44.—[F1(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a contractor may not employ or engage a medical practitioner unless the contractor has checked that the practitioner meets the requirements of—
(a)regulation 40; and
(b)regulation 43.]
(2) Where—
(a)the employment or engagement of a medical practitioner is urgently needed; and
(b)it is not possible for the contractor to check the matters referred to in regulation 43 in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) before employing or engaging the practitioner,
the contractor may employ or engage the practitioner on a temporary basis for a single period of up to seven days while such checks are undertaken.
F2(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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