The National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 and come into force on 1st April 2010.

Amendment of the National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) (Scotland) Regulations 2009

2.  After regulation 3 (appointments to which the regulations apply) of the National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) (Scotland) Regulations 2009(1) insert—

“Registration requirements

3A.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person may not take up appointment to any consultant post unless—

(a) that person is either a medical practitioner or a dental practitioner, and

(b) in the case of an appointment of a medical practitioner, that person’s name is included in the Specialist Register(2).

(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to any person who held a post as a consultant in oral and maxillo-facial surgery in the health service immediately before 1st January 1997.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), “the health service” means the health services defined in—

(a) section 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(3),

(b) section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006(4), and

(c) article 2(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(5).”.

NICOLA STURGEON

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

4th February 2010