The Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Applications and Registration) Regulations 2011

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

“HIS” means Healthcare Improvement Scotland;

“the applicant” means the person making an application for registration of an independent health care service(1) under the Act;

“address” means a postal address and, where available, an electronic mail address but an electronic mail address may not be substituted for a postal address;

“health body” means a Health Board or Special Health Board;

“manager” means the person who is to manage the independent health care service;

“provider” in relation to an independent health care service means the person registered to provide that service; and

“service user” in relation to an independent health care service means any person to whom that service is provided.

(1)

Section 10F of the Act defines an independent health care service.