SCHEDULE 1STATUS AND APPOINTMENT OF MEDICAL REVIEWERS
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Schedule 5A to the 1978 Act (Healthcare Improvement Scotland) is amended as follows.
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After paragraph 7 insert—
Medical reviewers
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HIS must appoint persons employed under paragraph 7(5) to exercise the functions of medical reviewers; and when doing so those employees are to be known as medical reviewers.
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HIS must appoint a person employed under paragraph 7(5) to exercise the functions of the senior medical reviewer; and when doing so that employee is to be known as the senior medical reviewer.
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A person appointed as a medical reviewer or the senior medical reviewer must—
a
be a medical practitioner;
b
have been so throughout the 5 years prior to appointment; and
c
have such other qualifications, training and experience as may be specified by regulations.
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A member of HIS may not exercise the functions of—
a
a medical reviewer; or
b
the senior medical reviewer.
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An employee of HIS (other than a medical reviewer) may not exercise any function of a medical reviewer other than those under section 17.
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An employee of HIS (other than the senior medical reviewer) may not exercise the functions of the senior medical reviewer (except by virtue of arrangements made under paragraph 11(2C)).
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An appointment as a medical reviewer or the senior medical reviewer does not affect the appointed person's status as employed under paragraph 7(5).
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In paragraph 11 (delegation of functions)—
a
in sub-paragraph (1), for “and” where it first occurs substitute “
to
”
,
b
after sub-paragraph (2) insert—
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HIS may authorise an employee to carry out the functions of a medical reviewer under section 17.
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Any other function conferred on a medical reviewer or the senior medical reviewer may not, subject to sub-paragraph (2C), be delegated by HIS.
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The senior medical reviewer may, with the approval of HIS, make arrangements for the functions of the senior medical reviewer to be carried out by a medical reviewer where the senior medical reviewer is absent or otherwise unavailable.
SCHEDULE 2MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS
Cremation Act 1902 (c. 8)
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The Cremation Act 1902 is amended as follows.
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In section 7 (regulations as to burning)—
a
the words from “and” where it fifth occurs to “place” where it second occurs are repealed,
b
the words from “Each” to “prescribe” are repealed.
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Cremation Act 1952 (c. 31)
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In section 2(2) of the Cremation Act 1952 (procedure for regulations made under section 7 of the Cremation Act 1902) the words from “Any” to “and” are repealed.
Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 49)
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Section 21(5) of the 1965 Act (person having charge of place of interment to give notice of burial of still-born child without certificate) is repealed.
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In section 24 of the 1965 Act (certificate of cause of death), after subsection (1), insert—
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A registered medical practitioner may, where invited to do so under section 10(2)(b) or 11(6) of the 2011 Act (action following unsatisfactory review), attest and transmit a replacement certificate to a medical reviewer or, as the case may be, the senior medical reviewer.
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Section 27(2) and (3) of the 1965 Act (transmission of certificate of registration) is repealed.
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In section 56(1) of the 1965 Act (interpretation)—
a
before the entry for “birth” insert—
“the 2011 Act” means the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 11);
b
after the entry for “local authority” insert—
“medical reviewer” means a person appointed under paragraph 7A(1) of Schedule 5A to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29);
c
after the entry for “relative” insert—
“senior medical reviewer” means a person appointed under paragraph 7A(2) of Schedule 5A to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29);