General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Transfer of responsibility, absences, deputies, assistants and partners

24.—(1) In relation to his obligations under these terms of service, a doctor is responsible for all acts and omissions of—

(a) any doctor acting as his deputy;

(b) any organisation providing deputy doctors as mentioned in paragraph 26 with which he has entered into an arrangement in accordance with that paragraph while acting on his behalf; and

(c) any person employed by, or acting on behalf of, him or such a deputy or such an organisation,

except where the act or omission is one for which a deputy is responsible under sub-paragraph (2) or (3).

(2) Where a doctor whose name is included in the medical list is acting as a deputy to another doctor whose name is also included in that list, the deputy alone is responsible for—

(a) his own acts and omissions in relation to the obligations under these terms of service of the doctor for whom he acts as deputy; and

(b) the acts and omissions of any person employed by him or acting on his behalf.

(3) A deputy, including a partner acting as a deputy, or an assistant whose name is included in the obstetric list shall be responsible for his own acts and omissions.