The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023

Supplementary lists: undertakings and consents

6.  A qualified practitioner applying to be included in a Local Health Board’s supplementary list must provide the following undertakings and consents—

(a) an undertaking to provide the information and document, if applicable, required by regulation 16;

(b) an undertaking not to assist in the provision of primary ophthalmic services in the area of another Local Health Board or equivalent body from whose combined list or equivalent list the qualified practitioner has been removed, except where that removal was at the qualified practitioner’s request or in accordance with regulation 17(3)(e), without the consent in writing of that Local Health Board or equivalent body;

(c) an undertaking to notify the Local Health Board within 7 days of any material changes to the information provided in the application until the application is finally determined;

(d) an undertaking to notify the Local Health Board if the qualified practitioner is included, or applies to be included, in any other combined list or equivalent list held by a Local Health Board or equivalent body;

(e) consent to the disclosure of information in accordance with these Regulations;

(f) consent a request being made by the Local Health Board to any employer (or former employer), licensing, regulatory or other body in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, for information relating to a current investigation, or an investigation where the outcome was adverse, by them into the qualified practitioner.