Payments to pharmacy contractors in respect of suspended pharmacists
13.—(1) The Board shall make payments to a pharmacy contractor (if a pharmacist), or to a pharmacy contractor in respect of a pharmacist engaged by that pharmacy contractor, who is suspended by direction of the Tribunal in accordance with the determination of the Scottish Ministers in relation to such payments.
(2) The Scottish Ministers shall make the determination in accordance with paragraph (1) after consultation with the organisation referred to in regulation 12(1), and it shall be published with the Drug Tariff.
(3) The determination may be amended from time to time by the Scottish Ministers, after consultation with the organisation referred to in paragraph (2), and any amendments shall also be published with the Drug Tariff.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the determination of the Scottish Ministers shall be such as to secure that, as far as reasonably practicable, and after making adjustments for any reduction in expenses, the suspended pharmacist receives payments at a rate corresponding to the suspended pharmacist’s remuneration under the Drug Tariff (but excluding any payments made by virtue of regulation 12(1)(g)) during the 12 months ending with the direction for suspension by the Tribunal.
(5) The determination of the Scottish Ministers may include provision that payments in accordance with the determination are not to exceed a specified amount in any specified period.