The Professions Supplementary to Medicine (Clinical Scientists Board) Order of Council 1999

Article 2

SCHEDULE Alterations, Additions and Omissions in the First Schedule to the Act

1.  Part I of the First Schedule to the Act (constitutions of the Council and boards, and Supplementary Provisions) shall have effect as if–

(a) in paragraph 1(1), for “thirty” there were substituted “thirty-three”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “nine” there were substituted “eleven” and for “four only shall be registered medical practitioners” there were substituted “five only shall be registered medical practitioners”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c), for “ten” there were substituted “eleven”;

(d) in paragraph 3(2), for “the professions of arts therapists, orthoptists, prosthetists and orthotists and speech and language therapists” there were substituted “the professions of arts therapists, clinical scientists, orthoptists, prosthetists and orthotists, and speech and language therapists”; and

(e) after paragraph 3(6) there were added the following sub-paragraph–

“(7) Before making an appointment under this paragraph as respects the profession of clinical scientists the said Ministers shall consult the Registration Council of Scientists in Health Care.”.

2.  Part II of the First Schedule to the Act (Constitution of the boards) shall have effect as if–

(a) in the table at the end of paragraph 4(1)–

(i) in column (4) there were added after sub-column (g), sub-columns (h) and (i) with the headings respectively “The Royal College of Pathologists” and “The Royal College of Radiologists”, with the symbol “–” in both sub-columns in the entries for each existing board, and

(ii) under the line relating to membership of the Chiropodists Board, there were inserted the entries set out below in relation to the Clinical Scientists Board–

(1)	(2)	(3)				(4)						(5)	(6)
			(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)	(i)
Board	Total number of members	Representative members	The English Colleges jointly	The Scottish Corporations jointly	The British Medical Association	The Society of Medical Officers of Health	The Royal College of Physicians of London	The Royal College of Surgeons of England	The Royal College of Psychiatrists	The Royal College of Pathologists	The Royal College of Radiologists	Experts in professional education	Other members
Clinical Scientists	15	8	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	2

(b) after paragraph 7(4C) there were inserted the following sub-paragraph–

“(4D) Of the two members of the Clinical Scientists Board appointed in pursuance of the said paragraph (d)–

(a) one shall be a member of a body which represents the interests of employers of clinical scientists;

(b) one shall be a member of a body which represents the interests of patients of clinical scientists or of carers of such patients (or of both).”; and

(c) in paragraph 8(3), for “(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6)” there were substituted “(2), (3), (4), (5), (6) or (7)”.