Part I Organisation
Co-operation and assistance
F117D Persons with whom agreements may be made.
1
A Health Board may make an agreement under section 17C only with one or more of the following—
a
an NHS trust;
b
in the case of an agreement under which personal medical services are provided—
i
a qualifying medical practitioner;
ii
an individual who is providing personal medical services in accordance with section 17C arrangements or section 28C arrangements;
c
in the case of an agreement under which personal dental services are provided—
i
a qualifying dental practitioner;
ii
an individual who is providing personal dental services in accordance with section 17C arrangements or section 28C arrangements;
d
an NHS employee, a section 17C employee or a section 28C employee;
e
a qualifying body.
2
In this section—
“the 1977 Act” means the M1National Health Service Act 1977;
“NHS employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in the health service in Scotland or England and Wales, is employed by—
- a
an NHS trust;
- b
in the case of an agreement under which personal medical services are provided—
- i
a medical practitioner whose name is included in a medical list kept under this Act or in a corresponding list kept under the 1977 Act; or
- ii
a medical practitioner who is providing personal medical services in accordance with section 17C arrangements or section 28C arrangements;
- i
- c
in the case of an agreement under which personal dental services are provided—
- i
a dental practitioner whose name is included in a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 25(2)(a) of this Act or section 36(1)(a) of the 1977 Act; or
- ii
a dental practitioner who is providing personal dental services in accordance with section 17C arrangements or section 28C arrangements;
- i
- a
“qualifying body” means—
- a
a company which is limited by shares all of which are legally and beneficially owned by persons falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1); and also
- b
in the case of an agreement under which personal dental services are provided, a body corporate which, in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the M2Dentists Act 1984, is entitled to carry on the business of dentistry;
- a
“qualifying dental practitioner” means a dental practitioner who satisfies the conditions imposed by regulations made under section 17E(2)(b) of this Act or section 28E(2)(b) of the 1977 Act;
“qualifying medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner who satisfies the conditions imposed by regulations made under section 17E(2)(b) of this Act or section 28E(2)(b) of the 1977 Act;
“section 17C employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in accordance with section 17C arrangements, is employed by an individual providing those services;
“section 28C arrangements” means arrangements for the provision of services made under section 28C of the 1977 Act; and
“section 28C employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in accordance with section 28C arrangements, is employed by an individual providing those services.