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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-regulations-1992/regulation-39",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/635",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992",
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  "path": "regulation/39",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Guidance to doctors",
  "text": "(1) An FHSA may issue guidance to doctors whose names are included in its medical list to assist them in assessing in accordance with paragraph 28 of the terms of service, the qualifications, experience and competence of any employee, or prospective employee.\n(2) Any guidance issued for the purposes of paragraph (1) in connection with the employment of members of any profession or other occupational group shall have regard to any statement as to minimum professional standards of conduct published by any body responsible for the regulation of that profession or occupational group.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2469",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/635/regulation/39",
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  "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."
}