The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Performers Lists) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Performers Lists) Regulations 2004 (“the Regulations”).

Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 2 of the Regulations. The Regulation substitutes the definition of “the 2007 Regulations” for “the 2001 Regulations” as a consequence of the consolidation of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations; deletes the definitions of “first condition for disqualification”, “second condition for disqualification” and “third condition for disqualification” and instead inserts a definition for “condition for disqualification” and inserts definitions of “the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board” and “post-registration programme”.

Regulation 2(3) amends regulation 3 of the Regulations to allow a medical practitioner who is not a GP Registrar and whose name is not included in a primary medical services performers list of a Health Board to perform primary medical services but only in so far as the performance of those services constitutes part of a post-registration programme approved by the Postgraduate Medical Educational Training Board.

Regulation 2(4) amends regulation 7(4) of the Regulations by inserting “the” before “Act”.

Regulation 2(5)(a) amends paragraph 3(f) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations to provide that a declaration, claiming either charge exemption or remission, does not require to be made on a prescription form.

Regulation 2(5)(b) also amends paragraph 3(f) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations as a consequence of the consolidation of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations.