The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Assignment of patients to lists: open lists

24.—(1) A Health Board may, subject to paragraph 26, assign a new patient to a provider whose list of patients is open.

(2) In this paragraph and in paragraphs 25 and 27 to 29, a “new” patient means a person who–

(a) is resident (whether or not temporarily) within the area of the Health Board;

(b) has been refused inclusion in a list of patients of, or has not been accepted as a temporary resident by, a provider (by any arrangement) of essential services (or their equivalent) whose premises are within such an area; and

(c) wishes to be included in the list of patients of a provider (by any arrangement) of essential services (or their equivalent) whose practice premises are within that area.