Terms and conditions etc.63B

1

Directions under Article 63A may require the Health and Social Services Board to which they apply, when making arrangements—

a

to include, in the terms on which the arrangements are made, such terms as may be specified in the directions;

b

to impose, on any person providing a service in accordance with the arrangements, such conditions as may be so specified.

2

The arrangements must secure that any service to which they apply is provided only by a person whose name is included in a pharmaceutical list.

3

Different arrangements may be made with respect to—

a

the provision of the same service by the same person but in different circumstances; or

b

the provision of the same service by different persons.

4

A Health and Social Services Board must provide details of proposed arrangements (including the remuneration to be offered for the provision of services) to any person who asks for them.

5

After making any arrangements, a Health and Social Services Board must publish, in such manner as the Department may direct, such details of the arrangements as the Department may direct.

6

In this Article, “pharmaceutical list” means, subject to any provision of the directions in question, a list—

a

published by the Health and Social Services Board concerned, or by any other Health and Social Services Board, in accordance with regulations made under Article 63(2A)(a); or

b

published by any body in accordance with regulations made under section 27(2)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or section 42(2)(a) of the National Health Service Act 1977.