General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

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 28 days of any occurrence requiring a change in the information recorded 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 3 months in advance of any day on which he intends either—

(a) to withdraw his name from any of—

(i) the medical list;

(ii) the child health surveillance list;

(iii) the obstetric list; or

(iv) the minor surgery list; or

(b) to cease to provide any of the following services—

(i) child health surveillance services;

(ii) contraceptive services;

(iii) maternity medical services; or

(iv) minor surgery services.

(3) On receiving a notice pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2), the Board, subject to paragraph (6), shall—

(a) in the case of a notice 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, the obstetric list or the minor surgery list, as the case may be, with effect from the date from which the Board has agreed that the withdrawal or cessation shall take effect.

(4) Any notice pursuant to paragraph (2) may not be withdrawn except with the consent of the Board.

(5) Where a Board has varied, under regulation 14(3)(a)(ii), any condition imposed on a doctor under regulation 13 it shall amend the medical list accordingly.

(6) Where, in relation to any doctor, representations are made to the Tribunal in accordance with Schedule 11 to the Order, 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 Department, and subject to such conditions as the Department may impose, be entitled to have his name removed from the medical list until the proceedings on those representations have been determined.