The Health Professions Order 2001

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART II THE COUNCIL AND ITS COMMITTEES

    1. 3.The Health Professions Council and its Committees

  4. PART III REGISTRATION

    1. 4.Registrar

    2. 5.Establishment and maintenance of register

    3. 6.Register

    4. 7.The register: supplemental provisions

    5. 8.Access to register etc.

    6. 9.Registration

    7. 10.Renewal of registration and readmission

    8. 11.Lapse of registration

    9. 12.Approved qualifications

    10. 13.Transitional provisions relating to admission to the register

  5. PART IV EDUCATION AND TRAINING

    1. 14.Education and Training Committee

    2. 15.Education and Training

    3. 16.Visitors

    4. 17.Information to be given by institutions

    5. 18.Refusal or withdrawal of approval of courses, qualifications and institutions

    6. 19.Post-registration training

    7. 20.Wales

  6. PART V FITNESS TO PRACTISE

    1. 21.Council’s functions in respect of fitness to practise, ethics and other matters

    2. 22.Allegations

    3. 23.Screeners

    4. 24.Screeners: supplementary provisions

    5. 25.Council’s power to require disclosure of information

    6. 26.The Investigating Committee

    7. 27.The Conduct and Competence Committee

    8. 28.The Health Committee

    9. 29.Orders of the Health Committee and the Conduct and Competence Committee

    10. 30.Review of orders by the Health Committee and the Conduct and Competence Committee

    11. 31.Interim Orders by a Practice Committee

    12. 32.Investigation of allegations: procedural rules

    13. 33.Restoration to the register of persons who have been struck off

    14. 34.Legal assessors

    15. 35.Medical assessors

    16. 36.Registrant assessors

  7. PART VI APPEALS

    1. 37.Appeals against decisions of the Education and Training Committee

    2. 38.Appeals

  8. PART VII OFFENCES

    1. 39.Offences

  9. PART VIII MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 40.Further provisions

    2. 41.Rules and orders

    3. 42.Exercise of powers by the Privy Council

    4. 43.Default powers of the Privy Council

    5. 44.Annual reports

    6. 45.Finances of the Council

    7. 46.Accounts of the Council

    8. 47.Inquiry by the Privy Council

    9. 48.Supplementary and transitional provisions and extent

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES

      1. PART I THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL

        1. 1.Membership

        2. 2.(1) The Council shall provide in rules for an election...

        3. 3.Having consulted such persons as it considers appropriate, the Privy...

        4. 4.Of the members appointed by the Privy Council, there shall...

        5. 5.On a proposal from the Council or otherwise the Privy...

        6. 6.Where the President is a registrant member, the Privy Council...

        7. 7.Where a member appointed by the Privy Council ceases to...

        8. 8.(1) Where a member does not complete his term of...

        9. 9.Tenure of members

        10. 10.A member may resign at any time by notice in...

        11. 11.No member may be appointed for more than three consecutive...

        12. 12.The President

        13. 13.Procedure etc. of Council and committees

        14. 14.(1) In appointing non-Council members to any committee set up...

        15. 15.(1) Decisions of the Council and committees shall be made...

        16. 16.Powers of the Council

      2. PART II THE STATUTORY COMMITTEES

        1. 17.Education and Training Committee

        2. 18.Practice Committees

        3. 19.(1) The members of each Practice Committee shall include registered...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

      1. 1.The initial membership of the Council

      2. 2.The transitional periods

      3. 3.The Members

      4. 4.Tenure of members

      5. 5.Where a member ceases to be a member, the Privy...

      6. 6.The Privy Council shall determine the duration, which may not...

      7. 7.Election Scheme

      8. 8.Appointment of first President

      9. 9.Where the President is a practitioner member, the Privy Council...

      10. 10.The register

      11. 11.Until such date as the first order under article 6(1)...

      12. 12.Where on the appointed day there are outstanding applications for—...

      13. 13.The entries in the register kept under the 1960 Act...

      14. 14.The Registrar

      15. 15.If the first Registrar ceases to hold office before a...

      16. 16.Functions of the Council during the transitional period

      17. 17.Fitness to practise proceedings

      18. 18.An appeal— (a) under section 3(3) or 9 of the...

      19. 19.Transfer of staff and property

      20. 20.(1) The Privy Council may by order provide for the...

      21. 21.An order mentioned in paragraph 20(1)(a) may be made by...

      22. 22.Such an order may apply to all, or any description...

      23. 23.(1) The contract of employment of an employee transferred under...

      24. 24.Certificates of competence issued by a board to a professional...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      INTERPRETATION

      1. 1.In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires— “the 1960...

      2. 2.In this Order, words importing the masculine gender include the...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION

      1. 1.London County Council (General Powers) Act 1920 (c.lxxxix)

      2. 2.Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11)

      3. 3.Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1984 (c.xxvii)

      4. 4.The Video Recordings Act 1984 (c. 39)

      5. 5.London Local Authorities Act 1991 (c.xiii)

      6. 6.The Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23)

      7. 7.Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29)

      8. 8.The Health Act 1999 (c. 8)

      9. 9.Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 37)

  12. Explanatory Note