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

Withdrawal from a supplementary list

22.—(1) A qualified practitioner must, so far as is practicable, give the Local Health Board at least three months’ notice in advance of the day that the qualified practitioner intends to withdraw from its supplementary list.

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

(a) that Local Health Board’s ophthalmic list,

(b) any other Local Health Board’s ophthalmic list, or

(c) any other Local Health Board’s supplementary list.

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

(a) pursuant to paragraph (1), it must remove the qualified practitioner from its supplementary 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 supplementary list as soon as the Local Health Board confirms that the qualified practitioner has been included in another list referred to in paragraph (2).

(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 supplementary list.

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