# The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 1998, Regulation 4: Amendments of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations


(1) Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations (terms of service for doctors) is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph 4 (a doctor’s patients)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1)—
(i) in paragraph (d), for “regulation 21”, substitute “regulation 4 of the Choice of Medical Practitioner Regulations”, and
(ii) in paragraph (e), for “regulation 21(3)(b)”, substitute “regulation 4(4) of the Choice of Medical Practitioner Regulations”.
(b) in paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (4), for “regulation 26”, substitute “regulation 7 of the Choice of Medical Practitioner Regulations (temporary residents)”; and
(c) in sub-paragraph (5), for “regulation 21(3)(b)”, in both places, substitute “regulation 4(4) of the Choice of Medical Practitioner Regulations”.
(3) In paragraph 5 (relief from liability to give emergency treatment), for “regulation 21(11)”, substitute “regulation 4(8) of the Choice of Medical Practitioner Regulations”.
(4) In paragraph 6 (acceptance of patients), in sub-paragraph (2)—
(a) after “medical list”, insert “(otherwise than in accordance with section 12(2) of the 1997 Act, to enable him to perform personal medical services in connection with a pilot scheme to which the Health Authority in whose list he was included is a party)”; and
(b) for “regulation 22”, substitute “regulation 3 of the Choice of Medical Practitioner Regulations”.
(5) In paragraph 7 (acceptance of patients), for “regulation 26(1)”, substitute “regulation 7(1) of the Choice of Medical Practitioner Regulations”.
(6) In paragraph 9 (termination of responsibility for patients), in each of paragraphs (1)(a) and (2)(b), after “another doctor”, insert “, or is accepted for inclusion in a pooled list”.
(7) In each of—
(a) paragraph 13(5)(a) (provision of services to patients);
(b) paragraph 14(1) (newly registered patients); and
(c) paragraph 16(4) (patients aged 75 years and over),
for “regulation 21”, substitute “regulation 4 of the Choice of Medical Practitioner Regulations”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/682/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-amendment-regulations-1998/regulation-4
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