Paragraph 8 I1

Northern Ireland

Subject to Articles 70 to 80, the Health and Personal Social Services (Disciplinary Procedures) Regulations 1996^f1 shall be amended as follows –

(a)

in regulation 2 (interpretation) –

(i)

in paragraph (1) –

(aa)

omit the definitions of “Local Medical Committee”, “medical discipline committee”, “medical list” and “medical officer”;

(bb)

in the definition of “deputy”, omit paragraph (a);

(cc)

in the definition of “Part V1 service”, omit the words “general medical services”;

(dd)

in the definition of “practitioner”, omit the word “doctor,”;

(ee)

in the definition of “relevant local representative committee”, omit paragraph (a);

(ff)

in the definition of “terms of service”, omit “the terms of service for doctors contained in Schedule 1”; and

(gg)

in the definition of “treatment”, omit the words “in relation to general medical services, has the same meaning as in the General Medical and Pharmaceutical Regulations, and,”;

(b)

in regulation 3 (establishment of committees), omit paragraph (1)(a);

(c)

in regulation 4 (provisions relating to the start of disciplinary proceedings) –

(i)

omit paragraph (5)(b) and (6); and

(ii)

in paragraph (5)(a), omit the word “medical”;

(d)

in regulation 5 (referral to discipline committee), omit paragraph (2)(a);

(e)

in regulation 6 (time limits), in paragraph (3)(a), omit the word “doctor,”;

(f)

in regulation 8 (determination of appropriate Board), omit paragraphs (3) and (4);

(g)

in regulation 9 (appeal to the Department) –

(i)

in paragraph (1)(b), omit (3), and

(ii)

in paragraph (5), omit “(3),” in the second place it appears;

(h)

in regulation 10 (procedure on appeal) –

(i)

in paragraph (5), omit “(3)”,

(ii)

in paragraph (7), omit sub-paragraph (a), and

(iii)

in paragraph (8), omit sub-paragraph (a);

(i)

in regulation 11 (recovery of amounts from practitioners following appeal), in paragraph (4), for the words “paragraphs (3), or”, substitute “paragraph”;

(j)

omit regulations 14 (excessive prescribing by doctors), 15 (investigation of certification), 16 (investigation of record keeping) and 17 (decision as to treatment for which fees may be charged by doctors);

(k)

in regulation 21 (referral of matters to professional bodies), in paragraph (3)(a) omit the words “a doctor or”;

(l)

in Schedule 1 (constitution of discipline committees) –

(i)

omit paragraph 2(1)(b)(ii),

(ii)

in paragraph 2(2), for “(ii)”, substitute “(iii)”,

(iii)

in paragraph 2(4), omit sub-paragraph (a), and

(iv)

in paragraph 8(b)(i), omit the word “doctor” and omit sub-paragraph (c)(i);

(m)

in Schedule 2 (procedure for investigation by discipline committees) –

(i)

in paragraph 2, omit sub-paragraph (1)(a), and

(ii)

in paragraph 9, omit sub-paragraph (c)(i) and (d);

(n)

in Schedule 3, omit paragraph 1; and

(o)

omit Schedule 4 (rules of procedure under regulation 17).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 8 in operation at 1.4.2004, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1996 No. 137 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 15