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The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992

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Application for services

20.—(1) An application to a doctor for inclusion in his list for the provision of general medical services shall be made by delivering to the doctor a medical card or a form of application signed (in either case) by the applicant or a person authorised on his behalf.

(2) An application to a doctor for inclusion in his list may be made (otherwise than by the doctor concerned)—

(a)on behalf of any child, by either parent, or in the absence of both parents, the guardian or other adult person who has the care of the child; or

(b)on behalf of any person who is incapable of making such an application, by a relative or other adult person who has the care of such person; or

(c)on behalf of any person under 18 years of age who is—

(i)in the care of an authority to whose care he has been committed under the provisions of the Children Act 1989, by a person duly authorised by that authority,

(ii)in the care of a voluntary organisation, by that organisation or a person duly authorised by it.

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