Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 3040
MEDICAL PROFESSION, ENGLAND AND WALES
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Medical Act 1983 (Approved Medical Practices and Conditions of Residence) and National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
Laid before Parliament
13th November 2000
Coming into force
4th December 2000
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 11(3)(b) and (4) of the Medical Act 1983() and by sections 29 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977() and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Medical Act 1983 (Approved Medical Practices and Conditions of Residence) and National Health Services (General Medical Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 4th December.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the 1992 Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations();
“the 1998 Regulations” means the Medical Act 1983 (Approved Medical Practices and Conditions of Residence) and National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Amendment) Regulations 1998().
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only.
Amendment of the 1998 Regulations
2. The 1998 Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation—
(a)in regulation 1(2), after the words “under section 10” there shall be inserted the words “or 15A”;
(b)in regulation 2(2)(b)—
(i)after the words “for the purposes of” there shall be inserted the words “PRHO training under”;
(ii)after the words “section 10” there shall be inserted the words “or 15A”.
Amendment of the 1992 Regulations
3. The 1992 Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation—
(a)in Schedule 2 (terms of service for doctors), in sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph 22A, after the words “under section 10” there shall be inserted the words “or 15A”;
(b)in Schedule 12 (information to be included in practice leaflets), in paragraph 21, after the words “under section 10” there shall be inserted the words “or 15A”.
Alan Milburn
The Secretary of State for Health
13th November 2000
Explanatory Note
These Regulations amend the Medical Act 1983 (Approved Medical Practices and Conditions of Residence) and National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 to extend the definition of a pre-registration house officer to a person employed under section 15A of the Medical Act 1983. Section 15A was inserted by the Medical Act 1983 (Provisional Registration) Regulations 2000 to enable EEA nationals who have completed their theoretical medical training in an EEA State other than the UK to undertake part of their clinical experience in approved medical practices as well as in approved hospitals and institutions in the UK.
Consequential amendments are made to the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992.