Health and Personal Social Services (Disciplinary Procedures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Referral to discipline committee

5.—(1) Where an appropriate Board decides to proceed under regulation 4(2)(a) or (7) it shall, subject to paragraph (2), refer the matter to another Board, for investigation by that Board’s appropriate discipline committee.

(2) Subject to paragraph (6) the appropriate discipline committee referred to in paragraph (1) is—

(a) where the matter relates to a doctor, a medical discipline committee;

(b) where the matter relates to a dentist, a dental discipline committee;

(c) where the matter relates to an ophthalmic medical practitioner or an optician, an ophthalmic discipline committee;

(d) where the matter relates to a chemist, a pharmaceutical discipline committee;

(3) A matter which, under paragraph (1), is required to be investigated by two discipline committees, may instead be investigated by a joint discipline committee.

(4) If in the opinion of a discipline committee a matter referred to it includes allegations which are required, by virtue of paragraph (1), to be investigated also by another discipline committee, it shall refer the matter to a joint discipline committee instead of dealing with the matter itself.