Draft regulations, dated the 7th November, 1913, proposed to be made under Section 15 of the National Insurance Act, 1911 / by the National Health Insurance Joint Committee acting jointly with the Insurance Commissioners.

  • Great Britain. National Health Insurance Joint Committee
Date:
1913
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Credit: Draft regulations, dated the 7th November, 1913, proposed to be made under Section 15 of the National Insurance Act, 1911 / by the National Health Insurance Joint Committee acting jointly with the Insurance Commissioners. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    THIRD SCHEDULE. Conditions of Agreement tor Surrey of Drugs and Appliances by Chemist. 1. The National Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1913, and these Regulations or other Regulations for the administration of medical benefit in force for the time! being in the County are incorporated in and form part of the agreement. 2. The chemist shall undertake the supply of drugs and appliances to insured persons at the place or places of business specified for the purpose. 3. The chemist shall, with reasonable promptness, supply to any person presenting an order for drugs or appliances on a form provided by the Com- mittee for the purpose, and signed by any practitioner on the panel or his deputy, such drugs or appliances as are so ordered, and shall so far as practicable keep in stock for that purpose the drugs and medical and surgical appliances specified for the purpose. 4. All drugs and appliances shall be of good quality, and shall be supplied at the prices specified for the purpose together with (in the case of medicines requiring to be dispensed) a fee for dispensing calculated in the specified manner. 5. In the case of any drug, the price of which is not so specified, the price shall be calculated by reference to a scale prepared for the purpose together with a dispensing fee calculated as aforesaid where dispensing is required. [Aotfe.-These particulars will be contained in a Schedule to the agree- ment.] 6. The chemist shall provide, free of charge to a person presenting such order as aforesaid, proper bottles or other vessels for any substances to which Section 5 of the Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908, or the Regulations made under Section 1 of the Pharmacy Act, 1868, relate. 7. Where a person upon presenting an order for any drug or appliance (not being a substance to which the last preceding clause relates) for which a bottle or other vessel is requisite, deposits with the chemist the price of the bottle or other vessel, the chemist shall upon the return of the said bottle or other vessel in a clean condition pay back the sum so deposited. 8. The dispensing of medicines shall be performed either by or under the direct supervision of a registered pharmacist or by a person who for three years immediately prior to the 16th December, 1911, has acted as a dispenser to a practitioner or a public institution. 9. All drugs and appliances shall be supplied to the person presenting such order as aforesaid free of charge to that person. 10. —(i) If, owing to any breach on the part of the chemist of the agree- ment, any expenses have been reasonably and necessarily incurred by the Committee or by any insured person, or the Committee are deprived of any sum which would otherwise have been payable towards the cost of providing medical benefit, the Committee shall be entitled to recover from the chemist or his legal personal representative either by deduction from any moneys payable under the agreement or otherwise, the amount of the expenses so incurred and of the sum of which the Committee have been so deprived. (ii) Before taking action on any matter under the provisions of this clause, the Committee shall, unless the matter has previously been dealt with by the Pharmaceutical Service Sub-Committee or Joint Services Sub- Committee, refer it to the Pharmaceutical Service Sub-Committee which shall deal with the matter in accordance with the Regulations relating to the powers and duties of that Sub-Committee. 6 (iii) The chemist or his legal personal representative shall be entitled to appeal to the Commissioners from any decision of the Committee under this clause within fourteen days after receiving notice of that decision. 11. Any dispute or question (other than a question which under the provisions of these Regulations or of the last preceding clause hereof is.
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