The Local Health Boards (Constitution, Membership and Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2003

PART II Eligibility requirements for specific categories of member

Medical officer

(8) To be eligible for appointment as the medical officer, a person must be a member of a healthcare profession who is included on the appropriate register maintained by the professional body responsible for registering members of that person’s profession.

Nurse officer

(9) To be eligible for appointment as the nurse officer, a person must be included on the register maintained by the Nurses and Midwives Council.

General medical practitioner members

(10) To be eligible for appointment as a general medical practitioner member, a person must fulfil the requirements of paragraph (18) and must be a general medical practitioner who is included in the register of general medical practitioners maintained by the General Medical Council, or have retired from such register during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date upon which that person’s application is submitted to the Board.

Dental Practitioner member

(11) To be eligible for appointment as the dental practitioner member, a person must satisfy the requirements of paragraph (18) and must be included on the register maintained by the General Dental Council, or have retired from such register during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date upon which that person’s application is submitted to the Board.

Nursing midwifery and health visiting member

(12) To be eligible for appointment as the nursing midwifery and health visiting member, a person must satisfy the requirements of paragraph (18) and must be included on the register maintained by the Nurses and Midwives Council, or have retired from such register during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date upon which that person’s application is submitted to the Board.

Optometrist member

(13) To be eligible for appointment as the optometrist member, a person must satisfy the requirements of paragraph (18) and must be included on the register maintained by the General Optical Council or have retired from such register during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date upon which that person’s application is submitted to the Board.

Pharmacy member

(14) To be eligible for appointment as the pharmacy member, a person must satisfy the requirements of paragraph (18) and must be included on the register maintained by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or have retired from such register during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date upon which that person’s application is submitted to the Board.

Therapy member

(15) To be eligible for appointment as the therapy member, a person must —

(a) satisfy the requirements of paragraph (18); and

(b) must be a member of one of the following professions —

• Arts Therapists

• Drama Therapists

• Music Therapists

• Chiropodists/Podiatrists

• Dieticians

• Occupational Therapists

• Orthoptists

• Physiotherapists

• Speech & Language Therapists,

or have retired from practising in such a profession during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date upon which that person’s application is submitted to the Board.

Public health specialist

(16) To be eligible for appointment as the public health specialist a person must be employed by the National Public Health Serviceupon the date on which that person’s application is submitted to that Board.

Associate members

(17) Of the four associate members —

(a) one must be a member or officer of a Community Health Council which is responsible for a Board’s area or a part of that area;

(b) one must be the chair, a member or officer of an NHS Trust Board;

(c) one must be a consultant medical practitioner employed by an NHS Trust or other health service body; and

(d) one must be a full-time official or a local accredited representative of a trade union which is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and which represents persons employed in the health service in Wales.

General requirement for professional members

(18) In order to be eligible to be appointed as a —

(a) general medical practitioner member;

(b) dental practitioner member;

(c) pharmacist member;

(d) optometrist member;

(e) nursing midwifery and health visiting member; or

(f) therapy member,

a person must have been concerned in the provision of care to members of the public in the Board’s area for an average of at least one day per week, or have retired from doing so, during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of that person’s application.