General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Obtaining contraceptive services

28.—(1) Whether or not she is included in his list for the provision of other personal medical services, a woman may apply to a doctor who has undertaken to provide contraceptive services to be accepted by him for the provision of those services.

(2) An application under paragraph (1) shall be for the provision of contraceptive services for a term of 12 months from the date of acceptance, but either the woman or the doctor may terminate the provision at any time during that period.

(3) On any such termination or at the end of the period of 12 months, as the case may be, the woman may apply (or re-apply) to a doctor in accordance with paragraph (1).

(4) A woman may apply to a doctor who has undertaken to provide contraceptive services in an area in which she is temporarily resident, to be accepted by him for the provision to her, as a temporary resident, of contraceptive services.

(5) Where a woman to whom paragraph (4) applies has been accepted by a doctor for the provision of contraceptive services, regulation 25(4) shall apply to her in relation to her inclusion in the list of patients in the area of her former residence for the provision of those services.