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Scottish Government Consultation on Changes to Eligibility Criteria for Providers of Primary Medical Services

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ANNEX A

Extract from the existing provisions of section 17D (eligibility criteria for holding a 17C contract)

A Health Board may make an agreement under section 17C only with one or more of the following-

(a) an NHS Trust (now abolished)

(b) in the case of an agreement under which primary medical services are provided-

(i) a medical practitioner who satisfies the prescribed conditions ( such conditions can be prescribed in regulations];

(ii) a health care professional who satisfies the prescribed conditions ( such conditions can be prescribed in regulations];;

(iii) a person who is providing primary medical services in accordance with a general medical services contract;

(iv) a person who is providing primary medical services in accordance with a section 28Q contract or an Article 57 contract;

(v) a person who is providing primary medical services in accordance with section 17C arrangements, section 28C arrangements or Article 15B arrangements;

(vi) an individual who is providing general dental services;

(vii) a person who is providing primary dental services in accordance with a section 28K contract or an individual who is providing general dental services in accordance with Article 61 of the 1972 Order;

(viii) a person who is providing personal dental services in accordance with section 17C arrangements;

(ix) a person who is providing primary dental services in accordance with section 28C arrangements or personal dental services in accordance with Article 15B arrangements;

(c) an NHS employee, a section 17C employee, a section 28C employee, an Article 15B employee;

(d) a qualifying body.(ie a company limited by shares all of which are legally and beneficially owned by persons falling within the above categories)

Note. The various section 28 references are to provisions in England and Wales while 1972 Order references deal with Northern Ireland.

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