# General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Paragraph 27: Transfer of responsibility, absences, deputies, assistants and partners

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

A doctor shall not engage another doctor as a deputy, or employ one as an assistant, unless the other doctor—
(a) is suitably experienced within the meaning of Article 8 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (other than by virtue of being a restricted services principal); or
(b) has the acquired right specified in regulation 5(1)(d) of the Vocational Training for General Medical Practice (European Requirements) Regulations 1994; or
(c) is a trainee general practitioner acting in the place of and under the supervision of the doctor responsible for his training.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/380/schedule/2/paragraph/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-27
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