Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016

161 Publication of fitness to practise decisions E+W

(1) SCW must publish a decision of a fitness to practise panel to make a consensual disposal of a matter under section 135 or 136.

(2) SCW must publish a decision of a fitness to practise panel to dispose of a case under section 137 (disposal following a finding of no impairment of fitness to practise).

(3) SCW must publish a decision of a fitness to practise panel to dispose of a case under section 138 (disposal following a finding of impaired fitness to practise).

(4) SCW must publish a decision of a fitness to practise panel to dispose of a review cases in any of the ways mentioned in sections 152 to 155.

(5) SCW must publish a decision of a fitness to practise panel to make an immediate order under section 140.

(6) SCW must publish the following decisions of an interim orders panel or a fitness to practise panel—

(a) a decision to make an interim order under section 144;

(b) a decision to confirm or vary an interim order on a review under section 147.

(7) SCW must publish any decision it makes—

(a) to issue a warning under section 126(3)(c) (powers of SCW where case is not referred to a fitness to practise panel),

(b) to agree undertakings under section 126(3)(d), or

(c) to grant an application for removal from the register by agreement under section 126(3)(e).

(8) Subsections (1) to (7) are subject to subsections (9) and (10).

(9) SCW is not required to publish any decision of a fitness to practise panel to take no further action in respect of a registered person under section 137(2), 138(5), 152(8)(a), 153(9)(a), 154(8)(a) or 155(10)(a); but it may do so.

(10) SCW must not publish any information about a person's physical or mental health.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 161 in force at 3.4.2017 by S.I. 2017/309, art. 2(e) (with arts. 3, 4, Sch.)