SCHEDULE 6OTHER CONTRACTUAL TERMS
PART 2PATIENTS
Removal from the list at the request of the patient16
1
The contractor must notify the Health Board in writing of any request for removal from its list of patients received from a registered patient.
2
Where the Health Board—
a
receives notification from the contractor under sub-paragraph (1); or
b
receives a request from the patient to be removed from the contractor’s list of patients,
it must remove that person from the contractor’s list of patients.
3
A removal in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) will take effect on whichever is the earlier of the following dates—
a
on the date on which the Health Board received notification of the registration of the person with another provider of essential services (or their equivalent); or
b
14 days after the date on which the notification or request made under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) respectively is received by the Health Board.
4
The Health Board must, as soon as practicable, notify in writing—
a
the patient; and
b
the contractor,
that the patient’s name will be or has been removed from the contractor’s list of patients on the date referred to in sub‑paragraph (3).
5
In this paragraph and in paragraphs 17(1)(b) and (10), 18(6) and (7), 20 and 23, a reference to a request received from or advice, information or notification required to be given to a patient includes a request received from or advice, information or notification required to be given to—
a
in the case of a patient who is a child, a parent or other person referred to in paragraph 12(4)(a); or
b
in the case of an adult patient who is incapable of making the relevant request or receiving the relevant advice, information or notification, a relative or the primary carer of the patient.