SCHEDULE 5OTHER CONTRACTUAL TERMS

PART 4persons who perform services

Conditions for employment and engagement52

1

Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), a contractor shall not employ or engage a medical practitioner (other than one falling within paragraph 48(2)), unless –

a

that practitioner has provided him with the name and address of the Board on whose primary medical services performers list he appears; and

b

the contractor has checked that the practitioner meets the requirements in paragraph 48.

2

Where the employment or engagement of a medical practitioner is urgently needed and is not possible for the contractor to check the matters referred to in paragraph 48 in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(b) before employing or engaging him he may be employed or engaged on a temporary basis for a single period of up to 7 days whilst such checks are undertaken.

3

Where the prospective employee is a GP Registrar, the requirements set out in sub-paragraph (1) shall apply with the modifications that –

a

the name and address provided under sub-paragraph (1) may be the name and address of the Board on whose primary medical services performers list he has applied for inclusion; and

b

confirmation that his name appears on those lists shall not be required until the end of the first two months of the Registrar’s training period.