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        National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        Part I Organisation
        Secretary of State
        1. General duty of Secretary of State.
        Administrative bodies
        2. Health Boards.
        3. Scottish Medical Practices Committee.
        4. Scottish Dental Estimates Board.
        National advisory bodies
        5-6. . . .
        Local advisory bodies
        7. Local health councils.
        8. University Liaison Committees.
        9. Local consultative committees.
        Agency for Secretary of State and other bodies
        10. Common Services Agency.
        Trusts
        11. Scottish Hospital Trust.
        12. Scottish Hospital Endowments Research Trust.
        12A. National Health Service trusts.
        12AA. Additional functions of NHS trusts.
        12B. Transfer of staff to NHS trusts.
        12C. Supplementary provisions as to transfer of staff.
        12CA. Transfer of staff among health service bodies.
        12D. Transfer of property rights and liabilities to NHS trusts.
        12E. Originating capital debt of, and other financial provisions relating to NHS trusts.
        12F. Financial obligations of NHS trusts.
        12G. Trust property of NHS trusts.
        Quality
        12H. Duty of quality.
        Co-operation and assistance
        13. Co-operation between Health Boards and other authorities.
        13A. Co-operation in planning of services for disabled persons, the elderly and others.
        13B. [Joint Liaison Committees.
        14. Designated medical officers.
        15. Supply of goods and services to local authorities, etc.
        16. Assistance to voluntary organisations.
        16A Power to make payments towards expenditure on community services.
        16B. Financial assistance by the Secretary of State to voluntary organisations.
        17. . . .
        17AA. Provision of certain services under NHS contracts.
        17A. NHS contracts.
        17B. Reimbursement of Health Board's costs.
        17C. Personal medical or dental services.
        17D. Persons with whom agreements may be made.
        17E. Personal medical or dental services: regulations.
        [17EA Services lists]
        [17EB Application for inclusion in services list]
        17F. Right to choose medical practitioner.
        17G. Right to choose dental practitioner.
        17H. Immunisation.
        17I. Use of accommodation.
        Part II Provision of Services
        General Services
        18. Duty of Secretary of State.
        General medical services
        19. Arrangements and regulations for general medical services.
        [19A. Medical lists.]
        [19A. Medical lists.]
        [19B. Vacancies for medical practitioners.]
        20. Applications to provide general medical services.
        21. Requirement of suitable experience.
        22. Regulations as to section 21.
        23. Distribution of general medical services.
        24. Regulations for Medical Practices Committee.
        24A. Liabilities and obligations in relation to deputies.
        [24B Supplementary lists]
        [24C Application for inclusion in supplementary list]
        General dental services
        25. Arrangements for provision of general dental services.
        General ophthalmic services
        26. Arrangements for provision of general ophthalmic services.
        Pharmaceutical services
        27. Arrangements for provision of pharmaceutical services.
        27A. Arrangements for providing additional pharmaceutical services.
        27B. Terms and conditions etc.
        28. Persons authorised to provide pharmaceutical services.
        Remuneration for services
        28A. Remuneration for Part II services.
        28B. Part II remuneration: supplementary.
        28C. Indemnity cover.
        Provisions as to disqualification of practitioners
        29. The NHS tribunal.
        [29A. The NHS Tribunal: supplementary.]
        [29B. Powers of NHS Tribunal.]
        [29C. Conditional disqualification etc.]
        30. Review etc. of disqualification.
        31. Disqualification provisions in England or Wales or Northern Ireland.
        32. Regulations as to sections 29 to 31.
        32A. Applications for interim suspension.
        32B. Suspension pending appeal.
        32C. Sections 32A and 32B: procedure etc.
        32D. Suspension provisions in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland.
        32E. Payments in consequence of suspension.
        Supplementary provisions relating to Part II
        33. Powers of Secretary of State where services are inadequate.
        34. Exercise of choice of medical practitioner etc. in certain cases.
        35. Sale of medical practices.
        35A. Interpretation of Part II.
        Part III Other Services and Facilities
        36. Accommodation and services.
        37. Prevention of illness, care and after-care.
        38. Care of mothers and young children.
        39. Medical and dental inspection, supervision and treatment of pupils and young persons.
        40. Vaccination and immunisation.
        41. Family planning.
        42. Health education.
        43. Control of spread of infectious disease.
        44. Supplies of blood and other substances.
        45. Ambulances.
        46. Provision of vehicles for persons suffering from physical defect or disability.
        47. Educational and research facilities.
        48. Residential and practice accommodation.
        Part IV Powers of the Secretary of State
        Control of maximum prices for medical supplies
        49. Maximum prices of medical supplies may be controlled.
        Additional powers as to services and supplies; and the use of those services and supplies for private patients
        50. . . .
        51, 52. . . .
        53. . . .
        54. Restriction of powers under sections 44, 50 and 53.
        Further provisions as to payments by patients for health service accommodation and services
        55. Hospital accommodation on part payment.
        56. Expenses payable by remuneratively employed resident patients.
        57. Accommodation and services for private patients.
        58A. . . .
        59-63. . . .
        Use by practitioners of health service accommodation and facilities for private practice
        64. Permission for use of facilities in private practice.
        65-68. . . .
        Regulations as to certain charges
        69. Charges for drugs, medicines or appliances or pharmaceutical services.
        70. Charges for dental or optical appliances.
        [70A. Charges for dental treatment under section 17C.]
        71. Charges for dental treatment.
        71A. Calculation of charges for dental appliances and treatment.
        72. Charges in respect of services etc. provided under sections 37, 38 and 41.
        73. Charges for more expensive supplies.
        74. Charges for repairs and replacements in certain cases.
        75. Sums otherwise payable to those providing services.
        75A. Remission and repayment of charges and payment of travelling expenses.
        Inquiries, and default and emergency powers
        76. Inquiries.
        77. Default powers.
        78. Emergency powers.
        Part V Property and Finance
        Land and other property
        79. Purchase of land and moveable property.
        80. Transferred property free of trusts.
        81. Power of voluntary organisations to transfer property to Secretary of State.
        Trust property
        82. Use and administration of certain endowments and other property held by Health Boards.
        83. Power of Health Boards and local health councils to hold property on trust.
        84. Power of trustees to make payments to Health Boards.
        84A. Power to raise money, etc., by appeals, collections, etc.
        Finance and accounts
        85AA. Means of meeting expenditure of Health Boards out of public funds.
        85AB. Further provision as to expenditure on drugs.
        85. Expenses of certain bodies.
        85A. Financial duties of bodies referred to in section 85.
        85B. Schemes for meeting losses and liabilities etc. of certain health service bodies.
        86. Accounts of Health Boards and the Agency.
        87. Regulation of financial arrangements of Health Boards, the Agency and the Dental Estimates Board.
        Fund-holding practices
        87A. Recognition of fund-holding practices of doctors.
        87B Payments to recognised fund-holding practices.
        87C. Renunciation and removal of recognition as a fund-holding practice and withholding of funds.
        Indicative amounts
        87D. Indicative amounts for doctors' practices.
        Remuneration, allowances and superannuation
        88. Payment of allowances and remuneration to members of certain bodies connected with the health services.
        89. Superannuation of officers of certain hospitals.
        Part VI The Health Service Commissioner for Scotland
        Part VII Miscellaneous and Supplementary
        Miscellaneous
        98. Charges in respect of non-residents.
        99. Evasion of charges.
        99ZA. Recovery of charges and payments.
        99ZB. {- Regulations may provide that, where a person fails to pay- any amount recoverable from him un...}
        99A. Holidays for patients etc.
        100. Accommodation for persons displaced in course of development.
        101. Protection of Health Boards and Common Services Agency.
        102. State hospitals.
        103. Arbitration.
        104. Exemption from stamp duty.
        Supplementary
        105. Orders, regulations and directions.
        106. Supplementary regulatory powers.
        107. Local enactments.
        108. Interpretation and construction.
        109. Transitional provisions and savings, consequential amendments and repeals.
        110. Citation, extent and commencement.
        Schedules
        SCHEDULE 1 Health Boards
        Part I
        Part II
        SCHEDULE 2 The Medical Practices Committee
        SCHEDULE 3 The Planning Council
        SCHEDULE 4 University Liaison Committees
        SCHEDULE 5 The Agency
        SCHEDULE 6 The Hospital Trust
        Part I
        Part II
        SCHEDULE 7 The Research Trust
        SCHEDULE 7A National Health Service Trusts
        Part I Orders Establishing NHS Trusts Etc.
        Part II Duties, Powers and Status of NHS Trusts
        Part III Supplementary Provisions
        Part IV Dissolution
        SCHEDULE 7B Financial Provisions relating to NHS Trusts
        SCHEDULE 8 The Tribunal
        SCHEDULE 9 Additional Provisions as to Prohibition of Sale of Medical Practices
        SCHEDULE 10 Additional Provisions as to the Control of Maximum Prices for Medical Supplies
        SCHEDULE 11 Additional Provisions as to Regulations for the Making and Recovery of Charges
        SCHEDULE 12 Inquiries
        SCHEDULE 13 Acquisition of Property Other than Land
        SCHEDULE 14 Action not subject to investigation by the Commissioner
        SCHEDULE 15 Transitional Provisions and Savings
        SCHEDULE 16 Consequential Amendments of Enactments
        SCHEDULE 17 Repeals

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