Regulation 7 Amendment of paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to the Pharmaceutical Regulations

In paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 (terms of service for doctors who provide pharmaceutical services– fees and charges), for sub-paragraph (2) substitute the following sub-paragraph—

“(2)

Where a doctor who provides pharmaceutical services provides a drug, appliance or additional service as part of the terms of service of a doctor providing pharmaceutical services, if—

(a)

a GMS contractor had provided that drug, appliance or service under a GMS contract, the contractor would have been entitled to a payment for that drug, appliance or service by virtue of directions under Article 57C of the 1972 Order^f1; and

(b)

the drug, appliance or service has been provided in accordance with the terms of service of the doctor providing pharmaceutical services (even if, by virtue of conditions imposed by the GMS Regulations, a GMS contractor could not have had equivalent terms of service),

the Regional Board shall credit the doctor providing pharmaceutical services with that payment.”.