Part I

Organisation

Administrative bodies

Functions of Health Boards: planning of pharmaceutical care services
2CB
1
Regulations may make provision requiring every Health Board, in accordance with the regulations, to—
a
prepare a plan for the discharge of their duty under section 2CA(1);
b
keep a plan prepared under paragraph (a) under review;
c
prepare a revised plan; and
d
without prejudice to section 2CA(3), publish a plan so prepared or revised.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular make provision as to—
a
identification by a Health Board in any such plan prepared by them of—
i
what pharmaceutical care services they consider are necessary in order to discharge their duty under section 2CA(1);
ii
whether as respects their area there is convenient access (as regards location and opening hours) to pharmaceutical care services; and
iii
any under-provision of pharmaceutical care services as respects their area;
b
the period within which a plan is to be prepared and published;
c
consultation which a Health Board must undertake in relation to the preparation of a plan;
d
the duration of a plan;
e
the frequency with which a plan must be reviewed and revised by a Health Board;
f
the availability and accessibility of a plan to persons who are resident in a Health Board's area; and
g
such other matters as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.
3
Regulations making provision as to a matter referred to in subsection (2)(a) may provide that the matter is to be identified in accordance with such criteria as may be specified in directions given by the Scottish Ministers.
Ss. 2CA, 2CB inserted (prosp.) by virtue of Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13), ss. 20(2), 43(3)
Pt. 1 applied (7.12.2019) by The Public Health Scotland Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/336), art. 1(2), sch. 1 Pt. 1 (with art. 4(4)(5))