UK Statutory Instrument SI 2002 United Kingdom

Health Professions Order 2001

This Order provides for the regulation of a number of health professions (arts therapists; chiropodists; clinical scientists; dietitians; medical laboratory technicians; occupational therapists; orthoptists; paramedics; physiotherapists; prosthetists and orthotists; radiographers; and speech and language therapists) it creates a regulatory body, the Health Professions Council, which is required to set standards …

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Made under
Health Act 1999
Enforced by
HCPC
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 3 of 34 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 31 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

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Plus 27 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Part 1

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2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation (opens in a new tab)
Part 2

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1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.art003 The Health and Care Professions Council and its Committees
Part 3

REGISTRATION

10 of 16 sections shown
s.004 Registrar (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • The Council must appoint a Registrar and determine their termsStatutory regulator
s.005 Establishment and maintenance of register (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must maintain the register and set standards for health professionalsStatutory regulator
s.007 The register: supplemental provisions (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must establish rules for registration and feesStatutory regulator
s.008 Access to register etc. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must maintain a public register of health professionalsStatutory regulator
s.009 Registration (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must process registration applications within statutory time limitsStatutory regulator
s.010 Renewal of registration and readmission (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Renew your HCPC registration and provide evidence of CPD and indemnityAny Person
s.011 Lapse of registration (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must protect registrants from lapsing during investigationsStatutory regulator
s.art007 The register: specified state professionals - supplemental provisions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must follow specific rules when registering state professionalsStatutory regulator
s.art011 Indemnity arrangements Regulated
  • Maintain appropriate professional indemnity insuranceAny Person
s.art012 Article 12: further provision relating to specified state professionals Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must specify and schedule aptitude tests for state professionalsStatutory regulator
6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.006 Register (opens in a new tab)
s.012 Approved qualifications (opens in a new tab)
s.013 Transitional provisions relating to admission to the register (opens in a new tab)
s.requirement for social workers in england to be re Requirement for social workers in England to be registered
s.temporary registration in emergencies involving lo Temporary registration in emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etc
s.visiting health professionals from relevant europe Visiting health professionals from relevant European States
Part 4

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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s.014 Education and Training Committee (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Education and Training Committee must advise the HCPC on professional standardsStatutory regulator
s.015 Education and Training (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must establish and publish standards for health education and trainingStatutory regulator
s.017 Information to be given by institutions (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Provide information and assistance to the HCPCAny Person
s.018 Refusal or withdrawal of approval of courses, qualifications and institutions (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC Education and Training Committee must notify institutions before withdrawing approvalStatutory regulator
s.art015 Exercise of function of approving courses for approved mental health professionals Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC Education and Training Committee must approve AMHP coursesStatutory regulator
s.art015 Criteria for approving courses for approved mental health professionals Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must set and publish standards for mental health training coursesStatutory regulator
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.016 Visitors (opens in a new tab)
s.019 Post-registration training (opens in a new tab)
s.020 Wales (opens in a new tab)
Part 5

FITNESS TO PRACTISE

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s.021 Council’s functions in respect of fitness to practise, ethics and other matters (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must set and review professional standards for health registrantsStatutory regulator
s.024 Screeners: supplementary provisions (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC Screeners must follow specific procedures when reviewing allegationsStatutory regulator
s.026 The Investigating Committee (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC Investigating Committee must investigate and notify you of allegationsStatutory regulator
s.027 The Conduct and Competence Committee (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Conduct and Competence Committee must consider allegations and applicationsStatutory regulator
s.028 The Health Committee (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Health Committee must investigate fitness to practise allegationsStatutory regulator
s.029 Orders of the Health Committee and the Conduct and Competence Committee (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC Committees must issue orders and notify the Registrar of sanctionsStatutory regulator
s.030 Review of orders by the Health Committee and the Conduct and Competence Committee (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC committees must review practice and suspension ordersStatutory regulator
s.032 Investigation of allegations: procedural rules (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must follow fair procedures when investigating professional allegationsStatutory regulator
s.033 Restoration to the register of persons who have been struck off (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Apply for restoration to the HCPC register after being struck offAny Person
s.034 Legal assessors (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must appoint qualified legal assessors to provide legal adviceStatutory regulator
s.035 Medical assessors (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must appoint and manage medical assessorsStatutory regulator
s.036 Registrant assessors (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC may appoint registrant assessors to provide professional adviceStatutory regulator
s.art021 Information for specified state professionals Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must provide regulatory information and respond to professional enquiriesStatutory regulator
4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.022 Allegations (opens in a new tab)
s.023 Screeners (opens in a new tab)
s.025 Council’s power to require disclosure of information (opens in a new tab)
s.031 Interim Orders by a Practice Committee (opens in a new tab)
Part 6

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2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.037 Appeals against decisions of the Education and Training Committee (opens in a new tab)
s.038 Appeals (opens in a new tab)
Part 7

OFFENCES

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s.039 Offences (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Falsely represent staff as registered health professionalsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.art039 Offence: hearing aid dispensers Prosecution
  • Performing hearing aid dispenser functions while unregisteredAny Person

Unlimited fine

Part 8

MISCELLANEOUS

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s.044 Annual reports, statistical reports and strategic plans (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must publish annual reports, statistics, and strategic plansStatutory regulator
s.046 Accounts of the Council (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HCPC must maintain, audit, and publish annual accountsStatutory regulator
s.047 Inquiry by the Privy Council (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Fail to cooperate with a Privy Council inquiryAny Person

Unlimited fine

8 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.040 Further provisions (opens in a new tab)
s.041 Rules and orders (opens in a new tab)
s.042 Exercise of powers by the Privy Council (opens in a new tab)
s.043 Default powers of the Privy Council (opens in a new tab)
s.045 Finances of the Council (opens in a new tab)
s.048 Supplementary and transitional provisions and extent (opens in a new tab)
s.049 Review (opens in a new tab)
s.arrangements with other persons who maintain regis Arrangements with other persons who maintain registers of health or social care workers
Schedules

Schedules

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62 other schedules
s.003 INTERPRETATION (opens in a new tab)
s.sch001 Membership
s.sch001 A member may resign at any time by notice in...
s.sch001 No member may be appointed for more than three consecutive...
s.sch001 The President
s.sch001 Procedure etc. of Council and committees
s.sch001 (1) In appointing non-Council members to any committee set up...
s.sch001 (1) Decisions of the Council and committees shall be made...
s.sch001 Powers of the Council
s.sch001 Privy Council functions
s.sch001 Education and Training Committee
s.sch001 Practice Committees
s.sch001 (1) The members of each Practice Committee shall include registered...
s.sch001 Membership: general
s.sch001 Matters for the order of the Privy Council under article 3(7A)
s.sch001 (1) The Council shall provide in rules for an election...
s.sch001 Having consulted such persons as it considers appropriate, the Privy...
s.sch001 Of the members appointed by the Privy Council, there shall...
s.sch001 On a proposal from the Council or otherwise the Privy...
s.sch001 Where the President is a registrant member, the Privy Council...
s.sch001 Where a member appointed by the Privy Council ceases to...
s.sch001 (1) Where a member does not complete his term of...
s.sch001 Tenure of members
s.sch002 The initial membership of the Council
s.sch002 The register
s.sch002 Until such date as the first order under article 6(1)...
s.sch002 Where on the appointed day there are outstanding applications for—...
s.sch002 The entries in the register kept under the 1960 Act...
s.sch002 The Registrar
s.sch002 If the first Registrar ceases to hold office before a...
s.sch002 Functions of the Council during the transitional period
s.sch002 Fitness to practise proceedings
s.sch002 An appeal— (a) under section 3(3) or 9 of the...
s.sch002 Transfer of staff and property
s.sch002 The transitional periods
s.sch002 (1) The Privy Council may by order provide for the...
s.sch002 An order mentioned in paragraph 20(1)(a) may be made by...
s.sch002 Such an order may apply to all, or any description...
s.sch002 (1) The contract of employment of an employee transferred under...
s.sch002 Certificates of competence issued by a board to a professional...
s.sch002 Provisions on ODPs - register
s.sch002 Where a person is registered in Part 13 of the...
s.sch002 Provisions on ODPs - fitness to practise
s.sch002 The Members
s.sch002 Tenure of members
s.sch002 Where a member ceases to be a member, the Privy...
s.sch002 The Privy Council shall determine the duration, which may not...
s.sch002 Election Scheme
s.sch002 Appointment of first President
s.sch002 Where the President is a practitioner member, the Privy Council...
s.sch003 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires— “the 1960...
s.sch003 (1) For the purposes of this Order, a person (“P”)...
s.sch003 In this Order, words importing the masculine gender include the...
s.sch004 Schedule 4 para.1
s.sch004 Schedule 4 para.2
s.sch004 Schedule 4 para.3
s.sch004 Schedule 4 para.4
s.sch004 Schedule 4 para.5
s.sch004 Schedule 4 para.6
s.sch004 Schedule 4 para.7
s.sch004 Schedule 4 para.8
s.sch004 Schedule 4 para.9

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