# The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992, Paragraph 37: Certification


(1) A doctor shall issue free of charge to a patient or his personal representatives any medical certificate of a description prescribed in column 1 of Schedule 9, which is reasonably required under or for the purposes of the enactments specified in relation to the certificate in column 2 of that Schedule, except where, for the condition to which the certificate relates, the patient—
(a) is being attended by another doctor (other than a partner, assistant or other deputy of the first named doctor); or
(b) is not being treated by, or under the supervision of, a doctor.
(2) The exception in sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply where the certificate is issued pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976 (which provides for the issue of a certificate in the form of a special statement by a doctor on the basis of a written report made by another doctor).
(3) Any certificate given under sub-paragraph (1) for the purposes of—
(a) the Social Security Act 1975 shall be issued in accordance with any regulations made under that Act;
(b) section 17(2) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 shall be issued in accordance with any regulations made under that Act; or
(c) Part V of, and Schedule 4 to, the Social Security Act 1986, shall be issued in accordance with any regulations made under that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/635/schedule/2/paragraph/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-regulations-1992/schedule-2/paragraph-37
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