Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Section 42) (Payments to General Practitioners) Regulations 2019.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Section 42) (Payments to General Practitioners) Regulations 2019.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 2020.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations -
“6 in 1 vaccine” means a vaccine against Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Poliomyelitis and Hepatitis B;
“4 in 1 vaccine” means a booster vaccine against Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis and Poliomyelitis;
“Act of 1970” means the Health Act 1970 (No. 1 of 1970);
“Agreement of 2019” means the agreement dated 23 May 2019 between the Minister, the Health Service Executive and the Irish Medical Organisation known as the General Practitioner Contractual Reform and Service Development Agreement;
“Capitation Agreement” means an agreement between the Health Service Executive and a general practitioner made in accordance with the conditions specified by the Minister in 1989 regarding the provision of services to eligible persons under section 58 of the Act of 1970 by general practitioners, as amended from time to time;
“combined Hib/Men C vaccine” means a vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae type b and Meningococcal group C bacteria;
“day consultation” means a consultation during normal hours of a general practitioner’s surgery as agreed between the Health Service Executive and that general practitioner;
“Fee Per Item Agreement” means an agreement between the Health Service Executive and a general practitioner made in accordance with the conditions specified by the Minister in 1972 regarding the provision of services to eligible persons under section 58 of the Act of 1970 by general practitioners, as amended from time to time;
“General Medical Services Scheme” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Act 2012 (No. 4 of 2012);
“GMS panel” means the total number of patients of a general practitioner to whom the general practitioner provides services under the General Medical Services Scheme;
“influenza vaccine” means a vaccine against seasonal influenza;
“late consultation” means a consultation other than a day consultation or a night consultation;
“Men B vaccine” means a vaccine against Meningococcal group B bacteria;
“Men C vaccine” means a vaccine against Meningococcal group C bacteria;
“Minister” means the Minister for Health;
“MMR vaccine” means a vaccine against Measles, Mumps and Rubella;
“night consultation” means a consultation during the period between midnight and 8 a.m. the following day;
“PCV” means the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine;
“PPV” means the Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine;
“practice unit” means -
(a) a practice comprised of a single general practitioner or a partnership of more than one general practitioner, or
(b) a group practice of more than one general practitioner providing general practitioner services from the same centre of practice;
“qualifying area” means an area which has a population of less than or equal to 2,000 within a 4.8 kilometre radius of the principal practice address of a practice unit;
“registered child”, in relation to a service provider, means a child to whom that service provider has been assigned for the purposes of the administration of vaccines under the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme;
“Regulations of 2016” means the Health Professionals (Variation of Payments to General Practitioners) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 233 of 2016 );
“Rotavirus vaccine” means a vaccine against Rotavirus disease;