Annex J

Circumstances where an Application to Join a List can be Deferred

NHS (GMS) Regulations (Reg 18EF)
NHS (GMS Supplementary List Regulations (Reg 7)

i. where there are legal proceedings anywhere in the world that would be criminal proceedings if brought in the United Kingdom, and that if successful would be likely to lead to the removal of the doctor from the Health Authority list if he had been included;
ii. where there are legal proceedings anywhere in the world against a body corporate of which the doctor is, has in the preceding six months been, or was at the time of the originating events a director, that would be criminal proceedings if brought in the United Kingdom, and that if successful would be likely to lead to the removal of the doctor from the Health Authority list if he had been included;
iii. where there is an investigation anywhere in the world by the doctor's licensing or regulatory body or any other investigation (including one by another Health Authority or equivalent body) relating to him in his professional capacity that if successful would be likely to lead to the removal of the doctor from the Health Authority list if he were to be included;
iv. where the doctor is suspended from any of the lists or equivalent lists;
v. where a body corporate of which the doctor is, has in the preceding six months been, or was at the time of the originating events a director , is suspended from any of the lists or equivalent lists;
vi. where the FHSAA is considering an appeal by the doctor against a decision of a Health Authority to refuse to approve, nominate or admit a doctor to its list, or to conditionally include in or to contingently remove from, or to remove from any list kept by a Health Authority and if that appeal is unsuccessful the Health Authority would be likely to remove the doctor from the Health Authority list if he had been included;
vii. where the FHSAA is considering an appeal by a body corporate of which the doctor is, has in the preceding six months been, or was at the time of the originating events a director, against a decision of a Health Authority to refuse to approve, nominate or admit a doctor to its list, or to conditionally include in or to contingently remove from, or to remove from any list kept by a Health Authority and if that appeal is unsuccessful the Health Authority would be likely to remove the doctor from the Health Authority list if he had been included;
viii. where the doctor is being investigated by the National Health Service Counter Fraud Service in relation to any fraud case, where the result if adverse would be likely to lead to the removal of the doctor from the Health Authority list if he had been included;
ix. where a body corporate, of which the doctor is, has in the preceding six months been, or was at the time of the originating events a director, is being investigated by the National Health Service Counter Fraud Service in relation to any fraud case, where the result if adverse would be likely to lead to the removal of the doctor from the Health Authority list if he were to be included;
x. where the FHSAA is considering an application from a Health Authority for a national disqualification of the doctor;
xi. where the FHSAA is considering an application from a Health Authority for a national disqualification of a body corporate of which the doctor is, has in the preceding six months been, or was at the time of the originating events a director.

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