PART 2E+WMedical Performers List

Grounds for removal from the medical performers listE+W

28.—(1) In addition to the grounds in regulation 14(1), [F1NHS England] must remove a medical practitioner from the medical performers list where it becomes aware that—

(a)the medical practitioner's name is no longer included in the GP Register;

(b)the medical practitioner's registration in the register of medical practitioners has been suspended [F2under section 35D(2)(b), (10)(b) or (12), or section 38(1) of the Medical Act 1983 or by virtue of rules made under paragraph 5A(3) of Schedule 4 to that Act];

(c)the medical practitioner's licence to practice has been withdrawn [F3except where this has been withdrawn as a result of an interim suspension order made under section 41A(1)(a) of the Medical Act 1983]; or

(d)if the medical practitioner is a GP Registrar, the medical practitioner is in breach of an undertaking provided in accordance with regulation 26(3) and has failed to withdraw from the list after [F1NHS England] has given the medical practitioner 28 days notice requesting the medical practitioner to do so.

This is subject to paragraph (2).

(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply where a direction that a medical practitioner's registration be suspended is made in a health case.

(3) For the purposes of regulation 14(3)(a), the day prescribed in this Part is 3rd November 2003 or, if the medical practitioner had been included in a medical list or a medical supplementary list, 14th December 2001.

(4) In calculating the period of 12 months under regulation 14(7), [F1NHS England] must disregard any period during which a medical practitioner's registration in the register of medical practitioners is suspended.