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the powers conferred on him by section 5
the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28
1947), and section 22
the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26
1953) as amended by section 2
the Health Act, 1954 (No. 23
1954), hereby makes the following Regulations :—
March,
the Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 158
1954 ) shall be revoked as from the commencement
these Regulations. 4. The women for whom services under section 16
the Health Act, 1953 , shall be made available shall be women who are entitled to avail themselves
the institutional and specialist services made available under subsection
section 15
that Act. 5. The Maternity and Child Health Services Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 98
1954 ) shall be amended as follows :— (a) by re-inserting the following as sub-article
, in lieu
the provision substituted for that sub-article by Article 8
the Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1954 : "
their decision on an application under this article." (b) by inserting " domiciliary " before " attendance " in sub-article
; (c) by inserting " who gives to the appropriate medical practitioner or practitioners in the hospital concerned all appropriate information in his possession on the medical history and condition
the person requiring the services " at the end
sub-article
; (d) by deleting the word " and " in paragraph (b)
sub-article
and by adding at the end
that paragraph " if such an application has not already been sent to that authority by or on behalf
that person " ; (e) by inserting " with the consent
the Minister " after " arrangements " in sub-article
; (f) by adding " who gives to the medical practitioner or practitioners providing the specialist services all appropriate information in his possession on the medical history and condition
the person requiring the services " at the end
sub-article
Article 16
the General Medical Services Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 102
1954 ) shall apply in relation to the giving by district medical
ficers and midwives who are
ficers
health authorities
services under section 16
the Health Act, 1953 , to women entitled to services under section 14
that Act in the same way as that article applies in relation to the giving
services by district medical
ficers under the said Section
*........................in the County/ County Borough
....................................................... hereby apply to you to (a)† accept me for medical and surgical services in respect
motherhood (b)† provide medical and surgical services for my infant under and in accordance with the provisions
the Health Act, 1953 , and the Regulations made under that Act. Particulars in relation to my entitlement are overleaf. I certify that these particulars are, to the best
my knowledge, accurate and complete and that I have not made arrangements for these services with another medical practitioner. *Name and address in block letters †Delete if not applicable. Signature
applicant.................................... Date.......................................... To Dr........................................................... N.B.—Knowingly to make any false statement or conceal any material fact in making this application is an
fence punishable by a fine
£50 or by three months imprisonment, or both. TO BE COMPLETED BY THE DOCTOR. I undertake to provide medical and surgical services (a)‡ for the person named above (b)‡ for the infant in accordance with the conditions laid down in the agreement made between me and the health authority for the provision
such services. To the Secretary................................................County Council " " City Manager and Town Clerk................................................ Signed ................................................... Address ................................................. Date .............................................. ‡Delete if not applicable. For Use in the Health Authority's
fice. PARTICULARS AS TO ENTITLEMENT. PART I.—TO BE COMPLETED WHERE THE APPLICANT (OR HER HUSBAND) IS THE HOLDER
A MEDICAL CARD ENTITLING HER TO THE DISPENSARY MEDICAL SERVICE UNDER section 14
the act OR
A LETTER NOTIFYING HER (OR HIM) THAT SHE IS ENTITLED TO OTHER SERVICES UNDER SECTION 14. To whom was the card or letter issued ?.................................................... Number
card or reference number and date
letter............................... If you have completed Part I, the remaining Parts may be ignored. PART II.—TO BE COMPLETED WHERE THE APPLICANT OR HER HUSBAND IS INSURED UNDER THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1952 . If the applicant is herself insured under the Social Welfare Act, 1952 — her insurance number.............................................. Name and address
her employer............................................................ ............................................................ ..................... Is her salary or wages under £600 a year ?............................................. If the applicant is not insured but her husband is— his name............................................................ .......................... his insurance number............................................................ ............ name and address
his employer......................................................... is his salary or wages under £600 a year ?............................................. If you have completed Part II, the remaining Parts may be ignored. PART III.—TO BE COMPLETED WHERE THE APPLICANT'S (OR HER HUSBAND'S) MEANS ARE DERIVED WHOLLY OR MAINLY FROM FARMING. Address (or addresses)
the farm or farms (including any held on an agreement for letting)............................................................ ............................................................ .... Total rateable valuation (including buildings)........................................ Specify any other source
income* (Further particulars about this may be required later)............................................................ ..................... *The incomes
the husband and wife and
any unmarried son, daughter stepson or stepdaughter normally resident with the applicant should be included. If you have completed Part III, the remaining Part may be ignored. PART IV.—TO BE COMPLETED ONLY WHERE THE APPLICANT IS NOT A PERSON COVERED BY PART I, II OR III ABOVE. Note.—Further particulars as to the means
an applicant completing this Part
the Form may be required later. 1. What is the precise occupation
(
the applicant ? .............................................. (c) any other member
the family ?* ............................................. 2. Does the applicant, or any other member
the family* own (
(
this Form includes the applicant, her husband and any unmarried son, daughter, stepson or stepdaughter normally resident in the home. Form MCB. Confidential HEALTH ACT, 1953 . MEDICAL CARE FOR MOTHERS AND INFANTS. APPLICATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL OR SPECIALIST SERVICES. I*.............................................
*..............................in the County/County Borough
..........................................hereby apply for institutional and specialist services— (a)† for myself in respect
motherhood, or (b)† for my child who is under six weeks old. Particulars in relation to my entitlement are overleaf. I certify that these particulars are, to the best
my knowledge, accurate and complete. *Name and address IN BLOCK LETTERS †Delete if not applicable Signature
applicant.................... Date...................... To the......................................................County Council. Corporation. N.B.—Knowingly to make any false statement or conceal any material fact in making this application is an
fence punishable by a fine
£50 or by three months imprisonment, or both. PARTICULARS AS TO ENTITLEMENT. PART I.—TO BE COMPLETED WHERE THE APPLICANT (OR HER HUSBAND) IS THE HOLDER
A MEDICAL CARD ENTITLING HER TO THE DISPENSARY MEDICAL SERVICE UNDER section 14
the act OR
A LETTER NOTIFYING HER (OR HIM) THAT SHE IS ENTITLED TO OTHER SERVICES UNDER SECTION 14. To whom was the card or letter issued ?................................................ Number
card or reference number and date
letter.............................. If you have completed Part I, the remaining Parts may be ignored. PART II.—TO BE COMPLETED WHERE THE APPLICANT OR HER HUSBAND IS INSURED UNDER THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1952 . If the applicant is herself insured under the Social Welfare Act, 1952 — her insurance number ............................................................ ................. Name and address
her employer............................................................ .... ............................................................ ............................................................ .. Is her salary or wages under £600 a year ? ............................................. If the applicant is not insured but her husband is— his name ............................................................ ................................ his insurance number ............................................................ ............... name and address
his employer ............................................................ is his salary or wages under £600 a year ? ................................................ If you have completed Part II, the remaining Parts may be ignored. PART III.—TO BE COMPLETED WHERE THE APPLICANT'S (OR HER HUSBAND'S) MEANS ARE DERIVED WHOLLY OR MAINLY FROM FARMING. Address (or addresses)
the farm or farms (including any held on an agreement for letting) ............................................................ ............................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ...... Total rateable valuation (including buildings)............................................. Specify any other source
income* (Further particulars about this may be required later)............................................................ .......................... * The incomes
the husband and wife and
any unmarried son, daughter, stepson or stepdaughter normally resident with the applicant should be included. If you have completed Part III, the remaining Part may be ignored. PART IV.—TO BE COMPLETED ONLY WHERE THE APPLICANT IS NOT A PERSON COVERED BY PART I, II OR III ABOVE. Note.—Further particulars as to the means
an applicant completing this Part
the Form may be required later. 1. What is the precise occupation
(
the applicant ? ........................................... (c) any other member
the family ?* .......................................... 2. Does the applicant, or any other member
the family,* own (
(
this Form includes the applicant, her husband and any unmarried son, daughter, stepson or stepdaughter normally resident in the home. Form MCD PART I. FORM
AGREEMENT WITH REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER. HEALTH ACT, 1953 . Form
Agreement with General Medical Practitioner under Article 6, 7 or 8
the Maternity and Child Health Services Regulations, 1954. I*..........................
*............................. (hereinafter called the registered medical practitioner) propose to provide services in accordance with the terms and conditions in Part II
Form MCD in the Schedule to the Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 for persons for whom the*........................................................... (hereinafter called the Authority) are obliged to make such services available. *Name and full address IN BLOCK LETTERS *Insert name
health authority. Part II
Form MCD in the Schedule to the Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1956, shall be taken and construed as part
this agreement and references in the said Part II to the agreement, the medical practitioner, the health authority and the Regulations shall be construed as referring respectively to this agreement. the registered medical practitioner, the Authority and the Maternity and Child Health Services Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 98
1954 ), (as amended). Signed this...................day
....................19........., by the registered medical practitioner :—............................................................ .................................... in the presence
:—............................................................ ............................................................ ... The Authority hereby accepts the above proposal
the medical practitioner for the provision by him
services in accordance with the terms and conditions aforesaid. Signed this......................day
............19......... ................................................ Manager. PART II. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
AGREEMENT WITH REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER. 1. The medical practitioner agrees to provide under the terms
the agreement services for any eligible woman or child by or on whose behalf an application is made to him and whom he is willing to accept as a patient. Subject to Paragraph 24, nothing in this Paragraph shall be construed as requiring a medical practitioner to provide services under the agreement for any woman or child whom he is unwilling to accept as a patient, but, within two weeks
receiving an application to accept a woman or child as a patient, he shall, if he is unwilling to accept that woman or child as a patient, notify the applicant and the health authority. 2. The medical practitioner shall comply with the provisions
Articles 10 and 12
the Maternity and Child Health Services Regulations, 1954, in relation to the completion
forms
application and claim and their transmission, with the appropriate record cards, to the health authority or the chief medical
ficer
such authority, as may be appropriate. 3. The medical practitioner shall, in respect
each woman entitled to avail herself
the service under section 16
the Health Act, 1953 , whom he has accepted as a patient under this agreement or who has been assigned to him under paragraph 23
these terms and conditions, provide such services as can appropriately be given by him and as he considers desirable in respect
motherhood : in particular, he shall provide such
the following services as are appropriate in respect
each such woman :— Initial examination (to be carried out, where possible, not later than the sixth month
pregnancy) ; an examination where possible in each
the last three months
pregnancy ; such other examinations and ante-natal care as the medical practitioner considers necessary ; attendance at the confinement (if the medical practitioner considers it necessary or if his services are called for by a midwife attending on the patient) ; attendance on at least one occasion in the week following the delivery ; an examination (including a pelvic examination if thought necessary) at or about the end
the sixth week after the delivery ; such other examinations and post-natal care within the period
six weeks after the delivery as the medical practitioner considers necessary ; the taking
any specimens required for investigation. 4. The medical practitioner shall, in respect
each child whom he has agreed to accept as a patient, provide up to the age
six weeks such medical and surgical services (including at least one examination
the child) as can appropriately be given by him. 5. The medical practitioner shall provide the services in person except where he is unable for a good reason to do so. In such a case he shall, with the agreement (except in case
urgency)
the woman or a parent
the child, as the case may be, arrange for another registered medical practitioner to attend to provide the services. The health authority will not be responsible for any payment to the latter practitioner. 6. The medical practitioner shall make services under the agreement available, as may be agreed with the woman or a parent
the child, as the case may be, either in the patient's place
residence, in the medical practitioner's surgery or in a maternity home or other institution to which he has access. Where the medical practitioner is a district medical
ficer he shall not withhold or refuse to provide services which he has undertaken to provide in accordance with this agreement by reason
the refusal
the patient to attend for such services at the dispensary. If the medical practitioner is a district medical
ficer, attendance at the dispensary may, if the woman or a parent
the child (as the case may be) agrees, be arranged, subject to the approval
the health authority at such time as may be convenient to the medical practitioner and the patient. 7. The medical practitioner shall keep a record in a form approved
or directed by the Minister in relation to his attendance on a woman under the agreement and shall make any such record available, where required, for inspection by a medical
ficer
the health authority or
the Minister authorised in that behalf. 8. Where a woman to whom a record card compiled under paragraph 7
these terms and conditions relates attends or is admitted to a hospital for services in respect
her pregnancy, the medical practitioner shall make the record card available on loan, or a summary
the information thereon, to the medical staff
the hospital. 9. Where the medical practitioner is a district medical
ficer he shall make available from dispensary stocks to any woman or child being attended by him in accordance with the terms
the agreement by whom or on whose behalf there is produced to him— (a) a card issued in accordance with Article 11
the General Medical Services Regulations, 1954, and for the time being in force, (b) a direction issued in accordance with Article 16
the said Regulations, and for the time being in force, or (c) a direction issued by the health authority, such drugs, medicines and surgical dressings and such minor appliances for use by the patient in connection with the administration
the said drugsand medicines as he considers necessary. In the case
any other patient being attended by him in accordance with the terms
the agreement, he shall prescribe for the patient such drugs, medicines and surgical dressings and such minor appliances as he considers necessary for use by the patient in connection with the administration
the said drugs and medicines. 10. Where the medical practitioner is not a district medical
ficer he shall prescribe for any woman or child being attended by him under the agreement such drugs, medicines and surgical dressings and such minor appliances for use by the patient in connection with the administration
the said drugs and medicines as he considers necessary. The medical practitioner shall use for this purpose a form supplied by the health authority provided there is produced by or on behalf
the woman or child a Card issued in accordance with Article 11
the General Medical Services Regulations, 1954, and for the time being in force, or a direction issued in accordance with Article 16
the said Regulations and for the time being in force, or a direction issued by the health authority. The medical practitioner may also use the form supplied by the health authority to prescribe for his own use such
the following items as may be required by him in the course
his attendance at the domiciliary confinement
women to whom he is affording services in accordance with the provisions
the agreement :— (
the aforesaid items as are required by him in the course
his attendance at the domiciliary confinement
women to whom he is affording services in accordance with the provisions
the agreement or for ordering for his own use items other than those which he is hereby authorised to order or for prescribing for any woman or child being attended by him items other than drugs, medicines and surgical dressings and minor appliances for use by the patient in connection with the administration
the said drugs and medicines. 11. The medical practitioner shall, without charge, furnish to the woman any certificate in relation to the pregnancy or to the parent
the child in relation to the health
the child which she or he may require for the purpose
obtaining admission to an institution, applying for a maternity benefit under section 23
the Health Act, 1953 , or under the Social Welfare Act, 1952 , or for milk under section 24
the Health Act, 1953 , or for obtaining any other benefit under the Health Acts, 1947 to
the child (as the case may be)
the availability
such service and shall, if it is desired by the woman or parent, take appropriate steps to enable the woman or child to avail herself or himself
such service. 13. The health authority, in consideration
services provided by a medical practitioner in accordance with these terms and conditions, shall make payments to him in accordance with such scale as may be approved
or directed bythe Minister from time to time. The health authority may, if they so think fit, refuse to make a payment in respect
a service given more than twenty-eight days before the appropriate application on Form MCA has been received by them. 14. The medical practitioner shall not demand or accept any payment or consideration whatsoever other than the payment under paragraph 13
these terms and conditions in reward for services provided by him under the agreement or
travelling or other expenses incurred by him or
the use
any promises, equipment or instruments in making the services available. Nothing in this paragraph, however, shall be construed as preventing the acceptance by a medical
ficer
— (a) his salary as a medical
ficer
a local authority hospital ; (b) a payment from any fund which may be established for the remuneration
specialist staff in voluntary or proprietary hospitals. 15. The agreement shall be terminated forthwith where the medical practitioner's name is erased from the register
medical practitioners under the Medical Practitioners Act, 1927 (No. 25
1927). 16. The agreement shall be terminated, on such notice not exceeding three months as may be agreed to by the health authority, upon the medical practitioner being
fered employment in a wholetime capacity in the service
the State or
a local authority.
the terms
the agreement they shall notify the medical practitioner
the reasons for such belief by registered post and inform him that they will consider any representations in regard to the matter which may be received by them from him within fourteen days
the issue
the notification to him. The health authority, if they are satisfied, after consideration
any representations which the medical practitioner may make in regard to the matter, that the medical practitioner has not complied with the terms
the agreement may if they think fit— (
a health authority in regard to any
the matters dealt with in Paragraphs 16, 17 or 18, he may appeal to the Minister for Health within twenty-eight days
the date on which the decision
the health authority is conveyed to him and the Minister, after consideration
such appeal and
the representations (if any)
such health authority in relation thereto shall either (as he thinks proper) refuse such appeal or give to such health authority such direction as he considers appropriate to the case. 20. The medical practitioner agrees to pay to the health authority any fine required to be paid by him in accordance with paragraph 18 or 19
these terms and conditions. 21. Where a fine due by a medical practitioner under paragraph 18 or 19
these terms and conditions has not been paid, the amount thereof may be deducted by the health authority from moneys payable by that authority to the practitioner. 22. The medical practitioner agrees to make available to a medical
ficer
the health authority or
the Minister authorised in that behalf any relevant information requested by such
ficer for the purpose
the investigation
any matter arising under paragraph 18
these terms and conditions. 23. Where the woman, or a parent
a child (as the case may be) having made reasonable efforts in that behalf, has failed to come to an arrangement for the provision
services under section 16 or Section 17
the Health Act, 1953 , for herself or the child and notifies the chief medical
ficer
the health authority accordingly, he may assign such woman or child to such one
the registered medical practitioners, between whom and the health authority agreements under Article 8
the Regulations are in operation, as can, in the opinion
the chief medical
ficer, most conveniently make the relevant services available. 24. The medical practitioner agrees to accept any patient assigned to him under paragraph 23
these terms and conditions and to make services available for such patient as if she or he had been accepted by the medical practitioner under these terms and conditions. GIVEN under the
ficial Seal
the Minister for Health this ninth day
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