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1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Choice of Medical Practitioner) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -
(a) "the 1977 Act" means the National Health Service Act 1977;
"the 1997 Act" means the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997[2];
"doctor" means a registered medical practitioner;
"doctor's list" means a list of a doctor's patients kept by a Health Authority -
(i) in respect of a doctor providing general medical services, in accordance with regulation 19[3] of the GMS Regulations, or
(ii) in respect of a doctor performing personal medical services in connection with a pilot scheme, in accordance with paragraph 3 of the Directions to Health Authorities Concerning Patient Lists (Personal Medical Services) made under section 6(1) of the 1997 Act;
"the GMS Regulations" means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992[4];
"medical card" means a card issued by a Health Authority to a person for the purpose of enabling him to obtain, or establishing his title to receive, primary medical services[5], other than contraceptive services, maternity medical services, child health surveillance services and minor surgery services;
"personal medical services" has the meaning assigned to it in section 1(8) of the 1997 Act;
"pilot scheme provider" means a person, other than a Health Authority, who is a party to a pilot scheme;
"pilot scheme" has the meaning assigned to it in section 1(1) of the 1997 Act;
"pooled list" means a list of persons who have been accepted by a pilot scheme provider for the provision of personal medical services under the pilot scheme, and whose names are not included in a doctor's list;
"temporary resident" shall be construed in accordance with regulation 7; and
(b) "child health surveillance services", "contraceptive services", "maternity medical services" and "minor surgery services" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the GMS Regulations[6].
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| Book Title: Choice of Medical Practitioners | ||