10Quotation for dental services and reporting

10 Quotation for dental services and reporting

(1) This section applies if:

(a) an eligible dentist, an eligible dental specialist or an eligible dental prosthetist performs an initial examination and assessment of an eligible patient, including consideration of any diagnostic tests; and

(b) provides a course of treatment to the patient.

(2) An item in Schedule 1 applies to a dental service included in the course of treatment only if, before beginning the course of treatment, the eligible dentist, eligible dental specialist or eligible dental prosthetist:

(a) gave to the eligible patient, in writing:

(i) a plan of the course of treatment; and

(ii) a quotation for each dental service and each other service (if any) in the plan; and

(b) gave a copy or written summary of the plan to the general practitioner who referred the patient for dental services.