# General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Paragraph 10: Termination of responsibility for patients

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Where—
(a) a person on a doctor’s list has committed an act of violence against that doctor or has behaved in such a way that that doctor has feared for his safety; and
(b) that doctor has reported the incident to the police,
that doctor may notify the Agency that he wishes to have that person removed from his list with immediate effect.
(2) Notification under sub-paragraph (1) may be given by any means, including telephone or fax, but, if not given in writing, shall subsequently be confirmed in writing within 7 days (and, for the purpose of this paragraph, a notification given by fax is not a notification given in writing).
(3) The time at which the doctor notifies the Agency shall be the time at which he makes the telephone call or sends or delivers the notification to the Agency.
(4) Where, pursuant to this paragraph, a doctor has notified the Agency that he wishes to have a person’s name removed from his list with immediate effect, he shall take all reasonable steps to inform the person concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/380/schedule/2/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-10
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