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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/380",
  "legislation_title": "General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Quinquennial Review",
  "text": "The criteria to be met by a doctor to ensure the continued inclusion of his name in the minor surgery list at quinquennial review are—\n(a) he has carried out, during the preceding 5 years, an average of at least 20 minor surgery procedures per year;\nAND\n(b) he has provided for the Board an audit report of all procedures carried out during the previous 5 years indicating:—\n(i) total number of procedures performed;\n(ii) number of procedures by type (as outlined in Schedule 7);\n(iii) number of complications and type;\n(iv) number of complications which required referral for further investigation or treatment; and\n(v) number of specimens sent for histology;\nAND\n(c) subject to sub-paragraph (d) he has confirmed for the Board his attendance within the last 5 years at an update course on minor surgery approved by the Northern Ireland Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education;\n(d) for doctors whose names were included in the minor surgery list prior to the date of issue of these criteria the first review shall take place 5 years after that date. Thereafter the review shall take place either 5 years from the previous review or 5 years after the doctor’s name was first included in the minor surgery list.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
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      "text": "Sch. 3 Pt. IX para. 2 in operation at 6.10.1997, see reg. 1"
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