Paragraph 4 Modification of regulation 16: removal of emergency registered practitioners
The grounds in regulation 16 for the removal by a Local Health Board of a practitioner from its performers list apply in respect of the removal of an emergency registered practitioner from its medical performers list as if the following were omitted—
paragraph (2), and
paragraphs (5) to (11).
In addition to the grounds specified in regulation 16(1), the Local Health Board must remove an emergency registered practitioner from the medical performers list where the emergency registered practitioner—
has not, on request, provided evidence to the Local Health Board that the certificate referred to in paragraph 2(2)(c) has been applied for (despite the undertaking to apply for the certificate), or
has not provided that certificate to the Local Health Board (despite the undertaking to provide it)
within the period specified in paragraph 2(2)(c).
The Local Health Board may remove an emergency registered practitioner from the medical performers list where it considers such removal to be justified, after having checked—
as far as reasonably practicable, the information provided with the application, in particular any information provided under regulation 4(5) or (7),
with the NHS Counter Fraud Authority for relevant information relating to past or current fraud investigations involving or relating to the emergency registered practitioner and having considered these and any other facts in its possession relating to fraud involving or relating to the emergency registered practitioner, or
with the Welsh Ministers for any relevant information relating to past or current investigations or proceedings involving or relating to the emergency registered practitioner and having considered any other facts in its possession involving or related to the emergency registered practitioner.
The NHS Counter Fraud Authority or the Welsh Ministers must, in response to a request from the Local Health Board, supply to the Local Health Board any information the NHS Counter Fraud Authority or the Welsh Minsters consider relevant for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(b) or, as the case may be, (3)(c).