MEDICAL PROFESSION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. Amendment of the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) Regulations 1997 2 1 The National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) Regulations 1997 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “General Practice (GP) Registrar"— a in sub-paragraph (b), at the end, omit the word “and"; b in sub-paragraph (c), after the words “General Practice Approval Board;", insert the word “ and ” ; and c after sub-paragraph (c), insert the following sub-paragraph— d includes a practitioner who is being trained in general practice by a practitioner who performs personal medical services in connection with a pilot scheme under section 1(1) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997; . 3 In regulation 7 (approval of trainers)— a in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraph (a); and b in paragraph (4), omit the words “whose name is included in a medical list". 4 In regulation 9 (satisfactory completion of prescribed experience), for paragraphs (3) and (4), substitute the following paragraphs— 3 Subject to paragraph (1) and Schedule 2, the Joint Committee shall from time to time determine and publish the curriculum (or alternative curricula) to be followed by a General Practice (GP) Registrar and the procedure (or alternative procedures) for carrying out summative assessment of a General Practice (GP) Registrar who has followed a particular curriculum. 4 A practitioner may elect to be assessed on the basis of a curriculum and associated procedure which was current at the time he started training as a General Practice (GP) Registrar, or on the basis of a curriculum and associated procedure which was current at any other time during the period of his training. . Amendment of the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 3 1 The National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “General Practice (GP) Registrar", at the end, insert “ and a practitioner who is being trained in general practice by a practitioner who performs personal medical services in connection with a pilot scheme under section 1(1) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 ” . 3 In regulation 7 (approval of trainers), in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraph (a). 4 In regulation 9 (satisfactory completion of prescribed experience), for paragraphs (3) and (4), substitute the following paragraphs— 3 Subject to paragraph (1) and Schedule 2, the Joint Committee shall from time to time determine and publish the curriculum (or alternative curricula) to be followed by a General Practice (GP) Registrar and the procedure (or alternative procedures) for carrying out summative assessment of a General Practice (GP) Registrar who has followed a particular curriculum. 4 A practitioner may elect to be assessed on the basis of a curriculum and associated procedure which was current at the time he started training as a General Practice (GP) Registrar, or on the basis of a curriculum and associated procedure which was current at any other time during the period of his training. . Amendment of the Vocational Training for General Medical Practice (European Requirements) Regulations 1994 4 In the Vocational Training for General Medical Practice (European Requirements) Regulations 1994 , in regulation 5(1) (acquired rights), after the words “providing general medical services", insert “ or performing personal medical services (within the meaning of section 1(8) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997) ” . Frank Dobson One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health 11th March 1998 Sam Galbraith Minister for Health, The Scottish Office 11th March 1998