National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997

29Authorised provision of pharmaceutical services by medical practitioners

(1)In section 43 of the 1977 Act, after subsection (2), insert—

(2A)Regulations shall provide for the preparation and publication by a Health Authority of one or more lists of medical practitioners who undertake to provide drugs, medicines or listed appliances in the Authority’s area.

(2B)In subsection (2A) “listed” has the same meaning as in section 41.

(2C)The regulations shall include provision for the removal of an entry from a list in prescribed circumstances.

(2)In section 28 of the 1978 Act, after subsection (2), insert—

(2A)Regulations shall provide for the preparation and publication by a Health Board of one or more lists of medical practitioners who undertake to supply drugs and appliances in the Board’s area.

(2B)The regulations shall include provision for the removal of an entry from a list in prescribed circumstances.