Regulation 32 Grounds for removal from a medical performers list

(1)

In addition to the grounds in regulation 16(1), the Local Health Board must remove a medical practitioner from its performers list where it becomes aware that—

(a)

the medical practitioner’s name is no longer included in the GP Register,

(b)

the medical practitioner’s registration in the register of medical practitioners has been suspended under section 35D(2)(b), (10)(b) or (12), section 38(1), or paragraph 5A(3D) of Schedule 4 of the 1983 Act^f1, unless paragraph (2) applies,

(c)

the medical practitioner’s licence to practice has been withdrawn except where this has been withdrawn as a result of an interim suspension order made under section 41A(1)(a) of the 1983 Act^f2,

(d)

if the medical practitioner is a GP Registrar, the medical practitioner is in breach of an undertaking provided in accordance with regulation 29(3) and has failed to withdraw from the list after the Local Health Board has given the medical practitioner 28 days’ notice requesting the medical practitioner to do so, or

(e)

the medical practitioner is included in the medical performers list of another Local Health Board.

(2)

Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply where a direction that a medical practitioner’s registration be suspended is made in a health case.

(3)

For the purposes of regulation 16(3)(a), the date prescribed in this Part is 3 November 2003 or, if the medical practitioner had been included in a medical list or a supplementary list, 26 August 2002.

(4)

In calculating the period of 12 months under regulation 16(7), the Local Health Board must disregard any period during which a medical practitioner’s registration in the register of medical practitioners was suspended.

(5)

In this regulation, “health case” has the meaning given in section 35E(4) of the 1983 Act^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 35D was substituted by S.I. 2002/3135 and amended by S.I. 2014/1101. Section 38(1) was substituted by S.I. 2002/3135 and amended by S.I. 2015/794. Paragraph 5A(3D) was substituted by S.I. 2015/794.
f2: Section 41A(1)(a) was amended by S.I. 2000/1803, S.I. 2002/3135 and S.I. 2015/794.
f3: Relevant amending instruments to the 1983 Act are S.I. 2002/3135, S.I. 2014/1101, and S.I. 2015/794.