# The Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 2010, Regulation 5: Duty to nominate or appoint responsible officers

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(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, every designated body must nominate or appoint a responsible officer.
(2) NHS England , the Department of Health and Social Care and the General Council must nominate or appoint a sufficient number of responsible officers.
(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) When a responsible officer nominated or appointed in accordance with paragraphs (1) or (2) ceases to hold that position, subject to paragraph (4), the designated body must nominate or appoint a replacement as soon as reasonably practicable.
(4) When a responsible officer nominated or appointed in accordance with paragraph (2) ceases to hold that position, the designated body is not required to nominate or appoint a replacement if, in its opinion, there remains a sufficient number of responsible officers appointed or nominated under that paragraph.
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(5) Subject to paragraph (6), a body listed in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations which is a designated body by virtue of regulation 4(3) is not required to nominate or appoint a responsible officer if, and for so long as, there is no prescribed connection under regulation 10 between that body and any medical practitioner.
(6) Paragraph (5) does not apply where a medical practitioner would have, but for the application of regulation 12, a prescribed connection with a designated body under regulation 10.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2841/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medical-profession-responsible-officers-regulations-2010/regulation-5
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