PART 4Consideration by the Statutory Committee: initial stages

Action upon referral of an allegation15.

(1)

After referral of an allegation by the registrar or the Scrutiny Committee to the Statutory Committee—

(a)

in the case of a health allegation, the chair may require the person concerned to agree to be medically examined by a medical practitioner nominated by the Society;

(b)

the registrar must take such steps as, in the registrar’s opinion, are desirable or necessary to assist the Society in the preparation of the case for hearing; and

(c)

the secretary must serve on both of the parties a listing questionnaire, which must be in the format determined by the secretary.

(2)

In a case where the registrar has referred an allegation to the Statutory Committee instead of to the Scrutiny Committee, the Society may request a case management meeting.