# The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992, Regulation 6: Amendment of or withdrawal from the medical list


(1) A doctor shall, unless it is impracticable for him to do so, give notice to the FHSA within 28 days of any occurrence requiring a change in the information recorded about him in the medical list.
(2) A doctor shall, unless it is impracticable for him to do so, give notice in writing to the FHSA at least 3 months in advance of any date on which he intends either—
(a) to withdraw his name from any of the medical list, the child health surveillance list, the obstetric list or the minor surgery list; or
(b) to cease to provide any of the following services, namely child health surveillance services, contraceptive services, maternity medical services, or minor surgery services.
(3) Subject to paragraph (6), the FHSA shall—
(a) on receiving notice from any doctor pursuant to paragraph (1), amend the medical list in relation to that doctor; and
(b) in the case of a notice pursuant to paragraph (2), so amend the medical list, the child health surveillance list, the obstetric list or the minor surgery list, as the case may be, either—
(i) on the date which falls 3 months after the date of the notice, or
(ii) on the date from which the FHSA has agreed that the withdrawal or cessation shall take effect,
whichever is the earlier.
(4) Any notice pursuant to paragraph (2) may not be withdrawn except with the consent of the FHSA.
(5) Where the Medical Practices Committee notifies the FHSA that, in relation to any doctor whose name is included in the medical list, it has varied under regulation 16 any condition mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)(i) of that regulation, the FHSA shall amend the medical list by transferring the name of that doctor to that part of the list which, having regard to the nature of the condition as varied, is appropriate in his case by virtue of regulation 4(2).
(6) Where, in relation to any doctor, representations are made to the Tribunal under section 46 of the Act (disqualification of practitioners) that his continued inclusion in the medical list would be prejudicial to the efficient provision of general medical services, the doctor shall not, except with the consent of the Secretary of State, be entitled to have his name removed from the medical list until the proceedings on those representations have been determined.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/635/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-regulations-1992/regulation-6
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