Health Service (Specialist Medical Benefit) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013

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The Health Service (Specialist Medical Benefit) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 14^th day of November, 2013[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4 and 35 of the Health Service (Benefit) (Guernsey) Law, 1990, as amended[b] and all other powers enabling them, hereby order:-

Amendment of the Schedule to the Ordinance of 1995.

1. (1) In the Schedule to the Ordinance of 1995 -

(a) for paragraph 1, substitute the following paragraph -

"1. After section 1(3)(d) insert the following paragraph -

"(e) any sums payable by the States pursuant to the provisions of -

(i) the Contract, or

(ii) an approved visiting medical specialist arrangement.".",

(b) in paragraph 2, for section 5B(a), as inserted by way of exception, adaptation or modification to the Law of 1990 by the Ordinance of 1995, substitute -

"(a) unless the consultation, treatment, procedure or entitlement in question is provided by -

(i) an approved medical practitioner or approved nurse pursuant to the provisions of the Contract, or

(ii) an approved visiting medical specialist pursuant to the provisions of an approved visiting medical specialist arrangement, and", and

"(ba) after the definition of "approved pharmacist" insert the following -

""approved visiting medical specialist" means a visiting medical specialist approved by the Authority for the purpose of this Law,

""approved visiting medical specialist arrangement" means an arrangement for the provision of specialist medical benefit made between the Authority and the States Health and Social Services Department,",".

Interpretation.

2. (1) In this Ordinance, except where the context otherwise requires -

"the Law of 1990" means the Health Service (Benefit) (Guernsey) Law, 1990, and

"the Ordinance of 1995" means the Health Service (Specialist Medical Benefit) Ordinance, 1995[c].

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Ordinance to an enactment are references thereto as amended, re-enacted (with or without modification), extended or applied.

Citation.

3. This Ordinance may be cited as the Health Service (Specialist Medical Benefit) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013.

Commencement.

4. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 1^st day of January, 2014.

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[a]	Article XI of Billet d'État No. XX of 2013.
[b]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXXII, p. 192; Orders in Council No. IX of 2003 and No. II of 2011; Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXVI, p. 177 - there are other amendments and modifications made by Ordinances not relevant to this Ordinance.
[c]	Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXVI, p. 484 and Tome XXIX, pp. 200 and 406.