The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 No. 2996

PART 6 Standing rules: NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS funded nursing care

Disqualification for appointment

25.—(1) A person is disqualified for appointment as a chair if that person is—

(a) the chair, a member (other than a member of an NHS foundation trust), a director, a governor or an employee of an NHS body;

(b) the chair or a member of the governing body of a CCG; or

(c) an elected member or employee of a social services authority in England and Wales or of an equivalent body in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

(2) A person is disqualified for appointment as a CCG member or social services authority member if that person is—

(a) the chair, the chief executive, a non-executive director or a non-officer member of an NHS body (other than a member of an NHS foundation trust);

(b) the chair or a member of the governing body of a CCG; or

(c) an elected member of a social services authority in England and Wales or of an equivalent body in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

(3) Persons of the description set out in Schedule 5 are, subject to regulation 26 (cessation of disqualification), disqualified for appointment as a chair, CCG member or social services authority member.