National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1978
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1978/1762 |
| Year | 1978 |
1978 No. 1762 (S. 155)
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND
The National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 197828thNovember 1978
7thDecember 1978
29thDecember 1978
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 34 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947(a) and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following regulations:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1978 and shall come into operation on 29th December 1978.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply for the interpretation of these regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Amendment of regulations
2. The National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974(c), as amended(d), shall be further amended in Part I of Schedule 1 (Terms of service for doctors) as follows:—
(a) in paragraph 1, after sub-paragraph (a), there shall be inserted—
"(aa) "deputising service" means any person or body carrying on a business which consists of or includes the provision of deputies for periods which normally do not exceed 72 consecutive hours";
(b) after paragraph 12 there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
"12A—(1) Before entering into regular or standing arrangements with a deputising service for the provision of a deputy or deputies, a doctor shall obtain the consent of the Board.
(2) In giving such consent the Board may impose such conditions, including conditions in relation to the standards and the facilities provided by the deputising service, having regard to the advice of the area medical committee on these standards and facilities, as they consider necessary or expedient to ensure—
(a) that the doctor's patients will receive all proper and necessary treatment, and
(a) 1947 c. 27.
(b) 1889 c. 63.
(c) S.I. 1974/506.
(d) The amendments do not relate expressly to the subject matter of these Regulations.
(b) that the arrangements with the deputising service will have due regard to the provisions of these terms of service.
(3) Before refusing or withdrawing such consent or imposing or varying such conditions, the Board shall consult the area medical committee.
(4) The Board may at any time, and shall periodically, review in consultation with the area...
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