UK Statutory Instrument
1988
United Kingdom
The General Medical Council Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Conduct Committee (Procedure) Rules Order of Council 1988
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The Committee shall each meet on such days as the...
Meetings of the Preliminary Proceedings Committee shall be held not...
Members of the Preliminary Proceedings Committee and of the Professional...
Meetings of each Committee shall be held at the offices...
Citation and commencement
Reference to Preliminary Proceedings Committee
Determination by Preliminary Proceedings Committee
Order for interim suspension or interim conditional registration
Further investigations and provisional determination
Fresh allegation as to conviction or conduct
Preliminary Proceedings Committee to meet in private
Non-disclosure of documents or reasons in cases not referred for inquiry
Notice of Inquiry
Postponement of inquiry
Cancellation of inquiry
Interpretation
Access to documents
Notice to produce documents
Amendment of charge before the opening of an inquiry
Procedure where the practitioner does not appear
Opening of inquiry — Reading of charge, submission of objections and amendment of charge
Cases relating to conviction
Circumstances, character, history and pleas in mitigation in case relating to conviction
Cases relating to conduct
Circumstances, character, history and pleas in mitigation in cases relating to conduct
Finding of serious professional misconduct
Times and places of meetings of the committees
Determination whether to make a direction
Directions of the Committee
Order for immediate suspension of registration
Revocation of order for interim suspension or interim conditional registration
Announcement of findings, direction,
Cases relating both to conviction and to conduct
Inquiries into charges against two or more practitioners
Direction for resumed hearing
Notice of resumed hearing
New charge at resumed hearing
Appointment of member to conduct initial consideration of cases
Procedure at resumed hearing
Procedure following postponement under rule 30
Procedure where conditional registration had been imposed
Procedure where registration has been suspended
Announcement of determination at resumed hearing
Subsequent application of rules where case is continued
Procedure for consideration of applications for restoration
Adjournment of proceedings
Exclusion of public from hearings in certain cases
Consideration of confidential reports at resumed hearings
Allegations as to conviction
Evidence
Reference and transfer of cases to the Health Committee
Voting
Representation
Postal service of documents
Notes and transcript of proceedings
Revocation
Allegations as to professional misconduct
Furnishing evidence of fitness to practise
Invitation to practitioner to appear before the Preliminary Proceedings Committee in certain circumstances
Duty to supply rules
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