The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (Fitness to Practise and Disqualification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 No. 311

PART 4 Consideration by the Statutory Committee: initial stages

Action upon referral of an allegation

15.—(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.