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The Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

  3. PART 2 Responsible Officers

    1. 2.Designated bodies

    2. 3.Duty to nominate or appoint responsible officers

    3. 4.Duty to nominate or appoint additional responsible officers in cases of conflict of interest or appearance of bias

    4. 5.Conditions for nomination or appointment of responsible officers and for remaining as responsible officers

    5. 6.Nomination or appointment of one person as responsible officer for two or more designated bodies

    6. 7.Nomination of responsible officer by the Department

    7. 8.Connection between designated bodies and medical practitioners

    8. 9.Responsibilities of responsible officers: prescribed connection under regulation 8

    9. 10.Connection between designated bodies and medical practitioners who are responsible officers

    10. 11.Responsibilities of responsible officers: prescribed connection under regulation 10

    11. 12.Provision of resources to responsible officers

    12. 13.Duty to have regard to guidance

  4. PART 3 Additional Responsibilities of Responsible Officers

    1. 14.Additional responsibilities of responsible officers: prescribed connection under regulation 8

    2. 15.Additional responsibilities of responsible officers: prescribed connection under regulation 10

    3. 16.Duty to have regard to guidance

    4. 17.Provision of resources to responsible officers

  5. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      1. PART 1 Designated bodies

        1. 1.A Health and Social Care Trust.

        2. 2.The Regional Health and Social Care Board.

        3. 3.The Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-Being.

        4. 4.The Department.

        5. 5.Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency.

      2. PART 2 Designated bodies which employ or contract with medical practitioners

        1. 6.A Northern Ireland department.

        2. 7.Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority.

        3. 8.Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service.

        4. 9.Regional Business Services Organisation.

        5. 10.A non-departmental public body.

        6. 11.Faculties of medicine at universities and colleges of further education....

        7. 12.Special Health and Social Care Agencies.

        8. 13.Pharmaceutical companies.

        9. 14.The Independent Doctors’ Federation.

        10. 15.The faculty of occupational medicine.

        11. 16.The faculty of public health medicine.

        12. 17.The faculty of pharmaceutical medicine.

        13. 18.Any organisation engaged in the provision of treatment for disease,...

        14. 19.(1) Any organisation which carries out surgical procedures (including all...

        15. 20.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any organisation which carries out...

        16. 21.Any organisation which is engaged in the analysis and reporting...

        17. 22.Any organisation which engages in the management of—

        18. 23.Any organisation engaged in the provision of medical services in...

        19. 24.A residential care home.

        20. 25.A nursing home.

        21. 26.A body engaged in the practise of alternative and complementary...

        22. 27.A body engaged in the provision of first aid treatment...

        23. 28.A body engaged in the provision of treatment in a...

        24. 29.A body engaged in the carrying out of any of...

        25. 30.A body engaged in the provision of residential accommodation for...

        26. 31.A body engaged in the provision of medical advice in...

        27. 32.An organisation engaged in the provision of medical services (otherwise...

  6. Explanatory Note

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