Commissioner for Older People Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Health and social care

1.  A general health care provider, that is to say—

(a) an individual undertaking to provide general medical services or general dental services under Part 6 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (NI 14);

(b) a person (whether an individual or a body) undertaking to provide general ophthalmic services or pharmaceutical services under Part 6 of that Order; or

(c) an individual performing personal medical services or personal dental services in accordance with arrangements made under Article 15B of that Order (except as employees of, or otherwise on behalf of, a health and social care body or an independent provider).

2.  An independent provider, that is to say a person (whether an individual or a body)—

(a) providing services of any kind under arrangements with a health and social care body or a general health care provider; and

(b) not being a health and social care body or a general health care provider.

3.  Any person carrying on or managing any of the following within the meaning of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (NI 9)—

(a) a residential care home, nursing home or independent hospital in which older persons are accommodated;

(b) an independent clinic;

(c) an independent medical agency or domiciliary care agency;

(d) a day care setting.