The Health and Personal Social Services (Fund-holding Practices) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Amendment of regulation 16 of the principal Regulations

4.—(1) Regulation 16 of the principal Regulations (payment for drugs, medicines and listed appliances) is amended as follows.

(2) Before paragraph (1) insert—

“(A1) This regulation does not apply to members of a standard fund-holding practice or community fund-holding practice(1) who perform personal medical services under a pilot scheme, and—

(a) the pilot scheme makes provision for the cost (however calculated) of the drugs, medicines and listed appliances supplied pursuant to orders given by or on behalf of members of the practice to be deducted from the net consideration payable under the pilot scheme to the provider, or accounted for in some other way; or

(b) under which there are to be provided services which are not personal medical services but which are services which may be provided by virtue of Article 3(3) of the 1997 Order (other than the provision of drugs, medicines or listed appliances for immediate treatment or by way of personal administration or application).”.

(1)

Definitions inserted by regulation 2 of S.R. 1997 No. 184