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The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 2018
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Approval of closure notice by the Health Board
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20.—(1) If the Health Board approves the closure notice in accordance with paragraph 19(13) or 19(14), the provider must close the provider’s list of patients—
(a)with effect from a date agreed between the Health Board and the provider; or
(b)if no such agreement has been reached, with effect from that date on which the provider receives notification of the Health Board’s decision to approve the closure notice.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the provider’s list of patients is to remain closed for the period specified in the closure notice in accordance with paragraph 19(9)(a) (or, where a period of 12 months has been fixed in accordance with paragraph 19(11), for that period).
(3) The provider’s list of patients must re-open before the expiry of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) if—
(a)the number of the provider’s registered patients falls to the number specified in the closure notice in accordance with paragraph 19(9)(c);[F1or]
(b)the Health Board and the provider agree that the list of patients should re-open.
(4) If the provider’s list of patients has re-opened pursuant to sub-paragraph (3)(a) it will nevertheless close again if, during the period specified in the closure notice in accordance with paragraph 19(9)(a) or where the period of 12 months specified in paragraph 19(11) applies, during that period, the number of the provider’s registered patients rises to the number specified in the closure notice in accordance with paragraph 19(9)(d).
(5) Except in cases where the provider’s list of patients is already open pursuant to sub-paragraph (3), the Health Board must notify the provider in writing between 7 and 14 days before the expiry of the period of closure specified in sub-paragraph (2), confirming the date on which the provider’s list of patients will re-open.
(6) Where the details specified in the closure notice mentioned in paragraph 19(8), in accordance with paragraph 19(9), have been revised following discussions under paragraph 19(11), references in this paragraph to details specified in the closure notice are references to those details as so revised.
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F1Word in sch. 2 para. 20(3)(a) inserted (1.4.2018) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/94), regs. 1, 16(e)
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