The National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995

Amendment of or withdrawal from the medical list

5.—(1) A doctor shall, unless it is impracticable for him to do so, give notice to the Board within 30 days of any occurrence requiring a change in the information recorded about him in the medical list.

(2) A doctor shall, unless it is impracticable for him to do so, give notice in writing to the Board at least 90 days in advance of any date on which he intends either—

(a) to withdraw his name from any of the medical list, the child health surveillance list or the minor surgery list; or

(b) to cease to provide any of the following services, namely child health surveillance services, contraceptive services, maternity medical services, or minor surgery services.

(3) Subject to paragraph (6) the Board shall—

(a) on receiving notice from any doctor pursuant to paragraph (1), amend the medical list in relation to that doctor; and

(b) in the case of a notice pursuant to paragraph (2), so amend the medical list, the child health surveillance list or the minor surgery list, as the case may be, either—

(i) on the date which falls 90 days after the date of the notice or, if later, the date with effect from which the doctor has indicated in his notice pursuant to paragraph (2) that his name should be withdrawn; or

(ii) on the date from which the Board has agreed that the withdrawal or cessation shall take effect,

whichever is the earlier.

(4) Any notice pursuant to paragraph (2) may not be withdrawn except with the consent of the Board.

(5) The Board shall, on being notified by the Medical Practices Committee that it has, in relation to any doctor whose name is included in the medical list, varied under regulation 16 any condition mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) of that regulation, amend the medical list by including the name of that doctor in that part of the medical list which, having regard to the nature of the condition as varied, is appropriate in his case by virtue of regulation 4(2).

(6) Where, in relation to any doctor, representations are made to the Tribunal under section 29 of the Act (disqualification of practitioners)(1) that his continued inclusion in the medical list would be prejudicial to the efficient provision of general medical services, the doctor shall not, except with the consent of the Secretary of State and subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may impose, be entitled to have his name removed from the medical list until the proceedings on such representations have been determined.

(1)

Section 29 was amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), Schedule 8, Part I.