What this covers
Why you need it
The power to require it sits in Health Professions Order 2001, secondary legislation made under powers in other legislation.
What the Order carries
What our graph holds for Health Professions Order 2001 as a whole — the Order behind this licence, not the licence conditions themselves.
- Duties on businesses
- 7
- Penalties
- 3
- Exemptions
- 3
Duties on businesses under the Order
- Renew your HCPC registration and provide evidence of CPD and indemnity s.10
- Provide information and assistance to the HCPC s.17
- Apply for restoration to the HCPC register after being struck off s.33
- Falsely represent staff as registered health professionals s.39
- Fail to cooperate with a Privy Council inquiry s.47
- Maintain appropriate professional indemnity insurance art.11A
… and 1 more business duty in the same Order.
What happens if you get it wrong
- Fail to cooperate with a Privy Council inquiry Unlimited fine
- Falsely represent staff as registered health professionals Unlimited fine
- Performing hearing aid dispenser functions while unregistered Unlimited fine
Exemptions that may take you outside it
- Exemption from disclosing information where prohibited by other law — Disclosure of the requested information is prohibited by any other enactment (e.g., GDPR, patient confidentiality, professional secrecy).
- Removal from register for lack of indemnity cover: exception for renewal refusals — Removal from the register for failing to have appropriate indemnity cover, but only where that removal is a consequence of …
- Visitors exempt from reporting on courses where they teach or have close ties — Visitor regularly gives instruction at the place or has a significant connection with the institution to be visited
Read our full dossier on Health Professions Order 2001
Who issues it
This one does not go to your council. It is issued by Department of Health and Social Care.
Where to apply
Duty, penalty and exemption labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the enabling instrument, not the instrument itself. Fees, forms and conditions are set by the issuing authority — always check the linked source.