# The Patient Rights (Treatment Time Guarantee) (Scotland) Regulations 2012, Regulation 5: Resetting the calculation of waiting time


Where it is reasonable and clinically appropriate, the responsible Health Board may reset the calculation of waiting time to zero in either of the following circumstances—
(a) the patient has given the Health Board reasonable notice that he or she will not attend an appointment for the agreed treatment;
(b) the responsibility for the agreed treatment has transferred to a different Health Board in accordance with regulation 9.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2012/9780111016152/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-patient-rights-treatment-time-guarantee-scotland-regulations-2012/regulation-5
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