{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-profession-responsible-officers-regulations-2010/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-profession-responsible-officers-regulations-2010/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2841",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-profession-responsible-officers-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Connection between designated bodies and medical practitioners who are responsible officers",
  "text": "(1) A registered medical practitioner who is a responsible officer for a body referred to in column 1 of the table has, for the purposes of section 45B of the Act, a prescribed connection with the body, department or persons referred to in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.\nTable\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\n(Body of which a registered medical practitioner is a responsible officer)\n(Body with which there is a prescribed connection)\n1. Any Government department or executive agency of a Government department in England, except—\n(a) the Department of Health and Social Care;\n(b) the United Kingdom Health Security Agency; and\n(c) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.\n1. NHS England.\n2. Any non-departmental public body in England.\n2. NHS England.\n3. NHS England, except a registered medical practitioner who holds the post of National Medical Director of NHS England.\n3. NHS England.\n4. Any body in England not falling within the preceding entries, except the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.\n4. NHS England.\n5. Any body in Scotland.\n5. The Scottish Ministers.\n6. Any body in Wales.\n6. The Welsh Ministers.\n(2) A registered medical practitioner who is a responsible officer for—\n(a) the Department of Health and Social Care, except a medical practitioner who holds the post of Chief Medical Officer of that Department;\n(b) the United Kingdom Health Security Agency; or\n(c) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency,\nhas, for the purposes of section 45B of the Act, a prescribed connection with the Department of Health and Social Care.\n(3) A registered medical practitioner who is a responsible officer for—\n(b) the Department of Health and Social Care and who holds the post of Chief Medical Officer of that Department;\n(c) the Scottish Ministers;\n(e) the Welsh Ministers; or\n(f) NHS England and who holds the post of National Medical Director of NHS England,\nhas, for the purposes of section 45B of the Act, a prescribed connection with the General Council.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 12 substituted (27.3.2025) by The Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/221), regs. 1(1), 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 12 in force at 1.1.2011, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2841/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:24:12.611008+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}