The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2004

Conditions for employment and engagement

57.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), a contractor shall not employ or engage a medical practitioner (other than one falling within paragraph 53(2)) unless—

(a) that practitioner has provided it with the name and address of the Primary Care Trust on whose primary medical performers list he appears; and

(b) the contractor has checked that the practitioner meets the requirements in paragraph 53.

(2) Where the employment or engagement of a medical practitioner is urgently needed and it is not possible for the contractor to check the matters referred to in paragraph 53 in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(b) before employing or engaging him he may be employed or engaged on a temporary basis for a single period of up to seven days whilst such checks are undertaken.

(3) Where the prospective employee is a GP Registrar, the requirements set out in sub-paragraph (1) shall apply with the modifications that—

(a) the name and address provided under sub-paragraph (1) may be the name and address of the Primary Care Trust on whose list he has applied for inclusion; and

(b) confirmation that his name appears on that list shall not be required until the end of the first two months of the Registrar’s training period.