6 October 2011

Dental regulator issues guidance on remote prescribing

The UK’s dental regulator, the General Dental Council (GDC), has issued new guidance for registrants on non-surgical cosmetic procedures such as the prescription or administration of Botox or injectable cosmetic medicinal products.

The GDC says that remote prescribing shall not be used in the provision of these procedures.

The guidance has been issued in response to concerns that registrants may use remote prescribing inappropriately and to achieve consistency with the approach of other healthcare regulators in this area.

More information can be found on the GDC’s website www.gdc-uk.org

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