# General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Paragraph 30: Transfer of responsibility, absences, deputies, assistants and partners

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) A doctor acting as a deputy shall be entitled to treat patients at places and at times other than those arranged by the doctor for whom he is acting, due regard being had to the convenience of the patients.
(2) A doctor acting as a deputy for another doctor may not treat the other doctor’s patients at any place approved under paragraph 36 unless it is so approved for the availability of that other doctor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/380/schedule/2/paragraph/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-30
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