Regulation 20 Restrictions on withdrawal from performers lists

England and Wales

(1)

A Practitioner may not withdraw from a performers list where—

(a)

the Practitioner is suspended from a performers list under regulation 12(1)(a) or (b) F1or regulation 12(1A); or

(b)

F2NHS England has decided to remove the Practitioner from a performers list under regulation 11(1)(c), 14(3) or (5), 16 or 17(6)(b) but its decision has not yet taken effect.

(2)

Where NHS England has notified a Practitioner of a matter referred to in paragraph (3), the Practitioner may not withdraw from a performers list in which the Practitioner is included until NHS England has finished its consideration of those matters.

(3)

Those matters are that NHS England is considering—

(a)

imposing conditions under regulation 10(1)(b);

(b)

imposing conditions or removing the Practitioner from a performers list under regulation 11;

(c)

suspending the Practitioner from a performers list under regulation 12; or

(d)

removing the Practitioner from the performers list under regulation 14(3) or (5), 16 or 17(6)(b).

(4)

Nothing in this regulation prevents a Practitioner from withdrawing from the performers list in question if the Secretary of State consents.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 20(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2015) by The National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/362), regs. 1(1), 8
F2: Words in Instrument substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1