General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Records

41.  A doctor shall—

(a) keep adequate records of the illnesses and treatment of his patients on forms supplied to him for the purpose by the Agency;

(b) permit a medical officer of the relevant Board to inspect medical records of patients and to provide him with any necessary information with regard to the entries therein as he may request for the purposes of ascertaining whether or not such records are properly kept;

(c) forward such records to the Agency or the relevant Board on request as soon as possible; and

(d) upon the termination in accordance with regulation 34(6) or (7) of arrangements between him and a woman for the provision of maternity medical services, forward to the relevant Board the medical records of the patient concerned; and

(e) within 14 days of being informed by the Agency of the death of a person on his list and, in any other case of the death of such a person, not later than one month of learning of such a death, forward the records relating to that person to the Agency.