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18.—(1) The contractor may, if the contractor's list of patients is open, accept an application for inclusion in that list made by or on behalf of any person whether or not that person is resident in the contractor's practice area or is included, at the time of the application, in the list of patients of another contractor or provider of primary medical services.
(2) If the contractor's list of patients is closed, the contractor may only accept an application for inclusion in that list made by or on behalf of a person who is an immediate family member of a registered patient whether or not that person is resident in the contractor's practice area or is included, at the time of the application, in the list of patients of another contractor or provider of primary medical services.
[F1(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), an application for inclusion in a contractor’s list of patients may be made by the applicant or a person authorised by the applicant submitting F2... an application form, including an electronic application form, to the contractor.]
(4) An application may be made—
(a)where the patient is a child, on behalf of the patient by—
(i)either parent, or in the absence of both parents, the guardian or other adult who has care of the child,
(ii)a person duly authorised by a local authority to whose care the child has been committed under the Children Act 1989 M1, or
(iii)a person duly authorised by a voluntary organisation by which the child is being accommodated under the provisions of the Children Act 1989; or
(b)where the patient is an adult who lacks capacity to make such an application, or to authorise such an application to be made on their behalf, by—
(i)a relative of that person,
(ii)the primary carer of that person,
(iii)a donee of a lasting power of attorney granted by that person, or
(iv)a deputy appointed for that person by the court under the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 M2.
(5) Where a contractor accepts an application for inclusion in the contractor's list of patients, the contractor must give notice in writing to [F3NHS England] of that acceptance as soon as possible.
(6) [F3NHS England] must, on receipt of a notice given under sub-paragraph (5)—
(a)include the applicant in the contractor's list of patients from the date on which the notice is received; and
(b)give notice in writing to the applicant (or, in the case of a child or an adult who lacks capacity, the person making the application on their behalf) of that acceptance.
[F4(7) This paragraph is subject to Part 2A.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 para. 18(3) substituted (1.10.2022) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/935), reg. 1(b), Sch. 1 para. 15
F2Words in Sch. 3 para. 18(3) omitted (15.5.2023) by virtue of The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/449), reg. 1(2)(b), Sch. 1 para. 3
F3Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1
F4Sch. 3 para. 18(7) inserted (1.10.2021) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/995), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(b) (with reg. 3)
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