http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/489/regulation/18/2017-12-01The National Health Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2006National Health Service (NHS)Dental servicesPrimary health careCommunity health clinicsDental healthNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALESStatute Law Database2024-05-20Expert Participation2017-12-01 These Regulations set out, for Wales, the framework for personal dental services agreements under section 28C of the National Health Service Act 1977 (“the Act”). PART 5AGREEMENTS: REQUIRED TERMSFees, charges and financial interests of the contractor 18 1 The agreement must contain terms relating to fees, charges and financial interests which have the same effect as those set out in paragraphs (2) to (4). 2 The contractor will not, either itself or through any other person, demand or accept a fee or other remuneration for its own or another’s benefit from— a any patient of its for the provision of any treatment under the agreement, except as otherwise provided in the NHS Charges Regulations; or b any person who has requested services under the agreement for himself or herself or a family member, as a prerequisite to providing services under the agreement to that person or his or her family member. 3 The agreement must contain a term that— a only permits the contractor to collect from any patient of its any charge that that patient is required to pay by virtue of the NHS Charges Regulations, in accordance with the requirements of those Regulations; and b provides for obligations imposed on the contractor by virtue of the NHS Charges Regulations to be terms of the agreement. 4 The agreement must contain a term that requires the contractor in making a decision— a as to what services to recommend or provide to a patient who has sought services under the agreement; or b to refer a patient for other services by another contractor, hospital or other relevant service provider under Part 1 of the Act, to do so without regard to its own financial interests. 5 The term “patient” in paragraph (3) will have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the NHS Charges Regulations. Reg. 18 in force at 1.3.2006, see reg. 1(1)
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