The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Assignment of patients to lists: open lists

32.—(1) A Health Board may, subject to paragraph 34, assign a new patient to a contractor whose list of patients is open.

(2) In this paragraph and in paragraphs 33 and 35 to 37, a “new” patient means a person who—

(a) is resident (whether or not temporarily) within the area of the Health Board;

(b) has been refused inclusion in a list of patients of, or has not been accepted as a temporary resident by, a contractor whose premises are within such an area; and

(c) wishes to be included in the list of patients of a contractor whose practice premises are within that area.