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38.—(1) Where a contractor wants to terminate its obligation under the contract to provide out of hours services, the contractor must give an out of hours opt out notice in writing to the Board to that effect.
(2) An out of hours opt out notice must specify the date on which the contractor would like the out of hours opt out to take effect, which must be either three or six months after the date on which that notice is given.
(3) The Board must approve the out of hours opt out notice and specify, in accordance with paragraph (6), the date on which the out of hours opt out is to commence (“OOH day”) as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any event before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the Board receives the out of hours opt out notice.
(4) The Board must give notice to the contractor of its decision as soon as possible.
(5) The OOH day is the date that is specified in the out of hours opt out notice.
(6) A contractor may not withdraw an out of hours opt out notice once it has been approved by the Board under paragraph (3) without the Board’s agreement.
(7) Following receipt of the out of hours opt out notice, the Board must use reasonable endeavours to make arrangements for the contractor’s registered patients to receive out of hours services from an alternative provider from OOH day.
(8) Paragraphs (7) to (10) of regulation 37 apply in respect of an out of hours opt out—
(a)as they apply to a permanent opt out; and
(b)as if the reference to “A day” was a reference to “OOH day”.
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