# General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Paragraph 12: Termination of responsibility for patients

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) A doctor with whom an arrangement has been made for the provision of any or all of the maternity medical services mentioned in regulation 34(1)(a) may agree with the woman concerned to terminate the arrangement and, in default of agreement, the doctor may apply to the Board for permission to terminate the arrangement.
(2) On an application under sub-paragraph (1), the Board, after considering any representations made by either party and after consulting the Local Medical Committee, may terminate the arrangement.
(3) Where a doctor ceases to provide any or all of the maternity medical services mentioned in regulation 34(1)(a), he shall inform any woman for whom he has arranged to provide such services that he is ceasing to provide them and that she may make a fresh arrangement to receive those services from another doctor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/380/schedule/2/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-12
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