HEATH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES PART 1 GENERAL Citation, commencement, application and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Personal Social Services (Primary Medical Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 15th August 2006. 2 In these regulations — “ GMS Contracts Regulations ” means the Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 ; “ Performers Lists Regulations ” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Primary Medical Services Performers Lists) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 PART 2 AMENDMENT OF THE GMS CONTRACTS REGULATIONS Amendment of regulation 2 of the GMS Contracts Regulations 2 In regulation 2 (Interpretation) of the GMS Contracts Regulations— a in the definition of “immediate family member”, after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”; b in the definition of “independent nurse prescriber”, for sub-paragraph (c) substitute the following sub-paragraph— c against whose name in that register is recorded an annotation signifying that he is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a community practitioner nurse prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber or as a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber; ; c in the definition of “prescriber”, after sub-paragraph (a) insert the following sub-paragraph— aa a pharmacist independent prescriber, ; d insert the following definition at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order— “pharmacist independent prescriber” means a person— who is either engaged or employed by the contractor or is a party to the contract, who is registered in the register maintained in pursuance of Articles 6 and 9 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 or the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists maintained in pursuance of section 2(1) of the Pharmacy Act , and against whose name in that register is recorded an annotation signifying that he is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a pharmacist independent prescriber; ; Amendment of regulation 5 of the GMS Contracts Regulations 3 In regulation 5(2) (general conditions relating to all contracts) of the GMS Contract Regulations, in sub-paragraph (k), before “he has been”, insert “within the period of five years prior to signing the contract or commencement of the contract, whichever is the earlier,”; Amendment of regulation 22 of the GMS Contracts Regulations 4 In regulation 22 (finance) of the GMS Contract Regulations, in paragraph (1), for “the Board to make payments to the contractor”, substitute, “payments to be made”. Amendment of Schedule 5 of the GMS Contracts Regulations 5 In Schedule 5 (other contractual terms) to the GMS Contracts regulations— a in paragraph 45(3) and (4) (terms relating to the provision of dispensing services), after “independent nurse prescriber” at each place where it occurs (three times), insert “or a pharmacist independent prescriber”; b in paragraph 48(2) (qualifications of performers), after head (c), add the following head— d a medical practitioner who is undergoing a programme of post-registration supervised clinical practice approved by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board, but only in so far as any medical services such a medical practitioner performs constitute part of that programme. ; c in paragraph 54(1), after the word “contract”, insert “, other than a medical practitioner falling within paragraph 48(2)(d),”; d in paragraph 60(1) and (2) (which relate to independent nurse prescribers and supplementary prescribers), after “independent nurse prescriber”, at each place where it occurs (seven times), insert “, a pharmacist independent prescriber”; e in the heading for paragraph 60, after “independent nurse prescribers” insert “, pharmacist independent prescribers”; and f in paragraph 116 (gifts), in sub-paragraph (2)(f), after “spouse”, insert “or civil partner”. PART 3 AMENDMENT OF THE PERFORMERS LISTS REGULATIONS Amendment of regulation 3 of the Performers Lists Regulations 6 In regulation 3 (primary medical services performers)— a in paragraph (1), for “(2), (3) and (4)”, substitute “(2) to (4)”; b after paragraph (2) insert paragraphs (2A) and (2B)— 2A A medical practitioner who falls within paragraph (2B) may perform primary medical services in the area of a Board, but only in so far as the performance of those services constitutes part of a programme of post-registration approved clinical practice approved by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (“a post-registration programme”); 2B A medical practitioner falls within this paragraph if he— a is not a GP Registrar; b is undertaking a post-registration programme; c has notified the Board that he will be undertaking part or all of a post-registration programme in its area at least 24 hours before commencing any part of that programme taking place in the Board’s area; and d has, with that notification, provided the Board with sufficient evidence for it to satisfy itself that he is undergoing a post-registration programme. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 25th July 2006 C Jendoubi A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 25th July 2006 M McIvor A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel