SCHEDULE 1CONTENT OF AGREEMENTS

PART 8VARIATION AND TERMINATION OF AGREEMENTS

Consultation with the area medical committee78

1

Whenever the Health Board is considering—

a

terminating the agreement with the provider or with a party to the agreement pursuant to paragraph 67 to 74; or

b

imposing an agreement sanction,

it must, whenever it is reasonably practicable to do so, consult the area medical committee for its area before it terminates the agreement with the provider or with a party to the agreement or imposes an agreement sanction.

2

Whether or not the area medical committee has been consulted pursuant to sub-paragraph (1), whenever the Health Board imposes an agreement sanction on the provider or terminates an agreement with the provider or a party to the agreement pursuant to this Part, it must, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the area medical committee in writing of the agreement sanction imposed or of the termination of the agreement (as the case may be).