S.I. No. 135/2011 - Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Registered Dentists) Regulations 2011.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st April, 2011.

I, JAMES REILLY, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 9 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 (No. 5 of 2009), having complied with subsections (4) and (7) of that section, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Registered Dentists) Regulations 2011.

2. These Regulations shall apply to payments in respect of 2nd stage endodontic treatment services, apicectomy treatment services and protracted periodontal treatment services rendered by a registered dentist to or on behalf of the Health Service Executive under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme.

3. The payments that shall be made to a registered dentist in respect of 2nd stage endodontic treatment services and apicectomy treatment services shall, from the date of the making of these Regulations, be in the amounts specified in Schedule 1.

4. Subject to Regulations 5 and 6, the payment that shall be made to a registered dentist in respect of protracted periodontal treatment services shall, from the date of the making of these Regulations, be in the amount specified in Schedule 2.

5. Regulation 4 shall not apply to a registered dentist who provides protracted periodontal treatment services in the local government areas of the city of Dublin and the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Kildare, South Dublin and Wicklow.

6. A registered dentist shall not be paid for more than 4 treatment visits in relation to a patient for services referred to in Regulation 4 rendered to the patient in any 12 month period.

SCHEDULE 1

2nd Stage Endodontic Treatment Services and Apicectomy Treatment Services

SCHEDULE 2

Protracted Periodontal Treatment Services — amount payable to a registered dentist per treatment visit

The Minister for Finance consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 March 2011.

MICHAEL NOONAN,

Minister for Finance.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 March 2011.

JAMES REILLY,

Minister for Health and Children.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations provide for a reduction of payments to registered dentists in respect of certain services under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme.