{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-medical-profession-responsible-officers-regulations-2010/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-medical-profession-responsible-officers-regulations-2010/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111500286",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-medical-profession-responsible-officers-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Connection between designated bodies and medical practitioners who are responsible officers",
  "text": "(1) Where a medical practitioner is the responsible officer for a designated body (body A) in accordance with these Regulations, the prescribed connection between that practitioner and a designated body for the purposes of section 45B of the Act is as follows.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the medical practitioner has a prescribed connection with a designated body (body B) in the following circumstances—\n(a) where body A is in England and is not a Strategic Health Authority, body B is the Strategic Health Authority in whose area body A is located;\n(b) where body A is a Strategic Health Authority, body B is the Department of Health;\n(c) where body A is in Scotland, body B is the Scottish Ministers;\n(d) where body A is in Wales, body B is the Welsh Ministers.\n(3) A medical practitioner who is a responsible officer for—\n(a) the Department of Health;\n(b) the Scottish Ministers; or\n(c) the Welsh Ministers,\ndoes not have a prescribed connection with a designated body under these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111500286/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:54:53.728998+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}