General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“appliance” means an appliance which is included in a list for the time being approved by the Department for the purposes of Article 63 of the Order(1);

“assistant” includes a trainee general practitioner;

“chemical reagent” means a chemical reagent which is included in a list for the time being approved by the Department for the purposes of Article 63 of the Order;

“deputy” means a person to whom a doctor has, under paragraph 20, delegated the treatment of his patients;

“drug” includes medicine;

“Drug Tariff” means the statement published under regulation 9 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations;

“notice” means notice in writing;

“post-natal period” means the period of 14 days following the conclusion of a pregnancy;

“prescription form” means a form provided by the Agency and issued by a doctor to enable a person to obtain pharmaceutical services as defined by Article 63(1) of the Order;

“the Regulations” means the General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997;

“Scheduled drug” means a drug or other substance specified in Schedule 10 or, except where the conditions in paragraph 45(2) are satisfied, in Schedule 11;

“single-handed practice” means a practice in which only one doctor is engaged.

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Article 63 was amended by Article 14 of S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26), Article 5(1) of S.I. 1986/2023 (N.I. 20), Article 31 of S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) and Article 3 of S.I. 1992/2671 (N.I. 18)