The Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024

Part 1 GENERAL

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024.

(2) Article 19(1)(b) comes into force on 13th December 2026.

(3) The remaining provisions of this Order come into force on 13th December 2024.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“approved qualification” means a qualification approved under article 4(1)(a)(ii);

“associate” means—

(a)

anaesthesia associate, or

(b)

physician associate;

“case examiner” means a person who carries out case examiner functions under articles 10 and 13 on behalf of the Regulator;

“court”, except in the terms “county court” and “relevant court”, means—

(a)

in the case of a person whose address is shown in the register, or would have been so shown if the person were registered, as being—

(i)

in Scotland, the Court of Session;

(ii)

in Northern Ireland, the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, and

(b)

in any other case, the High Court of Justice in England and Wales;

“Final Measure” means a requirement set out in article 10(10) and imposed under article 10(3)(b)(i) or (5)(b)(ii) or 14(3)(c);

“fitness to practise proceedings” means proceedings and decisions which relate to consideration of whether a person’s fitness to practise as an associate is impaired;

“Interim Measure” means a requirement set out in article 11(8) and imposed under article 11(1) or 12(4)(c);

“the MPTS” means the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service established under section 1(3)(g) of the Medical Act 1983(1);

“Panel” means a panel constituted pursuant to rules made under paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 which has functions under this Order;

“the register” means the register referred to in article 5(1)(a);

“registrant” means a person registered under article 6;

“the Registrar” means the Registrar appointed under paragraph 1(b)(i) of Schedule 1;

“registration” means registration in the register and “registered” must be construed accordingly;

“the Regulator” means the General Medical Council(2).

(2) Any reference in this Order to—

(a) fitness to practise being impaired is a reference to impairment by reason of—

(i) inability to provide care to a sufficient standard, or

(ii) misconduct;

(b) a member of the Regulator is to a person appointed under paragraph 1A(2) of Schedule 1 to the Medical Act 1983(3).

(1)

1983 c. 54. Section 1(3)(g) was inserted by article 2(1) of the General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise and Over-arching Objective) and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (References to Court) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/794).

(2)

Section 1(1) of the Medical Act 1983 provides for the continued existence of the General Medical Council.

(3)

Paragraph 1A was substituted by paragraph 21(2) of Schedule 1 to the Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774) and amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 20 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.