[17E Personal medical or dental services: regulations]
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (1978 c 29) | Legislation

[17E  Personal medical or dental services: regulations]

[(1)     The Secretary of State may make regulations with respect to the provision of services in accordance with section 17C arrangements.

(2)     The regulations must—

(a)     include provision for participants other than Health Boards to withdraw from section 17C arrangements if they wish to do so,

(b)     impose conditions (including conditions as to qualifications and experience) to be satisfied by medical practitioners performing personal medical services, and dental practitioners performing personal dental services, in accordance with section 17C arrangements.

In paragraph (b) “practitioner” does not include a practitioner who is undergoing training of a prescribed description.

(3)     The regulations may, in particular—

(a)     provide that section 17C arrangements may be made only in prescribed circumstances;

(b)     provide that section 17C arrangements may be made only in prescribed areas;

(c)     provide that only prescribed services, or prescribed categories of service, may be provided in accordance with section 17C arrangements;

(d)     require details of section 17C arrangements to be published;

(e)     make provision with respect to the variation and termination

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