31.—(1) Maternity medical services shall comprise—
(a)the provision of personal medical services to a woman during the ante-natal period;
(b)the provision of personal medical services to a woman during labour;
(c)the provision of personal medical services to a woman and to her baby, as specified in paragraph 3(b) of Part II of Schedule 5, during the post-natal period; and
(d)the provision of a full post-natal examination.
(2) A woman who, after a doctor has diagnosed that she is pregnant, requires the provision of maternity medical services may arrange for the provision of any or all of the services mentioned in paragraph (1) with—
(a)any doctor in the obstetric list;
(b)the doctor on whose list she is included; or
(c)any doctor who has accepted her as a temporary resident.
(3) A doctor with whom a woman has made an arrangement under paragraph (2) for the provision of any or all of the services mentioned in paragraph (1) shall provide such services as are specified in Part II of Schedule 5.
(4) The provisions of regulation 20 shall apply to the making of an arrangement by a woman with a doctor for the provision of any or all of the services mentioned in paragraph (1) as they apply to the making of an application for inclusion in a doctor’s list.
(5) An arrangement between a woman and a doctor for the provision of any or all of the services mentioned in paragraph (1) may be terminated—
(a)by the woman—
(i)so informing the FHSA in writing,
(ii)so informing the doctor in writing who shall within 7 days notify the FHSA in writing, or
(iii)making a new arrangement with another doctor who shall within 7 days notify the FHSA in writing of the new arrangement;
(b)by the doctor making an application under paragraph 11 of the terms of service; or
(c)where the woman is a temporary resident, when—
(i)she ceases to be resident in the doctor’s practice area, or
(ii)the doctor’s responsibility for her is terminated under paragraph 10 of the terms of service,
whichever first occurs.
(6) Where the FHSA receives notification in accordance with paragraph (5)(a)(i) or (iii), it shall within 7 days notify the original doctor in writing that the woman’s arrangement with him has been terminated.
(7) In this regulation and in Schedule 5 “ante-natal period” means the duration of a woman’s pregnancy until the onset of labour and “post-natal period” means the period of 14 days following the conclusion of a pregnancy.