PART 15SUPPLEMENTARY
Other supplementary provision
300Medical practitioners who may make certain medical reports
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.