# General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Paragraph 6

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

The doctor shall be relieved of his obligations under paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 4, as the case may be,—
(a) during any period when the woman is outside the doctor’s practice area and is not present at any other place where, pursuant to paragraph 14 of the terms of service, the doctor is obliged to visit her;
(b) where it is proposed that the woman’s labour should take place in a hospital, to the extent that responsibility for her care has been taken over by the hospital; and
(c) where the woman has been admitted to a hospital as an in-patient, to the extent that her care has been taken over by the hospital.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/380/schedule/5/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-5/paragraph-6
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