- application
means an application made to the Tribunal or the Secretary of State by a professional person for a direction under section 30 of the Act that he should no longer be disqualified for inclusion in any list to which a direction under section 29 of the Act relates and which remains in effect in his case, and “applicant” shall be construed accordingly;
- area dental committee
means the committee of that name for the area of a Health Board recognised under section 9 of the Act;
- area medical committee
means the committee of that name for the area of a Health Board recognised under section 9 of the Act;
- area optical committee
means the committee of that name for the area of a Health Board recognised under section 9 of the Act;
- area pharmaceutical committee
means the committee of that name for the area of a Health Board recognised under section 9 of the Act;
- area professional committee
means an area dental committee, area medical committee, area optical committee or area pharmaceutical committee, as appropriate;
- chairman
includes a deputy chairman acting in his place;
- complainer
means a Health Board or any other person who makes a representation to the Tribunal;
- dental officer
means any dental officer appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose of advising the Secretary of State, Health Boards, the Scottish Dental Practice Board and practitioners on questions arising in connection with general dental services;
- dentist
means a fully registered dental practitioner;
- doctor
means a fully registered medical practitioner (other than an ophthalmic medical practitioner);
- document
includes, in addition to a document in writing— (a) any map, plan, graph or drawing;
- drug tariff
means the statement prepared by the Secretary of State under the General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services Regulations;
- drugs
includes medicines and such chemical re-agents as are included in a list for the time being approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 27 of the Act;
- estimate
has the same meaning as in the General Dental Services Regulations;
- General Dental Services Regulations
means the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974;
- General Manager
means the General Manager of a Health Board or some other officer of the Health Board duly authorised to act on his behalf;
- General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services Regulations
means the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974;
- General Ophthalmic Services Regulations
means the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1986;
- Health Board
means a Health Board constituted under section 2 of the Act;
- inquiry
means an inquiry held in accordance with the provisions of this Part of these Regulations;
- lay member
means— (a) in relation to a Health Board, a member of the Health Board who is a lay person;
- lay person
means a person who is not and never has been— (a) a practitioner, a pharmacist or an optician;
- list of professional persons
means— (a) in the case of a doctor, the medical list;
- medical officer
means any medical practitioner in the service of the Secretary of State;
- ophthalmic medical practitioner
means a doctor having the qualifications prescribed by regulation 3 of the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations;
- optician
means a person registered in either of the registers kept under section 7 of the Opticians Act 1989 of ophthalmic opticians or a body corporate enrolled in the list kept under section 9 of that Act of such bodies carrying on business as ophthalmic opticians;
- pharmacist
means a registered pharmacist within the meaning of the Medicines Act 1968 or a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business in accordance with section 69 of that Act;
- practitioner
means a doctor, a dentist or an ophthalmic medical practitioner as the context may require;
- professional member
means—
- professional person
means a doctor, a dentist, an ophthalmic medical practitioner, an optician or a pharmacist, as the case may be;
- representation
means a representation made to the Tribunal that the continued inclu sion of any professional person in any list of professional persons applicable to him would be prejudicial to the efficiency of the services in question;
- respondent
means— (a) in the case of a representation, any professional person in respect of whom a representation is made;
- service committee
means a medical, pharmaceutical, dental or ophthalmic service committee or a joint services committee, as appropriate;
- terms of service
means the terms of service for doctors contained in Part I of Schedule 1 to the General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services Regulations, the terms of service for pharmacists contained in Parts I and II of Schedule 3 to the General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services Regulations, the terms of service for dentists contained in Schedule 1 to the General Dental Services Regulations and the terms of service for ophthalmic medical practitioners and opticians contained in Schedule 1 to the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations, as the case may be;
- the Act
means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
- the Tribunal
means the Tribunal constituted under section 29 of the Act.