THE SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
1
In regulation A2 (interpretation)—
a
for the definition of “practitioner” there is substituted—
“practitioner” means—
- a
a registered medical practitioner, other than a trainee practitioner, who is an assistant practitioner, an associate general practitioner, a locum practitioner (other than a person treated as an officer under regulation R11), a principal practitioner or a person who is treated as a practitioner under regulation R11 (participators in pilot schemes), or
- b
a registered dentist, other than a person who is paid wholly by way of salary by a National Health Service Trust, a Primary Care Trust or a Health Authority or a person treated as an officer under regulation R11;
b
the following definitions are inserted in alphabetical order at the appropriate places—
“assistant practitioner” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2,
“associate general practitioner” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2,
“locum practitioner” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2,
“principal practitioner” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2,