S.I. No. 171/2009 - Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments To Registered Dentists) Regulations 2009


S.I. No. 171 of 2009

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (REDUCTION OF PAYMENTS TO REGISTERED DENTISTS) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 8th May, 2009.

I, MARY HARNEY, 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 2009.

2. These Regulations shall apply to payments in respect of 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 the services referred to in Regulation 2 from the date of the making of these Regulations shall be as set out in the table below.

TABLE

TREATMENT TYPE

AMOUNT

Oral Examination (A1)

€33.00

Prophylaxis (A2)

€31.00

Amalgam Restoration (A3A)

€50.06

Composite Restoration (A3C)

€51.88

Exodontics (A4)

€39.50

Miscellaneous (A6) Haemorrhage

€22.65

Miscellaneous (A6) Dry Socket

€22.65

Miscellaneous (A6) Abcess

€22.65

Miscellaneous (A6) Dressing

€22.65

Miscellaneous (A6) Prescription

€22.65

1st Stage Endodontic Treatment (A7)

€57.30

Radiographs (1 film)

€24.70

Radiographs (2 or more films)

€37.40

Radiographs (panoramic)

€41.45

Surgical Extraction (A5)/15 Minute Time Unit

€35.00

Surgical Extraction (A5)/45 Minute Time Unit (Max)

€105.00

The Minister for Finance consents to the foregoing Regulations.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

1 May 2009

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Finance.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

1 May 2009

MARY HARNEY,

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 services under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme.