The National Health Service (Choice of Medical Practitioner) Amendment Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/3179
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Choice of Medical Practitioner) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 21st December 1999.

(2) In these Regulations, “the 1998 Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Choice of Medical Practitioner) Regulations 1998 .

Section 2 Amendment of the 1998 Regulations

(1) The 1998 Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 4 (assignment of persons to doctors)–

(a) at the end of paragraph (3)(b), omit “and”;

(b) after paragraph (3)(b), insert the following–

(bb) whether the person has been removed from the doctor’s list of any doctor in that part of the area at the request of that doctor or, as the case may be, a pilot scheme provider because–

(i) he has committed an act of violence against the doctor or has behaved in such a way that the doctor has feared for his safety, and

(ii) the doctor has reported the incident to the police,

and, if so, which doctor or, as the case may be, which pilot scheme provider, has the most appropriate facilities to deal with such a patient; and

(3) In regulation 5 (assignment by a pilot scheme provider)–

(a) at the end of paragraph (2)(b), omit “and”;

(b) after paragraph (2)(b), insert the following–

(bb) whether the person has been removed from the doctor’s list of any of the relevant doctors at the request of the pilot scheme provider because–

(i) he has committed an act of violence against the doctor or has behaved in such a way that the doctor has feared for his safety, and

(ii) the doctor has reported the incident to the police;

and, if so, which doctor has the most appropriate facilities to deal with such a patient; and