Consequential amendments
15. Schedule 1 to the 1995 Regulations is amended as follows–
(a)in paragraph 18(1) there is inserted after “sub paragraph (2),” “(2A),”;
(b)after paragraph 18(2) there is inserted–
“(2A) The practitioner shall only appoint an assistant or deputy whose name is included in the appropriate medical list or supplementary list.”;
(c)in paragraph 18(5) there is inserted after “sub-paragraph (6)”, “or (6AA)”;
(d)there is inserted after paragraph 18(6A),
“(6AA) Where a doctor whose name is included in the supplementary list of a Board or primary care NHS trust assists another doctor whose name is included in the medical list of that Board or trust in the provision of general medical services, the first named doctor shall alone be responsible for his acts and omissions in relation to the obligations under the terms and conditions applying by virtue of the inclusion of that doctor’s name in that supplementary list and for the acts and omissions of any person employed or acting on behalf of that doctor.”.
(e)in paragraph 19 there is inserted after sub paragraph (2)(a)(iv)–
“and
(v)will be included in the appropriate medical list or supplementary list; and”.