# The Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 2010, Regulation 12: Connection between designated bodies and medical practitioners who are responsible officers


(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.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the medical practitioner has a prescribed connection with a designated body (body B) in the following circumstances—
(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;
(b) where body A is a Strategic Health Authority, body B is the Department of Health;
(c) where body A is in Scotland, body B is the Scottish Ministers;
(d) where body A is in Wales, body B is the Welsh Ministers.
(3) A medical practitioner who is a responsible officer for—
(a) the Department of Health;
(b) the Scottish Ministers; or
(c) the Welsh Ministers,
does not have a prescribed connection with a designated body under these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111500286/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-medical-profession-responsible-officers-regulations-2010/regulation-12
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