The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

Contractor’s obligations – records etc.

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66.  The contractor must—

(a)take all reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of patient records;

(b)verify the accuracy of any templates and notices provided to it by the Health Board in accordance with paragraph 67(b), and once verified, use such templates and notices;

(c)comply with the Health Board’s current policies concerning data security, personal data or IT security notified by the Health Board to the contractor under paragraph 67(c);

(d)maintain a record of all of the contractor’s processing activities carried out in performance of the contract and make the records available to the Health Board on request; and

(e)ensure that any person under its direction who has access to patient records has undergone adequate data protection training.