Section 288 – Monitor: duty to co-operate with Care Quality Commission
1502.This section places a duty on Monitor to co-operate with the CQC in the exercise of their respective functions (subsection (1)), including operating a joint licensing and registration regime which must provide for a single application form and document for new applicants, and must ensure consistency of licence conditions with any conditions on a person’s registration with the CQC (subsection (2)). It also places a duty on Monitor to, on request, provide the CQC with any relevant information in relation to Monitor’s concurrent competition functions with the Office of Fair Trading relating to market investigations (subsection (3)).
