; and

(b)does not consider that the reasons given by the contractor for the failure to complete the courses of treatment are satisfactory,

it shall be entitled to exercise its powers under paragraph 59(2) on the grounds that the contractor is not, pursuant to paragraph 7(2), using its best endeavours to ensure courses of treatment are completed.