300—(1) In this section a “medical report” means—
(a)a report under section 39;
(b)a report under section 183;
(c)a medical report under paragraph 7 of Schedule 1;
(d)a medical report under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2;
(e)a medical report under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3;
(f)a medical report under paragraph 5 of Schedule 6.
(2) Regulations may make provision prescribing the descriptions of medical practitioners who may make medical reports.
(3) The regulations may in particular do any of the following—
(a)prescribe conditions that must be met by a medical practitioner making a medical report;
(b)provide that, except in any prescribed circumstances, the medical practitioner who makes a medical report—
(i)must be of a prescribed description; or
(ii)must not be of a prescribed description.
(4) Where any provision of this Act confers power to prescribe conditions that must be met by a medical practitioner making a report or certifying any matter, a condition that may be prescribed is that the practitioner is a person approved by RQIA for prescribed purposes.
Commencement Information
I1S. 300(1)(a) (c)-(e) (2)-(4) in operation at 2.12.2019 for specified purposes by S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. 4 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)