THE SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

1

In regulation A2 (interpretation)—

a

for the definition of “practitioner” there is substituted—

  • “practitioner” means—

    1. 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

    2. 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,