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

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ANNEX B

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

(a) a medical practitioner;

(b) a partnership where all of the partners are individuals, at least one partner is a medical practitioner, and any partner who is not a medical practitioner is-

(i) an NHS employee;

(ii) a section 17C employee;

(iii) a section 28C or an Article 15B employee;

(iv) a health care professional who is engaged in the provision of services under the 1978 Act, the 1977 Act or the 1972 Order;

(v) an individual who is providing primary medical services in accordance with a general medical services contract;

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

(vii) an individual who is providing primary medical services in accordance with section 17C arrangements, section 28C arrangements or Article 15B arrangements;

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

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

(x) an individual who is providing personal dental services in accordance with section 17C arrangements; or

(xi) an individual who is providing primary dental services in accordance with section 28C arrangements or personal dental services in accordance with Article 15B arrangements.

(c) A company limited by shares where at least one share in the company is legally and beneficially owned by a medical practitioner, and any share which is not so owned is legally and beneficially owned by an individual referred to in paras (i)-(xi ) above.

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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