Paragraph 15 Provision of services to patients during and outside normal hoursI1
Northern Ireland Not yet in force
Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:
- Sch. 2 para. 1 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 2 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 3 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 4 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 5 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 6 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 7 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 8 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 9 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 10 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 11 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 12 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 13 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 14 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 15 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 16 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 17 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 18 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 19 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 20 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 21 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 22 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 23 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 24 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 25 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 26 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 27 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 28 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 29 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 30 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 31 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 32 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 33 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 34 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 35 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 36 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 37 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 38 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 39 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 40 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 41 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 42 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 43 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 44 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 45 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 46 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 47 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 48 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 49 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 50 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 51 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 52 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 53 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 54 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 55 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 56 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 57 coming into force by General Medical Services 1997 reg. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(d) words substituted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(a)(i)(aa)
- Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(e) words substituted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(a)(i)(bb)
- Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(h) words added by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(a)(i)(cc)
- Sch. 2 para. 4(b) words substituted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(a)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 5(b) words inserted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(a)(iii)
- Sch. 2 para. 6 words substituted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(a)(iv)
- Sch. 2 para. 7(a)(ii) omitted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(a)(v)
- Sch. 2 para. 7(a)(ii)-(iv) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 7(a)(ii) by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(a)(v)
- Sch. 2 para. 4 words substituted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(b)
- Sch. 2 para. 5(2) words inserted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(c)(i)
- Sch. 2 para. 5(2) words substituted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(c)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 6(b) words substituted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(d)
- Sch. 2 para. 9(1)(a) words inserted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(e)
- Sch. 2 para. 9(2)(b) words inserted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(e)
- Sch. 2 para. 14(5)(a) words substituted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(f)
- Sch. 2 para. 16(1) words substituted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(f)
- Sch. 2 para. 18(4) words substituted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(f)
- Sch. 2 para. 20(2) words inserted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(g)
- Sch. 2 para. 23(3) words inserted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(h)(i)
- Sch. 2 para. 23(5)(a) words inserted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(h)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 23(6)(a) words inserted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(h)(iii)
- Sch. 2 para. 24(1) words substituted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(i)(i)
- Sch. 2 para. 24(4) inserted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(i)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 26(1)(a) substituted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(j)(i)
- Sch. 2 para. 26(2)(a)(iv) inserted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(j)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 27(d) and word inserted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(k)
- Sch. 2 para. 31 words inserted by Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) 1999 reg. 4(20)(l)
- Sch. 2 para. 1 words substituted by General Medical Services 1998 reg. 7(a)
- Sch. 2 para. 12(1) words substituted by General Medical Services 1998 reg. 7(b)
- Sch. 2 para. 12(3) words substituted by General Medical Services 1998 reg. 7(b)
- Sch. 2 para. 26(7) words substituted by General Medical Services 1998 reg. 7(c)
- Sch. 2 para. 27(c) words substituted by General Medical Services 1998 reg. 7(d)
- Sch. 2 para. 27(d) word inserted by Medical Act 1983 (Approved Medical Practices and Conditions of Residence) and General Medical Services 2001 reg. 4(2)(a)
- Sch. 2 para. 27(e) inserted by Medical Act 1983 (Approved Medical Practices and Conditions of Residence) and General Medical Services 2001 reg. 4(2)(b)
- Sch. 2 para. 35A inserted by General Medical Services 2001 reg. 2(4)
- Sch. 2 para. 56A inserted by General Medical Services 2003 reg. 2(2)
- Sch. 2 para. 1 words inserted by Pharmaceutical Services and General Medical Services 2002 reg. 7(2)
- Sch. 2 para. 48(5)(6) inserted by Pharmaceutical Services and General Medical Services 2002 reg. 7(3)
- Sch. 2 para. 3 inserted by Pharmaceutical Services and General Medical Services 2002 reg. 7(4)
- Sch. 2 para. 1 words inserted by Health and Personal Social Services (Amendments Relating to Prescribing by Nurses and Pharmacists etc.) 2003 reg. 3(4)(a)
- Sch. 2 para. 35A(1)(2) words substituted by Health and Personal Social Services (Amendments Relating to Prescribing by Nurses and Pharmacists etc.) 2003 reg. 3(4)(b)
- Sch. 2 para. 35B inserted by Health and Personal Social Services (Amendments Relating to Prescribing by Nurses and Pharmacists etc.) 2003 reg. 3(4)(c)
(1)
Subject to sub-paragraph (2), unless prevented by an emergency, a doctor shall attend and treat any patient who attends for the purpose at any place, and during the hours, for the time being approved by the Board under paragraph 36.
(2)
Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply to a patient who attends when an appointment system is in operation and who has not previously made, and is not then given, an appointment to see the doctor.
(3)
A doctor may refuse to attend and treat the patient to whom sub-paragraph (2) applies, provided that—
(a)
the patient’s health would not thereby be jeopardised; and
(b)
the patient is offered an appointment to attend again within a time which is reasonable having regard to all the circumstances.
(4)
A doctor shall take reasonable steps to ensure that no refusal is made pursuant to sub-paragraph (3) without his knowledge.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 2 para. 15 in operation at 6.10.1997, see reg. 1