Part 7Pharmaceutical services and local pharmaceutical services

Chapter 6Disqualification

162Regulations about decisions under this Chapter

1

Any decision by a Primary Care Trust referred to in this Chapter must be reached in accordance with regulations about such decisions.

2

The regulations must include provision—

a

requiring the practitioner to be given notice of any allegation against him,

b

giving him the opportunity of putting his case at a hearing before a Primary Care Trust makes any decision affecting him under this Chapter,

c

requiring him to be given notice of the decision of the Primary Care Trust and the reasons for it and of any right of appeal which he may have.

3

The regulations may, in particular, make provision as to criteria which the Primary Care Trust must apply when making decisions in unsuitability cases.