Amendment to the PDS Regulations4
1
Paragraph 39 of Schedule 3 to the PDS Regulations (notification of a course of treatment, orthodontic course of treatment etc.) is amended as follows.
2
In sub-paragraph (1)—
a
in paragraph (e), omit the words “it completes”; and
b
after paragraph (f), omit “, on a form supplied by the Local Health Board,”.
3
For sub-paragraph (3)(d), substitute—
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 Relevant Body may reasonably request.
4
After sub-paragraph (3), insert the following sub-paragraphs—
4
In the case of a patient to whom sub-paragraph (3)(d) applies, the contractor must also provide the Relevant Body (or a person authorised on the Relevant Body’s behalf) with the written declaration form.
5
Before 1 May 2019 the contractor may send the information required in sub-paragraph (3) to the Relevant Body either in paper form or by means of electronic submission.
6
On or after 1 May 2019 the contractor must send the information required in sub-paragraph (3) to the Relevant Body by means of electronic submission, but the Relevant Body may accept submission of that information in paper form—
a
in such exceptional circumstances as the Relevant Body 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.
7
In this paragraph, “electronic submission” means information submitted electronically via a computer system approved by the Relevant Body.