The Mental Health (Approved Mental Health Professionals) (Approval) (England) Regulations 2008

End of approval

7.—(1) Except where paragraph (2) applies, a person shall cease to be approved to act as an AMHP at the end of the day on which their period of approval expires.

(2) Except where regulation 6 applies, the approving LSSA shall end the approval of a person it has approved to act as an AMHP before their period of approval expires—

(a) in accordance with a request in writing to do so from that AMHP;

(b) if it is no longer satisfied that the AMHP has appropriate competence taking into account the matters set out in Schedule 2;

(c) immediately upon becoming aware that the AMHP—

(i) is no longer a person who meets at least one of the professional requirements;

(ii) is in breach of any of the conditions set out in regulation 5, or

(iii) has been approved to act as an AMHP by another LSSA.

(3) When an approval ends, the approving LSSA shall notify the AMHP immediately that the approval has ended and give reasons for ending the approval.

(4) When an approval ends, the approving LSSA shall notify that fact to any other LSSA for whom it knows the AMHP has agreed to act as an AMHP.

(5) If an LSSA approves a person as an AMHP knowing that that AMHP is already approved by another LSSA, it shall notify the previous approving LSSA.