Conditions for employment and engagement
52.—(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.