# General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Paragraph 4: A doctor’s patients

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

A doctor who is elderly or infirm or who has been exempted by the Agency under regulation 20(5) from the liability to have persons assigned to him may be relieved by the Board of any liability to give treatment which is immediately required owing to an accident or other emergency between 7 pm on weekdays and 8 am on the following morning and between 1 pm on Saturday and 8 am on the following Monday to persons who are neither—
(a) on his list; nor
(b) temporary residents for whom he is responsible; nor
(c) accepted for inclusion in his list for the provision of maternity medical services.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/380/schedule/2/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-4
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