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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-health-boards-directed-functions-wales-regulations-2009/schedule",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2009/1511",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Health Boards (Directed Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-health-boards-directed-functions-wales-regulations-2009",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Enactments Conferring Functions Exercisable by Local Health Boards",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\nENACTMENT\nSUBJECT MATTER\nHealth Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46)\nsection 63(1), (5) and (6)\nProviding for instruction of officers of Local Health Boards and other persons employed or contemplating employment in activities connected with health or welfare.\nsection 64(1)\nGiving financial assistance to voluntary organisations.\nChronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44)\nsection 17\nProvisions with respect to separation of younger from older patients in hospital.\nMental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)\nsection 12(2)\nApproving medical practitioners as having special experience in the diagnosis or treatment of mental disorder.\nCopyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)\nsection 48\nMaking publicly available copyright material.\nNational Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19)\nsection 18\nSpecifying indicative amounts of the costs of drugs and medicines.\nHealth and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)\nsection 45\nPutting and keeping in place arrangements for the purposes of monitoring and improving quality of health care.\nsection 47(4)\nTaking into account the standards set out in statements published by the Welsh Ministers.\nNational Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42)\nsection 1\nProviding or securing the provision of services in accordance with the Act.\nsection 2\nProviding services considered appropriate for discharging duties imposed on the Welsh Ministers and doing anything else calculated to facilitate the discharge of such duties.\nsection 3(1)(a) and (b)\nProviding hospital and other accommodation.\nsection 3(1)(c)\nProviding medical, dental, ophthalmic, nursing and ambulance services.\nsection 3(1)(d)\nProviding services or facilities for the care of pregnant women, women who are breastfeeding and young children.\nsection 3(1)(e)\nProviding services or facilities for the prevention of illness, the care of persons suffering from illness and the after-care of persons who have suffered from illness.\nsection 3(1)(f)\nProviding other services or facilities required for the diagnosis and treatment of illness.\nsection 4\nProviding high security psychiatric services.\nsection 5 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1\nProviding for the medical inspection and treatment of pupils.\nsection 5 and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1\nArranging for the giving of advice on contraception, for the medical examination of persons seeking such advice, for the treatment of such persons and for the supply of contraceptive substances and appliances.\nsection 5 and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 1\nProvision of vehicles (including wheelchairs) for disabled persons.\nsection 5 and paragraph 12 of Schedule 1\nProvision of a microbiological service for the control of the spread of infectious diseases.\nsection 5 and paragraph 13 of Schedule 1\nConducting or assisting, by grants or otherwise, persons to conduct research into matters relating to illness or other matters connected with a service provided under the Act.\nsection 6\nProvision of services outside Wales.\nsection 10(1) and (2)\nArranging with any person or body (including a voluntary organisation) for that person or body to provide or assist in providing any service under the Act.\nsection 10(3) and (4)\nMaking available to certain persons or bodies (including voluntary organisations) facilities and services of persons employed in connection with such facilities.\nsection 10(5)\nAgreeing terms and payments in connection with arrangements made under section 10 of the Act.\nsection 14(1)\nPerforming functions in relation to primary medical services and primary dental services.\nsection 15\nAdministration and management of services relating to primary medical services, primary dental services, general ophthalmic services and pharmaceutical services.\nsection 17\nPreparing and reviewing plans for improving the health of the people for whom it is responsible and the provision of health care to such people.\nsection 38(1)—(4)\nSupplying goods, services and other facilities to local authorities and other public bodies and carrying out maintenance work in connection with any land or building the maintenance of which is a local authority responsibility.\nsection 38(5)\nSupplying prescribed goods, materials or other facilities to persons providing general medical services, primary dental services, general ophthalmic services or pharmaceutical services.\nsection 38(6)\nMaking available to local authorities any services or other facilities and the services provided as part of the health service of employed persons and the services of any medical or dental practitioner or nurse employed otherwise than to provide services which are part of the health service to enable local authorities to discharge their functions relating to social services, education and public health.\nsection 38(7)\nMaking available to local authorities the services of practitioners to enable such authorities to discharge their functions relating to social services, education and public health.\nsection 39(1) and (2)\nProviding for consultation before the services of any officer are made available to a local authority.\nsection 39(4) and (5)\nAgreeing terms and charging for services and facilities provided under section 38 of the Act.\nsection 39(6)\nPower when supplying goods or materials to purchase and store them and arrange for supply of goods or materials by third parties.\nsection 41(1) — (4).\nProviding primary medical services.\nsection 42\nEntering into contracts under which primary medical services are provided.\nsection 44\nEntering into general medical services contracts with eligible persons.\nsection 50(1)—(5)\nArranging for the provision of primary medical services.\nsection 51(1)\nMaking agreements with eligible persons under section 50.\nsection 53\nProviding assistance and support in relation to primary medical services.\nsection 54(1) and (9)\nRecognising Local Medical Committees and allotting monies to Committees.\nsection 55\nMaking accommodation available for use in connection with primary medical services.\nsection 56(1)—(4)\nProviding primary dental services.\nsection 57\nEntering into general dental services contracts.\nsection 59\nEntering into general dental services contracts with eligible persons.\nsection 64(1)—(5)\nArranging for the provision of primary dental services.\nsection 65(1)\nMaking agreements with eligible persons under section 64.\nsection 67(1) and (3)\nFunctions in relation to dental public health.\nsection 68(1) and (2)\nProviding assistance and support to any person providing primary dental services.\nsection 69(1) and (9)\nRecognising Local Dental Committees and allotting monies to Committees.\nsection 70\nMaking accommodation available for use in connection with primary dental services.\nsection 71(1)\nArranging general ophthalmic services.\nsection 75\nWhere authorised making other arrangements in relation to ophthalmic services.\nsection 78(1), (7), (8) and (9)\nRecognising Local Optical Committees and allotting monies to Committees.\nsection 79\nMaking accommodation available for use in connection with the provision of general ophthalmic services.\nsection 80 (1), (3) and (6)\nArranging for pharmaceutical services.\nsection 82\nProviding and publishing details of arrangements relating to additional pharmaceutical services.\nsection 87\nWhere authorised making other arrangements in relation to pharmaceutical services.\nsection 90(1), (7), (8) and (9)\nRecognising Local Pharmaceutical Committees and allotting monies to Committees.\nsection 91\nMaking accommodation available for use in connection with the provision of pharmaceutical services.\nsection 92\nEstablishing pilot schemes.\nsection 93 and paragraphs 1,2,3,4,5 and 7 of Schedule 6\nMaking pilot schemes\nsection 107\nDisqualifying practitioners from an ophthalmic or pharmaceutical list.\nsection 108\nRemoving practitioners contingently.\nsection 110(1), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (8)\nSuspending practitioners.\nsection 111\nSuspending practitioners pending appeal.\nsection 113(1) and (3)\nReviewing of decisions.\nsection 114(5) and (6)\nApplying for variation, imposition or contingent removals of practitioners from lists.\nsection 115(4),(5) and (6)\nApplying for national disqualification.\nsection 137\nAuthorising use of hospital accommodation, determining the extent to which it is to be made available and determining and recovering charges in respect of the use of such accommodation.\nsection 138\nRecovering expenses payable by employed patients.\nsection 159\nAcquiring land or other property required for the purposes of the Act and the use or maintenance of any property by virtue of the Act.\nsection 163(2)(b)\nBeing a body responsible for a hospital.\nsection 166\nUse of property vested in the Welsh Ministers.\nsection 183\nInvolving the public and consultation on the planning and operation of services.\nsection 197\nSecuring the availability of facilities for clinical teaching and research connected with clinical medicine or dentistry.\nsection 198\nMaking available health service accommodation or facilities for the purpose of providing medical, dental, pharmaceutical, ophthalmic or chiropody services to non-resident private patients.\nsection 200(2), (4), (6), (7), (9) and (10)\nReceiving and registering information in relation to births and deaths.",
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