Removals from the list of patients accepted elsewhere as temporary residents
26.—(1) The Board shall remove from the contractor’s list of patients a patient who has been accepted as a temporary resident by another contractor or other provider of essential services (or their equivalent) where it is satisfied, after due inquiry –
(a)that the patient’s stay in the place of temporary residence has exceeded three months; and
(b)that he has not returned to his normal place of residence or any other place within the contractor’s practice area.
(2) The Board shall notify in writing of a removal under sub-paragraph (1) –
(a)the contractor; and
(b)where practicable, the patient.
(3) A notification to the patient under sub-paragraph (2)(b) shall inform him of –
(a)his entitlement to make arrangements for the provision to him of essential services (or their equivalent), including by the contractor by which he has been treated as a temporary resident; and
(b)the name and address of the Board in whose area he is resident.