The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023

Withdrawal from an ophthalmic list

20.—(1) Subject to regulation 21, a qualified practitioner must give notice to a Local Health Board that they wish to withdraw from that Local Health Board’s ophthalmic list.

(2) A qualified practitioner must give notice to the Local Health Board that they intend to withdraw from the Local Health Board’s ophthalmic list if that qualified practitioner is included in the supplementary list of any Local Health Board.

(3) Where a Local Health Board receives a notice from a qualified practitioner—

(a) pursuant to paragraph (1), it must remove the qualified practitioner from its ophthalmic list on the earlier of the following—

(i) the date that is three months after the date of the notice, or

(ii) the date from which the Local Health Board has agreed that the withdrawal will take effect;

(b) pursuant to paragraph (2), it must remove the qualified practitioner from its ophthalmic list as soon as the Local Health Board confirms that the qualified practitioner is included in a supplementary list.

(4) A qualified practitioner may withdraw a notice given pursuant to paragraph (1) at any time before the Local Health Board removes their name from its ophthalmic list.

(5) A qualified practitioner may not withdraw a notice given pursuant to paragraph (2) once the qualified practitioner has been included in a supplementary list.