# General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Paragraph 9: Termination of responsibility for patients

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Subject to paragraph 10, a doctor may have any person removed from his list and shall notify the Agency in writing that he wishes to have a person removed from his list and, subject to sub-paragraph (2), the removal shall take effect—
(a) on the date on which the person is accepted by or assigned to another doctor; or
(b) on the eighth day after the Agency receives the notice,
whichever is the sooner.
(2) Where, at the date when the removal would take effect under sub-paragraph (1), the doctor is treating the person at intervals of less than 7 days, the doctor shall inform the Agency in writing of the fact and the removal shall take effect—
(a) on the eighth day after the Agency receives notification from the doctor that the person no longer needs such treatment; or
(b) on the date on which the person is accepted by or assigned to another doctor,
whichever is the sooner.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/380/schedule/2/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-9
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