Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 2174

The General Medical Council Health Committee (Procedure) Rules Order of Council 1987

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1987 No. 2174

MEDICAL PROFESSION

The General Medical Council Health Committee (Procedure) Rules Order of Council 1987

Made	16th December 1987

Laid before Parliament

17th December 1987

Coming into force

14th January 1988

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 16th day of December 1987

By the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council

Whereas in pursuance of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Medical Act 1983^[1], the General Medical Council have made the General Medical Council Health Committee (Procedure) Rules 1987:

And whereas by sub-paragraph (5) of the said paragraph 1 such Rules shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council:

Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the said Rules into consideration, are pleased to, and do hereby, approve the same as set out in the Appendix to this Order.

This Order may be cited as the General Medical Council Health Committee (Procedure) Rules Order of Council 1987, and shall come into force on 14th January 1988.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

APPENDIXTHE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL HEALTH COMMITTEE (PROCEDURE) RULES 1987
          

PART I
PRELIMINARY
1.	Citation and commencement
2.	Interpretation
3.	Times and places of meetings of the Committee
4.	Selection of medical assessors and medical examiners
PART II
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE INITIAL CONSIDERATION OF CASES
5.	Appointment of member to conduct initial consideration of cases
6.	Information raising question as to practitioner's fitness to practise
7.	Medical Examination
8.	Action following consideration of reports on medical examination
9.	Provisions applying where a practitioner has undertaken to comply with the recommendations of the medical examiners
10.	Reference to the Preliminary Proceedings Committee
11.	Provisions applying when a case has been referred to the Committee by the Preliminary Proceedings Committee or by the Professional Conduct Committee
PART III
INITIAL HEARINGS BY THE COMMITTEE
12.	Notice of referral
13.	Postponement of hearing of a case
14.	Cancellation of inquiry
15.	Preliminary circulation of evidence
16.	Medical assessors
17.	Hearings before the Committee
18.	Documents before the Committee
19.	Oral Testimony
20.	Procedure for presentation of the case
21.	Presentation of the practitioner's case
22.	Adjournment for further medical reports
23.	Postponement of finding
24.	Determination of the Committee
25.	Direction for suspension of registration
26.	Announcement of determination
27.	Provision for resumed hearings
28.	Revocation of order for interim suspension or interim conditional registration
29.	Cases referred by the Professional Conduct Committee
PART IV
RESUMED HEARINGS BY THE HEALTH COMMITTEE
30.	Direction for resumed hearing
31.	Notice of resumed hearing
32.	Medical assessors at resumed hearing
33.	Procedure at resumed hearing
PART V
GENERAL
34.	Adjournment of proceedings
35.	Deliberation in camera
36.	Voting
37.	Service of documents
38.	Notes and transcript of proceedings
39.	Revocation

	SCHEDULE 1 —	Provisions as to meetings of the Committee
	SCHEDULE 2 —	Medical examiners and medical assessors
	SCHEDULE 3 —	Panel of members to assist the President

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Notes:

[1] 1983 c. 54.

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