Regulation 152 Medical practitioner

Scotland

(1)

References to a medical practitioner must be construed in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

A medical practitioner is a fully registered person—

(a)

whose name is included in a medical performers list; and

(b)

to whom any of paragraphs (3) to F1(6) apply.

(3)

This paragraph applies to—

(a)

a GMS practice;

(b)

a Section 17C Agreement provider;

(c)

an HBPMS contractor; or

(d)

an OOH provider.

(4)

This paragraph applies to a partner in a partnership that is—

(a)

a GMS practice;

(b)

a Section 17C Agreement provider;

(c)

an HBPMS contractor; or

(d)

an OOH provider.

(5)

This paragraph applies to a shareholder in a company limited by shares that is—

(a)

a GMS practice;

(b)

a Section 17C Agreement provider; or

(c)

an HBPMS contractor.

(6)

This paragraph applies to an ophthalmic provider.

(7)

A person who is a GP registrar is not a medical practitioner.

(8)

A reference to a fully registered person must be construed in accordance with section 55 of the Medical Act 1983 M1.

(9)

An ophthalmic provider is a medical practitioner providing general ophthalmic services under the 1978 Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 152(2)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.S.I.) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/97), regs. 1(1), 10

Marginal citations

M1: 1983 c.54.